thanks Kirby, I just misunderstood Roberto
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Clint Johns <clint.m.jo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you all for the great resources!!! > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:10 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:03 AM, roberto <robert...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sorry, I couldn't find it, would you past the link to the textbook? >>> I sifted through your post but couldn't find it. >>> >>> Thanks for sharing. >>> >> >> >> >> Hi Roberto -- >> >> What I meant was, 'Mathematics for the Digital Age...' >> (which you already know about) is an excellent >> textbook, and I mentioned it in that thread. I wonder >> if you were thinking a meant some *other* book. >> >> Quoting from the thread I linked to: >> >> """ >> Clearly, at one end of the spectrum we have books like 'Mathematics for >> the >> Digital Age and Programming in Python' (used at Phillips / Andover, a >> college prep high school, by the authors). >> >> At the other end of the spectrum we have textbooks showing >> little-to-no-awareness of the doors one could be opening in high school, >> to >> the prospective CS major. We can score them accordingly, and what I'm >> looking for is criteria. >> >> A high school math course should open as many doors as practical and being >> CS-friendly in this day and age is an important criterion. I'm telling >> parents what they can look for, even if teachers don't seem to care. Look >> for examples of functions that are non-numeric in nature. >> """ >> >> http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=9391791 >> >> Related: >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mathfuture/GszzTxcxEoE >> >> Kirby >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:59 AM, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> An excellent textbook, mentioned (by me) recently in this ongoing >>>> thread: >>>> >>>> http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2620194 >>>> >>>> Kirby >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:54 PM, roberto <robert...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> wow, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing >>>>> >>>>> Roberto >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Litvin <lit...@skylit.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Roberto, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for recommending our *Math and Python* book, but your >>>>>> amazon link is to the old edition. >>>>>> The current edition is at >>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Digital-Age-Programming-Python/dp/0982477546, >>>>>> also available at >>>>>> www.skylit.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary Litvin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Roberto >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > -- Roberto
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