Re: Mathematica and Education
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- Subject: [mg64973] Re: [mg64934] Mathematica and Education
- From: "fizzy" <fizzycist at knology.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:15:04 -0500 (EST)
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no....all exams were take home....and we were still alllowed to use Mathematica.....although, I had the feeling that I was the only student in the class doing that....I took the course as a distance learning student so I was not in the classroom....and, of course, at the end of it I have a very large Notebook with all my work.....which is readable, etc. whereas probably most pencil and paper operations would be potentially confusing, etc. or hard to read..... Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katerina Kaouri" <katerina.kaouri at maths.nottingham.ac.uk> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg64973] Re: [mg64934] Mathematica and Education > yes, Mathematica is great for what you describe but presumably you can > only use pen+paper for your exams? > Katerina. > > fizzy wrote: > >>Recently, there were several discussions regarding the use of Mathematica >>in the classroom, etc... I just took a course in Advanced >>Electromagnetic Engineering and I'm happy to say that I did not perform a >>single pencil and paper operation. I did all the homework and exams >>using Mathematica. Also, in hindsight, without Mathematica I would >>never take the course nor can I conceive of how I could without it >>although I realize there was a time where people did work without >>Mathematica. The amount of homework was horrendous and how you could >>do it with pencil and paper operations is beyond me. In fact, I've >>gotten so used to Mathematica that if I were told I can no longer use it >>in my work, etc. , I would give Science up. That is how attached I've >>become to Mathematica and how much more enjoyment I've gotten out of >>Science problems using it. >> >>Also, when I have to use other languages I feel like a Programmer and I >>dont relish that at all. With Mathematica I actually feel that I'm doing >>some thinking and analyzing instead of just writing lines of code. >> >>Jerry Blimbaum >> >> >> > > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment > may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer > system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > >
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