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Category: Maths teaching

Let’s hear it for Logo! (2)

April 10, 2017 amca01No Comments

Continuing my re-discovery of Logo, I thought I’d try to implement a backtracking solution to finding a Hamiltonian cycle in…

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The derivative of sin(x)

March 22, 2016August 8, 2016 amca013 Comments

We know that we can use the limit definition     to compute the derivative of “from first principles”. And…

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The use of commercial software in academic papers

November 26, 2015 amca01No Comments

First, consider written language. If you are going to publish an academic paper for an international readership, what language will…

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Easy Newton-Raphson method on a calculator

May 16, 2015 amca01No Comments

The Newton-Raphson method for solving algebraic equations :     has always presented my students with difficulties.  To solve, for…

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The size of the Solar System (and more)

May 3, 2015 amca01No Comments

I’ve been looking up at the sky at night recently, and thinking about the sizes of things.  Now it’s all…

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An alternative to partial fractions

September 11, 2014 amca01No Comments

I've been thinking about integration rules, as I've got up to that part of an elementary calculus course for engineering…

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An afternoon with Conrad Wolfram

May 29, 2014 amca011 Comment

Astute readers will notice that it’s been a very long time (five months!) since my last post. This is because…

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A first look a WeBWorK

November 9, 2013 amca01No Comments

In my last post (nearly three months ago) I commented on online assessment, and in particular on Pearson’s MyMathLab Global,…

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Online assessment in mathematics

August 18, 2013 amca011 Comment

This semester I've taken over a large first year subject, for which the previous subject convenor had organized to use…

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Further comparison of TI-nspire CAS and Casio Classpad 330 calculators

June 8, 2013 amca014 Comments

I intended to post a lot about these calculators over the past few months, but, err… didn’t.  Anyway, I’ve been…

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