On Oct 7 , at 11:40 PM, Aaron Harper wrote:
When I was in school 40 years ago, everybody complained about the dreaded "story problems", or the "word problems". I later came to understand that the word problems are what it was all about.
Agreed whole heartedly. I always told my students "word problems are the only ones worth solving".
(Oh, I admit that "only" is overstating it a bit, but I exaggerated for the sake of emphasis.)
Bill Hooper 74 kg body mass* Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA * plus or minus a kilogram or so.
