[Blindmath] Techniques for taking Algebra through Calculus?

Fri Feb 26 20:35:27 UTC 2016

If your editor had a duplicate line feature you can press it and use that.

On 2/26/2016 10:40 AM, Bill Dengler via Blindmath wrote:
> 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.
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>>>
>>> -----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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