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Re:Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential... by eli_gottlieb on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:14PM (#15169139)
You don't make students take Linear Algebra before differential equations? I thought students were supposed to take Lin-Alg alongside their Calculus 2 or Multivariable Calculus course, then have all that in their heads for DiffEqu.
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Re:Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential... by BeetleB on Monday September 04, 2017 @01:15PM (#15169521)
>You don't make students take Linear Algebra before differential equations?

In my university curriculum, linear algebra was taught after.

Perhaps my ODE course was watered down, but that wasn't a problem at all for us.

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Re:Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Before Teaching Differential... by ianai on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:57PM (#15170181)
We had to take 2 linear algebra and an ODE course (amongst other things). The first LA class was second year level and the second was senior level. The ODEs were in between. I feel that's a good way to go about it.
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