> I don't think Python's evaluations are useful as a calculator to > a child, though. You would have to explain this: > > >>>> 2+2 >>>> > 4 > >>>> 3/4 >>>> > 0 > >
When I was in elementary school, we first learned division with remainder, so the result of 3 / 4 is 0 remainder 3. Fractions are a more advanced topic, and decimal fractions yet another level. I think we are applying assumptions based on "already having learned the whole wad of mathematics convention" to learners. Mathematics learning is a process. People are not born with algebraic notation wired in; it is an artifice like any other language. People are born with the ability to learn such artifices, but not with a particular one. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
