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Kirby On 7/10/07, Richard Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that always comes up when our math department discusses > non-standard algorithms is long division of polynomials. Doesn't seem like > any non-standard algorithm is easily applied there. > > Changing the focus a little: I've been thinking of the importance of student > motivation in learning a programming language. I've always found The Python > Challenge to be quite motivating to get me writing code and learning more > about Python. I don't know how it could be done, but could a similar > approach be used to supplement a middle or high school programming class? > Any ideas? > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jay Bloodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > .... > > * (a + b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2, not a^2 + b^2. Here there is the > standard geometric area model for multiplication. Sometimes I present > multiplication with the model, sometimes not. It doesn't seem to change > the error rate..... > > > > ________________________________ > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
