[sage-edu] Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread Jonathan Gutow
I'm probably being dense hereBut would appreciate any suggestions/ help. What I want to do is ask students to interactively input a variable number of expressions based on some randomly generated 'story' problems (actually chemical kinetic mechanisms). I can generate the problems and

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread Harald Schilly
On Jan 22, 3:39 pm, Jonathan Gutow wrote: > I'm probably being dense hereBut would appreciate any suggestions/ > help. What I want to do is ask students to interactively input a > variable number of expressions based on some randomly generated > 'story' problems (actually chemical kinetic me

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread Luiz Felipe Martins
This worked for me, but it is definitely hackish and cumbersome. You basically define the function in a string, exec the string to create the function, and then use the function interact, instead using the decoration @interact. (I've read it is frowned up, but...) # first cell fields = ['a','b','

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread Jonathan
Thanks, this looks like it might do what I want. I have some questions for below on exactly what you are doing. On Jan 22, 10:30 am, Luiz Felipe Martins wrote: > This worked for me, but it is definitely hackish and cumbersome. You > basically define the function in a string, exec the string to

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread jason-sage
Jonathan wrote: > Thanks, this looks like it might do what I want. I have some > questions for below on exactly what you are doing. > > On Jan 22, 10:30 am, Luiz Felipe Martins > wrote: > >> This worked for me, but it is definitely hackish and cumbersome. You >> basically define the function

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread Luiz Felipe Martins
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jonathan wrote: > > Thanks, this looks like it might do what I want. I have some > questions for below on exactly what you are doing. > > On Jan 22, 10:30 am, Luiz Felipe Martins > wrote: >> This worked for me, but it is definitely hackish and cumbersome. You

[sage-edu] Re: Can you make @interact have a variable # of input boxes...

2009-01-22 Thread kcrisman
Just passing this thread on to sage-support, since it more properly belongs there and some people there but not here might have comments. Also, is there any conceivable way that this sort of overloading could somehow automatically make it into the definition of how interact works, maybe via a key

[sage-edu] Where books on how teach calculus/math with computer math software?

2009-01-22 Thread seber...@spawar.navy.mil
Anyone know of any place that has collected lots of wisdom on how to effectively teach math classes with math software? I teach calculus with Sage. If there are any books on how to do this better I'd love to hear about it. Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receive

[sage-edu] Re: Where books on how teach calculus/math with computer math soft...

2009-01-22 Thread CalcPage
In a message dated 1/22/2009 2:46:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, seber...@spawar.navy.mil writes: I teach calculus with Sage. If there are any books on how to do this better I'd love to hear about it. Have you looked on _www.sagemath.org_ (http://www.sagemath.org) under help or book

[sage-edu] Re: Where books on how teach calculus/math with computer math soft...

2009-01-22 Thread David Joyner
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:10 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 1/22/2009 2:46:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > seber...@spawar.navy.mil writes: > > I teach calculus with Sage. If there are any books on how to do this > better I'd love to hear about it. > > Have you looked on www.sagemath.org unde

[sage-edu] Re: Where books on how teach calculus/math with computer math software?

2009-01-22 Thread Harald Schilly
Here are two wiki pages http://wiki.sagemath.org/Teaching_with_SAGE http://wiki.sagemath.org/Teaching_using_SAGE h On Jan 22, 8:36 pm, "seber...@spawar.navy.mil" wrote: > Anyone know of any place that has collected lots of wisdom on how to > effectively teach math classes with math software? >

[sage-edu] Re: draft of "Ani invitation to Sage"

2009-01-22 Thread CalcPage
In a message dated 1/21/2009 9:57:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wdjoy...@gmail.com writes: I posted a new version which I think takes all your comments into account. http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/calc1-sage/an-invitation-to- sage.pdf Thanks again. Great timing! I'm d

[sage-edu] Re: draft of "Ani invitation to Sage"

2009-01-22 Thread CalcPage
Oh, and some python too! HTH, A. Jorge Garcia calcp...@aol.com http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy s