Ask HN: is it possible to teach math interactively using software?

5 points by sosagain 12y ago ↗ HN

I have noticed that a lot of math games online are for 4 year olds that mostly teach simple concepts like counting, addition, substraction etc. Are there any softwares available on the market that can teach more advance mathematics like calculus, linear algebra, geometry more interactively?

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tokenadult 12y ago ↗

Take a look at Khan Academy,

https://www.khanacademy.org/mission/math

EPGY,

http://epgy.stanford.edu/courses/math/

and ALEKS.

http://www.aleks.com/

bdfh42 12y ago ↗

Not trying to be a "Troll" or anything like that but Google is your friend when it comes to questions like this.

kennethtilton 12y ago ↗

Is this a message from God? :) I am just now resurrecting a nice interactive Algebra environment I sold as a desktop application back in the nineties. Google does not have "the beef" site (socialalgebra dot com) yet, but that's OK, I am still working on it. The promo site "stuck On Algebra" comes up on the google. (Yes the graphic design EMR team is on the way.)

The reason one does not see interactive software for advanced math is that it would have to, inter alia, (1) offer a WYSIWYG maths editor and (2) check intermediate steps entered by the student. Both a bit of work.

Gotta get back to work, those "work in progress" signs are fer real.

emilga 12y ago ↗

DragonBox does a surprisingly good job at teaching rudimentary algebra.

kennethtilton 12y ago ↗

Yes, that is great product. I am eager to see what the research says on how it translates to conventional algebra, which I believe they have undertaken. Either way, still a great abstract learning activity.