Ask HN: How or where to begin learning mathematics from first principles?

Re:Ask HN: How or where to begin learning mathematics from f... by kellros on Thursday December 04, 2014 @02:15AM (#8698205)

I second this and would strongly advise this approach.

The courses available on Khan Academy help you visualize the math and gain a better understanding on the 'why' (reasoning) while also teaching you the 'how' (application).

There's sufficient math courses available to teach you everything from pre/primary school arithmetic to first year university/college level calculus/linear algebra.

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Re:Ask HN: How or where to begin learning mathematics from f... by tjl on Thursday December 04, 2014 @08:38AM (#8699121)

I hope that their math section is better than some of their engineering courses. See the critique at,

http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2012/12/khan/

I've also been involved in teaching similar material as Dr. Drang and agree completely with his critique.

I've come across students who've had similar sloppy teaching and had to re-teach material so they could unlearn what they'd learnt and get a proper foundation for moving forward. Consistently, they would have very poor assignments for the first few weeks until they had that foundation.

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