If the mention of algebra conjures bad memories of math classes, a Python library called SymPy could change your mind about ...

EDITOR: I disagree that most students will not use algebra in their lives. Every shopper is looking for the answer to the actual price when a sale is advertised as 15 percent, 20 percent or any ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Students see that geometric transformations—dilation and translation—correspond to algebraic parameters—m and b—in the familiar equation for a ...

A function is a way of describing what happens to an input variable, in order to get the output result. \(\text{Input} \rightarrow \text{FUNCTION} \rightarrow \text{Output}\) If we think of a simple ...

This study is an attempt to analyze students' construction of function based problem solving methods in introductory algebra. It claims that for functions to be a main concept for learning school ...