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Learning Abstract Algebra with ISETL (German, Hardcover, Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1994 ed.)
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Learning Abstract Algebra with ISETL (German, Hardcover, Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1994 ed.)
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Most students in abstract algebra classes have great difficulty
making sense of what the instructor is saying. Moreover, this seems
to remain true almost independently of the quality of the lecture.
This book is based on the constructivist belief that, before
students can make sense of any presentation of abstract
mathematics, they need to be engaged in mental activities which
will establish an experiential base for any future verbal
explanation. No less, they need to have the opportunity to reflect
on their activities. This approach is based on extensive
theoretical and empirical studies as well as on the substantial
experience of the authors in teaching astract algebra. The main
source of activities in this course is computer constructions,
specifically, small programs written in the mathlike programming
language ISETL; the main tool for reflections is work in teams of
2-4 students, where the activities are discussed and debated.
Because of the similarity of ISETL expressions to standard written
mathematics, there is very little programming overhead: learning to
program is inseparable from learning the mathematics. Each topic is
first introduced through computer activities, which are then
followed by a text section and exercises. This text section is
written in an informed, discusive style, closely relating
definitions and proofs to the constructions in the activities.
Notions such as cosets and quotient groups become much more
meaningful to the students than when they are preseted in a
lecture.
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