Re: [sage-edu] automatic grading

2019-03-01 Thread Ted Kosan
I have a significant amount of experience creating automatically graded student worksheets for another CAS, and I would be happy to describe the techniques I use. They may be helpful for adding automatic grading capabilities to Sage. Ted On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 3:36 PM john_perry_usm wrote: > F

Re: [sage-edu] Re: Giving Sage AI-based step-by-step equation solving abilities

2017-01-28 Thread Ted Kosan
This video shows one configuration of the step-by-step solver being used with a manual manipulation application: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6bwNBkAK0 The following tutorial provides a brief explanation of how the equation solver works: 1) Parsing and the Language of Expression Trees

Re: [sage-edu] Re: [sage-devel] Giving Sage AI-based step-by-step equation solving abilities

2016-10-09 Thread Ted Kosan
David wrote: > However, it's my personal opinion that the output is not readable by a > student at the level we are discussing (which is very very low). I > could be wrong. Just my 2 cents. It turns out the program in the video is based on the following research that was done in 1987: http://pat

Re: [sage-edu] Re: [sage-devel] Giving Sage AI-based step-by-step equation solving abilities

2016-10-09 Thread Ted Kosan
David wrote: >> http://data.ssucet.org/temp/solve_steps_example.png > > This doesn't seem to have anything. It is a larger .png file, and it may take a while to load. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6bwNBkAK0 > > Not quite. I'm just talking about an automated system to help a create > stu

[sage-edu] Giving Sage AI-based step-by-step equation solving abilities

2016-10-09 Thread Ted Kosan
For the past few years I have been working on an artificial intelligence step-by-step equation solver for elementary algebra equations that solves these equations using steps that a human would typically use. Here is an example of what I have working so far: In> LineForm(SolveSteps(MathParse("(8*x

Re: [sage-edu] Drag and Drop equation exercising

2012-04-15 Thread Ted Kosan
Jurgis wrote: > I also know that some math packages can show steps, how to solve equations. > But here the idea is - you make steps yourself, just you are guided by > math rules (system keeps an eye on  illegal actions,  might give > hints, count bonuses/mistakes or so..) Recently, I have been wo

[sage-edu] I am looking for someone to take over responsibility for the "Sage for Newbies" book

2010-10-04 Thread Ted Kosan
My name is Ted Kosan and I wrote the "Sage for Newbies" book:: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/tkosan/newbies_book/ In the Spring of 2008, I created the MathPiper CAS project and then I converted the "Sage for Newbies" book into a book called "Introduction to P

Re: [sage-edu] probability

2010-01-28 Thread Ted Kosan
Michel wrote: > 3.  Does anyone have any other ideas for good ways to illustrate probability > using Sage?  This would be for an audience of high school students who are > very weak in their math but have passed Alg 2 and are motivated for > college. The "Exploring STEM" eBook I posted about rece

Re: [sage-edu] A new textbook which builds on "Sage for Newbies/Intro to Programming with MathPiper"

2010-01-25 Thread Ted Kosan
David wrote: > How? The book is "open source" but only a pdf is provided (AFAIK). > It seems to be written in microsoft word or maybe open office? > Is a doc file available somewhere? The books are indeed written in OpenOffice and the bottom of the documentation page which holds the .pdf files co

[sage-edu] A new textbook which builds on "Sage for Newbies/Intro to Programming with MathPiper"

2010-01-25 Thread Ted Kosan
A few months ago I submitted a post which discussed how the "Sage for Newbies" book had evolved into the "Introduction to Programming with MathPiper" book and that "Sage for Newbies" could be updated with this newer material. Now I would like to announce that I recently finished a second book call

[sage-edu] Re: what should be taught?

2010-01-03 Thread Ted Kosan
Michel wrote: > What I now need is a simple, direct, knock-down, and hopefully fatal > argument against the entrenched position that 'graphing calculators are > enough'. That's really the whole source of the opposition I constantly face > in the high school world the AP and SAT are considered sac

[sage-edu] Re: SageIDE as an education-oriented GUI for Sage

2009-10-24 Thread Ted Kosan
Offray wrote: >> My opinion on the text-oriented interface vs. a calculation-oriented >> interface issue is that a student needs to learn how to program first >> before using a calculation-oriented interface.  One reason for this is >> that after one knows how to program, learning mathematics is

[sage-edu] Re: SageIDE as an education-oriented GUI for Sage

2009-10-23 Thread Ted Kosan
Offray wrote, > Thanks for your answers. I think also that starting simple and small is > a way to increase the use of Sage also. My questions about interface and > language because I'm trying to use CAS in education with notebooks with > a textual oriented interface instead of notebooks with a c

[sage-edu] Re: SageIDE as an education-oriented GUI for Sage

2009-10-21 Thread Ted Kosan
Offray wrote: > Seems a pretty interesting program. As kcrisman says it can fill the gap > between geogebra and Sage. I think that working in that unfilled spaces > is important from and educative perspective. In fact there was a Sage > variant called SPD (Source Python Distribution) that start s

[sage-edu] SageIDE as an education-oriented GUI for Sage

2009-10-06 Thread Ted Kosan
be interested in updating the "Sage for Newbies" book with material from this newer book. Ted Kosan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email

[sage-edu] Re: An alternative education-oriented front end for Sage

2008-03-23 Thread Ted Kosan
Jurgis wrote: > DragMath could also be in plugin list > http://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/C.J.Sangwin/dragmath/ > > there is also MathDrag'n (several years older) > http://mathdragn.squarespace.com/ :) Thank you. I will add these to the list of potential plugins :-) Ted --~--~-~--~~--