Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learning how to think

Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni... by brendan_a_b on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @03:12PM (#14747083)

My mind was blown when I came across this Github repo that demonstrates mathematical notation by showing comparisons with JavaScript code https://github.com/Jam3/math-as-code

I think I often struggled or was intimidated by the syntax of math. I started web development after years of thinking I just wasn't a math person. When looking at this repo, I was surprised at how much more easily and naturally I was able to grasp concepts in code compared to being introduced to them in math classes.

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Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni... by sethammons on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:22AM (#14753315)

I found programming (started my first year in college) to be easily accessible, and quite a natural next step due to my success in math at the time. It is interesting how folks develop a mental model of a problem space and scaffold knowledge onto previous models to understand problems at hand. What do you feel made programming accessible when you started?

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