[Edu-sig] Looking for a course syllabus exemplars for a high school year-long course in Python/Javascript

[Clint Johns]

Thank you all for the great resources!!!


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:10 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:03 AM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, I couldn't find it, would you past the link to the textbook?
>> I sifted through your post but couldn't find it.
>>
>> Thanks for sharing.
>>
>
>
>
> Hi Roberto --
>
> What I meant was, 'Mathematics for the Digital Age...'
> (which you already know about) is an excellent
> textbook, and I mentioned it in that thread.  I wonder
> if you were thinking a meant some *other* book.
>
> Quoting from the thread I linked to:
>
> """
> Clearly, at one end of the spectrum we have books like 'Mathematics for the
> Digital Age and Programming in Python' (used at Phillips / Andover, a
> college prep high school, by the authors).
>
> At the other end of the spectrum we have textbooks showing
> little-to-no-awareness of the doors one could be opening in high school, to
> the prospective CS major. We can score them accordingly, and what I'm
> looking for is criteria.
>
> A high school math course should open as many doors as practical and being
> CS-friendly in this day and age is an important criterion. I'm telling
> parents what they can look for, even if teachers don't seem to care. Look
> for examples of functions that are non-numeric in nature.
> """
>
> http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=9391791
>
> Related:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mathfuture/GszzTxcxEoE
>
> Kirby
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:59 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> An excellent textbook, mentioned (by me) recently in this ongoing thread:
>>>
>>> http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2620194
>>>
>>> Kirby
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:54 PM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> wow, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing
>>>>
>>>> Roberto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Litvin <litvin at skylit.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Roberto,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for recommending our *Math and Python* book, but your
>>>>> amazon link is to the old edition.
>>>>> The current edition is at
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Digital-Age-Programming-Python/dp/0982477546, also available at
>>>>> www.skylit.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary Litvin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Roberto
>>
>
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