Comments on: Algebra is the favorite math activity

By: m.s.umer

m.s.umer — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:14:09 +0000

dear

i am so much loving calculus i want to learn
from net anybody knowing useful sites
please let me inform

urs
m.s.umer

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:28:38 +0000

Geometry is my favorite…the variety of formulas for spheres, circles, lateral surface area, etc. was enjoyable for me.
Algebra is fun if I succeed, but when I do poorly I have tended to dislike it. (Bottom line is that I like areas of study that I do well in)
Using the calculator is helpful, and I enjoy using it especially for simple calculations that would take longer to do mentally or on paper. Like 1448\8 for instance. Plus, it cuts down on errors!
That’s my take on it…

Have a good week,

By: abdul

abdul — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:52:11 +0000

i am happy with your reply

abdul

By: zac

zac — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:04:23 +0000

Sara: I’ve also noticed that many students prefer to be given a formula and all they have to do is plug the numbers in, rather than having to analyse a geometry problem. But it is a good feeling once you figure it out!

Natalie: I also enjoy mentally graphing an equation – and calculus – just like you. Actually, I hardly ever use a calculator these days, since I started using mathematics software.

Vlorbik: Good to see you again. Thanks for the link to your thesis abstract. Wow, yes, you were thinking up new algebras! Have you revisited those ideas since?

Thanks also for your story. While students talk about teachers all the time, they don’t realise that the teachers are talking about the students too…

By: vlorbik

vlorbik — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:52:45 +0000

algebra rocks.
undergrads quite often don’t know it …
but there’s plenty of algebra beyond
pre-calculus; lots of very smart people
making a living thinking up *new* algebra
(i once sort of aspired to be one *of* ‘em
and wrote a dissertation in algebra …
what the heck, here’s the abstract).

existence proof.
sophmore year i was in a linear algebra course.
at that point in my life, i kicked a skateboard
around town as my basic means of transportation.
skateboards were rare in that part of the country
back then, so apparently the instructor had mentioned
to his family that there was this weird kid in his
linear algebra class who moved around on a skater.
anyhow, long story longer (the point *is* approaching),
i ran into *his* kid (literally a kid … 13, say)
in the student union and he asked me,
“are you taking algebra?”
and my immediate knee-jerk reaction
was along the lines “heck, no! i took that
back in *high school*, for heck sake!”.
but then he told me about this skateboarder
his dad had mentioned and it dawned on me …

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:31:30 +0000

ps i love calc

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:30:55 +0000

Trig, algebra, and geometry run together so much that I cannot see one without the other. I enjoy them all equally.
I least enjoy the calculator, its more fun and less like cheating when I can figure out how the graph looks by looking at the equation

By: sara

sara — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:35:30 +0000

actually i was surprised too ,, because i dont really like algebra it depend on rules u should know ,, but geometry its the best branch of math because its like agame a puzzle ,, it needs thinking ,, i think the most of the students dont like to think they want to get a princible or a rule and get rest … lol !!

By: zac

zac — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:03:03 +0000

Hi Prinyanshu and thanks for your comment. It’s interesting that you like calculus while hating algebra. Do you mean that you don’t like pure algebra (has no application) but you do like calculus (which has application)?

Yeh, I also like graph drawing

By: Priyanshu Agrawal

Priyanshu Agrawal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:23:27 +0000

i hate algebra or simply calculations.
i like calculus in maths….
and drawing graphs also too much….