Re: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-Calculus

2006-09-09 Thread Daniel Ajoy
On 8 Sep 2006 at 18:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Kevin Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-Calculus I'm teaching Pre-Calculus for the first time this year and am hoping to integrate Python as often as possible. My syllabus is focused on exploring functions

[Edu-sig] Python and pre-Calculus

2006-09-08 Thread Kevin Driscoll
I'm teaching Pre-Calculus for the first time this year and am hoping to integrate Python as often as possible. My syllabus is focused on exploring functions in various forms, uses, and contexts. The intersections to programming are numerous and beautiful. I'd love to get a brainstorm happening

Re: [Edu-sig] Python and pre-Calculus

2006-09-08 Thread kirby urner
Hi Kevin -- Over on math-teach we've been hashing over whether pre calc is really prehistoric, as in soon to be known as something else i.e. if this becomes a popular insert point for such gnu languages as Python, who knows what will happen, but immediately you're putting most printed precalc