Re:Translating math into code with examples in Java, Racket,...
by Buttons840 on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @05:38PM
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A few personal observations:
1) A lot of frustration comes from bad expectations about how easy a math formulate should be to read. If I see 3 short lines of code, my gut tells me "this will be easy", and it's right. If I see 3 lines of math I feel like it should be easy but then get frustrated when 30 minutes later I'm still looking at the same 3 lines.
2) Once you understand a formula, I often decided I couldn't write it any better myself. It's most useful as a tool for thought and remembering, not necessarily as a tool for teaching.
1) A lot of frustration comes from bad expectations about how easy a math formulate should be to read. If I see 3 short lines of code, my gut tells me "this will be easy", and it's right. If I see 3 lines of math I feel like it should be easy but then get frustrated when 30 minutes later I'm still looking at the same 3 lines.
2) Once you understand a formula, I often decided I couldn't write it any better myself. It's most useful as a tool for thought and remembering, not necessarily as a tool for teaching.