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Languages of the real and artificial: Visualizing Basic Algebra

  • Sarah Allen's Weblog · 5 years ago
    pictures of algebra
    I wish Oliver Steele had been my algebra teacher. He has wonderful illustrations that he calls grounded proofs . For example, multiplication is commutative: Oliver's lovely illustrations make these abstract mathematical concepts concrete and simple. I...
  • Software and Other Interesting · 5 years ago
    Grounded Proofs
    Grounded Proofs

    I think this is great. I'll show this to my son and see what he thinks of it :-)
  • Software and Other Interesting · 5 years ago
    [...] Grounded Proofs
    Filed under: Interesting Stuff — hutch @ 8:43 am


    Grounded Proofs I think this is great. I’ll show this to my son and see what he think [...]
  • Duncan Mac-Vicar P. » Blog Arc · 3 years ago
    [...] Leonardo sent me this link where Oliver Steele shows some abasic algebra demonstrations in a graphical way. Really nice. [...]
  • Sealvision » Math in Pictures · 3 years ago
    [...] Anyway, came across this to visualize math! [...]
  • the blank graph » Blog Archive · 3 years ago
    [...] Cognitive shortcuts like subitizing are employed in the fabulous graphics made by Oliver Steele for his children. A series of block calculations serve to illustrate basic laws of algebra. These visual explanations are kin to physical bricks that see use in elementary schools and as such readily understandable. At the same time, the two-dimensional graphic design can visualize transitions far better (to my judgement at least). [...]
  • Information Design Watch » Vis · 3 years ago
    [...] My daughters aren’t old enough to experience the joys of algebra yet, but when they are I plan to revisit Oliver Steele’s blog for some inspired thinking on how to explain algebra visually. Steele’s post Visualizing Basic Algebra begins with line drawings representing the associative property for addition: [...]
  • Moritz Lenz - Blog » Algebra a · 3 years ago
    [...] Oliver Steele hat in seinem Blog einen wunderschönen Beitrag, der Grundlegende Konzepte der Algebra (Kommutivität, Distributivität, Assoziativität) und binomische Formeln sehr bildhaft beschreibt. Wenn nur jeder Mathe-Lehrer das so schön könnte wie er - ich glaube, dass Mathematik viel von ihrem Schrecken verlieren würde. [...]
  • elhombre · 11 months ago
    Superb ! Well done.