Comments on: Game Design as a Teaching Method for Math http://teachingcollegemath.com/2009/06/game-design-as-a-teaching-method-for-math/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=game-design-as-a-teaching-method-for-math Fri, 18 May 2012 02:34:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: EdVentures in Technology » Diigo Links 04/22/2010 http://teachingcollegemath.com/2009/06/game-design-as-a-teaching-method-for-math/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 EdVentures in Technology » Diigo Links 04/22/2010 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:32:06 +0000 http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1023#comment-3289 [...] Teaching College Math » Blog Archive » Game Design as a Teaching Method for Math [...] [...] Teaching College Math » Blog Archive » Game Design as a Teaching Method for Math [...]

]]> By: Derek http://teachingcollegemath.com/2009/06/game-design-as-a-teaching-method-for-math/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Derek Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:33:38 +0000 http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1023#comment-707 Fife Hero? That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. I see an iPhone app coming... A colleague of mine teaches a course on the mathematics of games, and it's a very popular course. For the past few years, I've given a guest lecture in the course on modeling Monopoly with Markov chains, which has gone over well. And I've had a few students tackle games for the linear algebra projects, too. This can be a fun way to introduce students to mathematical modeling. Fife Hero? That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. I see an iPhone app coming…

A colleague of mine teaches a course on the mathematics of games, and it’s a very popular course. For the past few years, I’ve given a guest lecture in the course on modeling Monopoly with Markov chains, which has gone over well. And I’ve had a few students tackle games for the linear algebra projects, too. This can be a fun way to introduce students to mathematical modeling.

]]> By: Rich in OR http://teachingcollegemath.com/2009/06/game-design-as-a-teaching-method-for-math/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Rich in OR Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:59:16 +0000 http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1023#comment-704 I just recently looked into the Mathematics of Computer Graphics, which is quite math intensive as well. 2-D and 3-D analytic geometry and vectors, with trigonometry, matrices and transformations, lie at the heart of math for graphics. There is quite a lot of of potential for turning these topics into a course at a lower or upper division level. I just recently looked into the Mathematics of Computer Graphics, which is quite math intensive as well.

2-D and 3-D analytic geometry and vectors, with trigonometry, matrices and transformations, lie at the heart of math for graphics.

There is quite a lot of of potential for turning these topics into a course at a lower or upper division level.

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