Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction [pdf]

Post by WhitneyLand » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 3:15 AM UTC

Post by redczar » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 3:51 AM UTC

WhitneyLand wrote: post #2

Think this would be a great course for high school or even middle school. No plug and chug that makes it a grind, plus a great intro to proofs and deeper mathematical thinking.

Post by vouaobrasil » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

redczar wrote: post #4

WhitneyLand wrote: post #2

Think this would be a great course for high school or even middle school. No plug and chug that makes it a grind, plus a great intro to proofs and deeper mathematical thinking.

I taught mathematics for 30 years at the college level. This is a college level textbook and it is not appropriate for either high school or middle school. Very few students at that level would be able to understand this material.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 5:19 AM UTC

vouaobrasil wrote: post #6

redczar wrote: post #4

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I taught mathematics for 30 years at the college level. This is a college level textbook and it is not appropriate for either high school or middle school. Very few students at that level would be able to understand this material.

Not so sure. There are quite a lot of bright high school students that could indeed understand it. Maybe not in general but for a special interest group for sure. The local university had a group covering stuff like this and I found it to be very fun as a high school student, and there were at least 5 people that I went to school with that could easily handle this material (and I didn't go to some special school, eit…

Post by barrenko » Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 5:34 AM UTC