Your dream Linear function class
Hi y'all, My Pre-Calc peoples are finishing up a refresher unit on Linear Functions. This week, they are working on a "mini-text" with definitions, examples, tips, and tricks. They'll be wiki-izing this work next week. Each unit will follow the same pattern as a way to build a "math portfolio" for the year. I am planning to take them into Pythonic PreCalc after each unit to add a new class to their growing library. These will be reproduced on the wiki and in their portfolios as well. So what would your ideal Linear Function class contain? Methods: - return slope - return x-int - return y-int - maybe one that takes another Line and returns the coords for their intersection? - return expression (e.g. mx + b) About a third of the students have studied Python with me before in CS so they can help bring the rest along. (We are my smallest class at 15 11th and 12th graders.) We aren't afraid of import. Is there an easy graphing solution? Getting psyched for Quadratics and Complex numbers in October! Kevin
Kevin Driscoll wrote:
Is there an easy graphing solution?
vpython aand crunchy have been been recently suggested. Both have the advantage of being non-traditional solutions to this problem, i.e. they each offer the ability to graph, and much else. Seems to me there is something to be said for using a more general tool, for this specific purpose. Student might wonder into some general interest in the tool itself.. Art
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