Michael Porter on Nostr: npub1zdp33…2vqv8 I’ve been helping my niece with pre-calculus math and am ...
npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8) I’ve been helping my niece with pre-calculus math and am reteaching myself all of these methods. I think this is one I reverse engineered to figure out why it works - just for my own satisfaction, mind you. My tutee isn’t as enthusiastic about math 😄
I think one issue students have at this point is that they're making a leap to algorithms that require more steps than they are used to, and they need to take a more expansive view instead of hoping to leap to an answer in one or two steps. Also, for me, the chance that a given quadratic wasn't actually factorable was a barrier. The possibility that I was wasting time with a method made me want to give up on it before I started.
I think one issue students have at this point is that they're making a leap to algorithms that require more steps than they are used to, and they need to take a more expansive view instead of hoping to leap to an answer in one or two steps. Also, for me, the chance that a given quadratic wasn't actually factorable was a barrier. The possibility that I was wasting time with a method made me want to give up on it before I started.