My father is one of those practical people who could never see the point in algebra.
He would tell me that he could add up, take away,multiply and divide; but once they started introducing x and y that was the end as far as he was concerned.
"What is x?" He would ask, with a tone of exasperation.
Of course my father is not the only person who suffers with a type of algebra phobia. One of the benefits of being human is that there are so many of us, and we are so alike in so many ways, that none of our problems are unique to us as individuals.
So to help those of you like my father, who suffer from algebra phobia, here is the first in a planned sequence of lenses aimed at explaining algebra.
He would tell me that he could add up, take away,multiply and divide; but once they started introducing x and y that was the end as far as he was concerned.
"What is x?" He would ask, with a tone of exasperation.
Of course my father is not the only person who suffers with a type of algebra phobia. One of the benefits of being human is that there are so many of us, and we are so alike in so many ways, that none of our problems are unique to us as individuals.
So to help those of you like my father, who suffer from algebra phobia, here is the first in a planned sequence of lenses aimed at explaining algebra.
Barney and Liz
Barney is always getting into an algebraic muddle, but fortunately he has a clever friend Liz, who is always there to help him out.
Barney's First Steps
A short narrated movie
For those of you who would prefer to read the slides for yourself they are shown below.
Chapter 1
by Niggle
Hi everyone.
I am Niggle, why Niggle, well it was my nickname in school, and it seems to have stuck.
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