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Re: Reply to Pragmatic
Posted by Howard Rosenbaum on 4/24/08
On 4/21/08, Pragmatic wrote: > You got a MASTER'S in math and never had this stuff? 1. When I studied Linear Algebra, I took what seemed like a very theoretical course. There were no pictures in the textbook, and no application to geometry. Perhaps this is the kind of course Lawrence also took. 2. I for one am not qualified to state unequivocally what every Linear Algebra course contains. Perhaps Pragmatic feels he is so qualified. > Was it a masters in education with a math specialization that didn't require you to know any advanced math? 3. Here it seems Pragmatic is making an assumption about Lawrence's educational credentials. Based on Lawrence's reply, it is an incorrect assumption. This reminds me of students who assume from the diagram that a particular angle is a right angle, without having adequate proof of this. I think this is a valuable lesson. One of the things we teach in math is the need to clearly state one's assumptions, and to recognize that an argument becomes invalid when it rests on an invalid assumption. Thank you, Pragmatic, for reminding us this.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/20/08, by LJ.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/20/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/20/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Lawrence_NJ.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Juliana.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Lawrence_NJ .
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Lawrence_NJ.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/21/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/22/08, by Lawrence_NJ.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 4/22/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Reply to Pragmatic, 4/24/08, by Howard Rosenbaum.
- Re: Reply to Pragmatic, 4/24/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Reply to Pragmatic, 4/25/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Reply to Pragmatic, 4/25/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math - Three Personal Examples, 4/27/08, by sd.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math - Three Personal Examples, 4/27/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math - Three Personal Examples, 4/27/08, by DSF/NJ.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math - Three Personal Examples, 4/28/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/06/08, by Jackie.
- Re: Curious to know..., 5/06/08, by Angie C..
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/07/08, by Sue.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/16/08, by Tom418.
- Re: Curious to know..., 5/16/08, by Tom418.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/16/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/16/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/17/08, by Tom418.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/23/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/24/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/24/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/24/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/24/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/25/08, by smarkham01.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/26/08, by concerned.
- Re: Praxis ii middle school math, 5/27/08, by Walt.
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