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I really wish we'd have these kind of tools when I took Linear Algebra (or many other math and engineering courses, for that mater). When I took it, it was pur
by TrackerFF 5y ago
I really wish we'd have these kind of tools when I took Linear Algebra (or many other math and engineering courses, for that mater).
When I took it, it was purely proofs up and down on the blackboard, zero visualizations.
- chobytes 5y agoI think the trouble with LA education is that LA is just so ubiquitous and can look very different dependent on context. No style is going to suit everyones needs.
- Jtsummers 5y agoWhen you took it isn't really the issue as much as where you took it. Some schools and college majors choose different ways of teaching. I liked my exposure which was over 3 courses: Calc 2 had an embedded LA course; a 2xx level computational-focused LA course (much expanded version of the 2 or 3 week Calc 2 version); a 4xx math major only proof-focused LA course. Most students just needed the brief intro. A substantial fraction (but not the majority) got the 2xx computational form. A very small number of us took the 4xx version, and since (by then) you understood the applications there was little need to focus on computations since the interesting (to the course) bit was the higher level understanding of LA.