[BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for doingbraillecalculus
Gary-melconian
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Fri Sep 20 01:49:10 UTC 2019
Dave can you share those strategies for doing high level math in your head
On September 19, 2019 6:12:39 PM David Moore via BlindMath
<blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Wow, Emily!
> I have many strategies for doing math in your head!
> I will get back to you later, and I will write out many of the strategies
> that I use!
> This is so exciting to be working with you!
> Have a great night, Emily, and I will get back to you probably tomorrow!
> Take care, and will think about all of my tricks that I use tonight LOL!
>
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> From: Emily Schlenker via BlindMath
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:59 PM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
> Cc: Emily Schlenker
> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for
> doingbraillecalculus
>
> I would love some strategies for being better at mental math.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 7:36 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi. You have really inspired me, and now that you mention it, I am much
>> calmer when I’m doing math mentally. The problem is, it is hard for me to
>> keep track of problems where I do three or 4 chain rules and one or two
>> product rules, and then I have to put it all together. I also get very lost
>> with implicit differentiation. These often have fractions with different
>> denominators and ugly numerators. I would love to have a little bit of
>> tutoring on the weekends. I really think this will make my brain better
>> overall if I can do more and more in my head.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 7:25 PM, David Moore via BlindMath
>>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey guys!
>>> I majored in mathematics at the Ohio State University!
>>> I loved calculus, because the disability office did such a great job a
>>> converting all graphs into tactile form.
>>> Also, I had an Optacon.
>>> The Optacon allowed one to run a small camera over the page, and I could
>>> feel exactly what a sighted person could see as a vibration on my finger
>>> tip of my left hand.
>>> I traced graphs, and learned what all of the symbols look like in print!
>>> I used tapes from the Recording for the Blind, which is now Learning Ally!
>>> I would hear the function on tape, and I would take the derivative or the
>>> Integral in my head, and I would check the answer that was read to me on
>>> the tapes from the back of the book!
>>> Also, I spent time with many sighted engineering majors, and they took my
>>> hand and traced all kinds of graphs with my hand.
>>> They explained how a simple graph can be moved around, stretched, and made
>>> fat or skinny to make the graphs of much more complicated functions!
>>> The derivative
>>> Is slope, and the second derivative tells you where the graph changes from
>>> curving upward, to downward, the inflection points on the graph!
>>> I did so many of my calculations in my head, and never in Braille!
>>> Braille just slowed me down.
>>> I wrote my math for my professors by writing a symbol in words!
>>> For example,
>>> The derivative of (X^2 + 1)^2
>>> Requires the chain rule giving!
>>> And then I just kept writing each step out like that!
>>> They understood what I was writing.
>>> For example,
>>> Integral of E^(x^2) does not have an anti-derivative!
>>> Take care, guys, and I will help you and tutor you for free over concepts
>>> that are giving you problems!
>>> Have a great day!
>>> David Moore
>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>>
>>> From: Nicolas Spohn via BlindMath
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:01 PM
>>> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
>>> Cc: Nicolas Spohn
>>> Subject: Re: [BlindMath] I need some ideas and encouragement for doing
>>> braillecalculus
>>>
>>> Hi Emily,
>>> I think it is interesting that I got your message today because today I
>>> have been thinking a lot about how frustrating calculus is. I am a high
>>> school senior taking advanced placement calculus. My blindness occurred a
>>> few years ago so I am not up to par with braille. I have been using math
>>> player to read my equations. One of my biggest struggles is interpreting
>>> tactile graphs. Another one of my struggles is making sure I am typing my
>>> work on Microsoft word in a way that my teacher understands it. Keep
>>> putting forth the effort with calculus! I always say to give something a
>>> try and figure out whether or not it’s possible or whether or not it’s
>>> something worth trying. Keep at it! I’ll try to keep at it too!
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 7:05 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath
>>>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you so much. I am very lucky in that we have an office at my
>>>> university where I get all of my tactile diagrams done for all of my
>>>> classes. They also do my braille, and if I need a graph at the last minute,
>>>> they will make it. Awesome idea about the calculator.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 19, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Doug and Molly Miron via BlindMath
>>>>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Emily,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I learned calculus I was a low vision person, not totally blind. I
>>>>> did not use braille. Now that I am totally blind I can understand the
>>>>> desire to work in braille, but there is a problem in that so much of
>>>>> calculus instruction is based on graphs, which are poorly supported in the
>>>>> tactile display world. One thing you have described is a shortage of
>>>>> braille display space for your equations. There are several braille
>>>>> displays available that will handle many lines of braille that might ease
>>>>> your problem. The TI84 graphical calculator abailble from APHB might help
>>>>> also. Good luck.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug Miron
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/19/2019 2:52 PM, Emily Schlenker via BlindMath wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, everyone. I am in first semester calculus, and I am really struggling. I
>>>>>> understand the processes, but I am having trouble staying organized while
>>>>>> working problems in braille. I use a braille notetaker with 32 cells, and I
>>>>>> am having trouble with things like the chain rule that require lines and
>>>>>> lines of equations. The actual line on my braille sense is not long enough
>>>>>> to accommodate some of my equations, and I get flustered and lost scrolling
>>>>>> between so many lines. Ho do those of you who are braille users stay
>>>>>> organized? Do you have any strategies for keeping parts of the same problem
>>>>>> organized? I am not opposed to breaking out the Perkins Brailler with wide
>>>>>> paper, but I am also wondering if there is anything else I can do to be
>>>>>> successful. I have a great instructor who always goes step by step and
>>>>>> doesn't mind repeating things, but I always get lost about half way through
>>>>>> big problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Emily
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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