[Blindmath] Techniques for taking Algebra through Calculus?

Fri Feb 26 17:40:44 UTC 2016

No it isn’t difficult to review what you have typed previously???
I do it all the time.
select previous line, copy, paste on new line below, re-read and edit as necessary.

Bill
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I was asking some other people and they were saying MathType had some
> unlabeled buttons.
> We were looking at MathType. Does it support anything other than Latex for
> input?
> 
> What a lot of people do is write out math in their own language such as:
> 
> cos(x)^2 + sin(x)^2 = 1
> 
> The above is much easier to read then Latex.
> 
> But the problem with Latex and the above is when you are working out the
> problems, you forget what you have written above and it is a lot of work to
> move between lines to remember what you have done.
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:13 AM, Paul Topping via Blindmath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> MathType (my company's product) will generate MathML and has an
>> easy-to-use interface. You can even type a subset of LaTeX if you really
>> want to.
>> 
>> Paul Topping
>> 
>> Design Science, Inc.
>> "How Science Communicates"
>> Makers of MathType, MathFlow, MathPlayer, Equation Editor
>> http://www.dessci.com
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Dengler via Blindmath [mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org]
>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:09 AM
>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics <
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Bill Dengler <codeofdusk at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Techniques for taking Algebra through Calculus?
>> 
>> Math ML is a machine-readable markup language.
>> Generally, people *don’t* write it buy hand. Instead, they use something
>> human-friendly (i.e. LaTeX) to generate it.
>> Another option is using what I call "calculator notation".
>> In this method, the student writes out mathematical equations, solutions
>> etc in a text editor in a similar manner to how it would be typed into a
>> scientific calculator. For example, parentheses are used to enclose the
>> numerator/denominator of a fraction, arguments of a function, etc.
>> The quadratic formula in this notation (or at least the version of it I
>> used to use before this semester) looks like :
>> x=(-bpmsqrt(b^2-4ac))/(2a)
>> However, I have started to use LaTeX, since it removes some of the
>> ambiguity present in calculator notation with longer problems (I.E. is the
>> parenthesis closing the radical or the fraction or what?) So now, I write :
>> $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$
>> LaTeX also makes it easier to write limits and sequences/series.
>> Before, I would write out limits as if the teacher was reading them out
>> loud.
>> As x approaches infinity, f(x) approaches l.
>> $\lim_{x \to \infty}f(x)=l$
>> 
>> Ultimately, calculator notation is easier to learn but harder to work with
>> as you approach calc.
>> Learn LaTeX; look up the commands and symbols you need as you need them.
>> It’ll make things easier in the long run.
>> 
>> Bill
>>> On Feb 25, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <
>> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> I am looking for some ways my student can use to take Algebra through
>>> calculus that does not require a significant investment of time to get
>>> up and running.
>>> I know about Latex, but from what I have seen, it takes quite a bit of
>>> time to learn.
>>> 
>>> Nemeth does not work because my student does not know Braille.
>>> 
>>> The only other option I can think of is having a tutor there, writing
>>> out in huge letters, or using manipulatives to explain the concepts. I
>>> did this going through Statistics, but it was not fun and currently
>>> the student has not had much success with this method.
>>> 
>>> The accessibility person has suggested something using math ML may work.
>>> Has anyone worked with math ML before?
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
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