Hi Matt, If your or anyone has an idea of the problems that they would like to see algebra students solving with python, I can volunteer to help create a Singpath.com path focused on algebra. There are already a lot of math problems in the Beginner Python path (drag-n-drop python) and the main Python path (write 3 to 10 line python solutions).
In Singpath you wouldn't get to see graphical results, but everything would be web-based on work from most browsers ( not IE). Best Regards, Chris Boesch Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice) Singapore Management University cboe...@smu.edu.sg On 30-Jun-2011, at 2:40 PM, edu-sig-requ...@python.org wrote: > Send Edu-sig mailing list submissions to > edu-sig@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > edu-sig-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > edu-sig-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Edu-sig digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based? > (Andrew Harrington) > 2. Python and pre-algebra (mary.do...@comcast.net) > 3. Re: Python and pre-algebra (kirby urner) > 4. Re: Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based? > (Berkin Malkoc) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:03:28 -0500 > From: Andrew Harrington <ahar...@luc.edu> > To: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: [Edu-sig] Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web > based? > Message-ID: <banlktikjwrztvgxcat+9+udxpvrhhgt...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > This is a good subject to revisit, on web based Python. I like his interest > in Python+math, too. > Andy > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Matt Brenner <mbren...@csteachlearn.com> > Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM > Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web based? > To: sigcse-memb...@listserv.acm.org > > > Hi, > > As long as Python environments are on the table... > > Does anyone know if there is a web-based Python environment available? I am > working to weave together the traditional, analytical approach to math with > a computational approach. I call the approach CAAMPS (Computationally > Augmented Approach to Math and Problem Solving). The first implementation > will be for sixth grade public schools with average, high-stakes math scores > in the 2nd quartile (25th - 50th percentiles). > > Getting software installed on K-12 computers can be very difficult. To avoid > that collection of problems, I would like to be able to host a development > environment on my own servers, so the students will need nothing more than a > web browser (and Internet connection). Does anyone know of any off-the-shelf > solutions? Though I'm leaning toward Python, I'm not yet committed. > > By the way, I previously posted a link to a long essay, "The Four Pillars > Upon Which the Failure of Math Education Rests (and what to do about them)," > describing the state of math education and the basis for CAAMPS: > > > www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=**4pillars-si<http://www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=4pillars-si> > > In the interest of brevity, I have boiled it down in an Executive Summary: > > > www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=**4pillars-summary-si<http://www.k12math.org/doc.php?doc=4pillars-summary-si> > > Comments are always appreciated. > > > Cheers, > Matt > > > > -- > Dr. Andrew N. Harrington > Computer Science Department > Loyola University Chicago > 512B Lewis Towers (office) > Snail mail to Lewis Towers 416 > 820 North Michigan Avenue > Chicago, Illinois 60611 > http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh > Phone: 312-915-7982 > Fax: 312-915-7998 > ahar...@luc.edu > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/20110629/5c277092/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:15:42 +0000 (UTC) > From: mary.do...@comcast.net > To: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-algebra > Message-ID: > > <1559946252.33901.1309389342602.javamail.r...@sz0057a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > I teach 6th grade math and Python was suggested as a way to apply pre-algebra > concepts in a programming context. My programming background consists of one > C++ programming class. How do I begin? Are lesson plans and small programs > available, for example, where students could write and "drop in" a script > that includes integers and the output would not only calculate it, but see > the relevance of it in a real world situation? > > > Or, perhaps, the program controls a "wheelchair" robot and students would > write scripts to drive the robot at a certain speed considering the slope of > a ramp? > > > As you can see, I am a novice, but I see great potential and am willing to > learn. > > > Thanks, > > Mary > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/20110629/8ce5a120/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:25 -0700 > From: kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> > To: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-algebra > Message-ID: <BANLkTikxVffq1YKh9DA45xrLv=c7cuq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Mary -- > > Many subscribers to edu-sig have developed interesting approaches over the > years. > > There's a lot of interest in turtle art and/or turtle graphics. There's > this tendency to divide algebra from geometry, whereas some teachers think > it's important to keep lexical and graphical connected. > > To that end, my pre-algebra tends to focus on numeric sequences that have a > clear geometric meaning (like triangular and square numbers, but I also take > it into volume and growth sequences in space -- polyhedral numbers some call > these sequences). > > You'll get the flavor my approach from the Oregon Curriculum Network web > site, this page in particular, and this essay in particular: > > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/cp4e.html > > http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/numeracy0.html > > I'm guessing others will chime in. > > Python's 'How to Think Like a Computer Scientist' literature, a free > syllabus, is not inconsistent with developing skills in algebra. > > If you want to be more serious and formal about "object oriented" and link > in a notion of "math objects", I recommend spiraling through the same or > similar material with that in mind. > > They may not be ready for vector objects tomorrow, but perhaps the day > after. > > Polyhedrons are stellar objects because they're both abstract and concrete > in their properties and behaviors. > > Algebra and geometric shapes are good friends, or should be, starting with > such as V + F == E + 2. > > Kirby > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:15 PM, <mary.do...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I teach 6th grade math and Python was suggested as a way to apply >> pre-algebra concepts in a programming context. My programming background >> consists of one C++ programming class. How do I begin? Are lesson plans and >> small programs available, for example, where students could write and "drop >> in" a script that includes integers and the output would not only calculate >> it, but see the relevance of it in a real world situation? >> * >> * >> *Or, perhaps, the program controls a "wheelchair" robot and students would >> write scripts to drive the robot at a certain speed considering the slope of >> a ramp?* >> * >> * >> *As you can see, I am a novice, but I see great potential and am willing >> to learn.* >> * >> * >> *Thanks,* >> * >> * >> *Mary* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/20110629/817cc26a/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:40:39 +0300 > From: Berkin Malkoc <malk...@gmail.com> > To: Andrew Harrington <ahar...@luc.edu> > Cc: edu-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Fwd: [SIGCSE-members] Python environment - web > based? > Message-ID: <BANLkTi=ra9pz7gnay+8aijw_wk1lsmy...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Andrew Harrington <ahar...@luc.edu> wrote: > >> This is a good subject to revisit, on web based Python. I like his >> interest in Python+math, too. >> Andy >> > > Getting software installed on K-12 computers can be very difficult. To avoid >> that collection of problems, I would like to be able to host a development >> environment on my own servers, so the students will need nothing more than a >> web browser (and Internet connection). Does anyone know of any off-the-shelf >> solutions? Though I'm leaning toward Python, I'm not yet committed. >> > > Sage [1] can be a great option in these kind of situations. It can be tried > online [2] and there are a couple of places [3] where you are guided through > the process of setting up your own Sage servers. > > Regards, > Berkin > > [1] http://www.sagemath.org > [2] http://www.sagenb.org/ > [3] http://wiki.sagemath.org/DanDrake/JustEnoughSageServer > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/20110630/146cd7b3/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > > End of Edu-sig Digest, Vol 95, Issue 19 > ***************************************
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