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Questions tagged [education]

Questions about the use of Mathematica/WL in education and/or about teaching Mathematica, or learning it.

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How to verbalise code in Mathematica?

How do you read an expression like? x + y /. x -> 2 Looking up /. and -> in Mathematica docs it says ReplaceAll and Rule. But you would not pronounce the expression above as x plus y replace all x rule 2. Instead you would say something like x…
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Do[ ]s and Don't[ ]s when teaching Mathematica in undergraduate courses

Question motivated by some horrific homework-related posts that I don't dare to link: What are the top Do's and Dont's when teaching Mathematica to undergrads? I don't ask for the design of a curriculum, but just the most relevant points to be aware…
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Automated grading with mathematica

I will use Mathematica in teaching university courses. Is there a way to set up quizzes and automated grading. If so, can you point me to the documentation?
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How to declare a variable with subscript being numbers?

everyone! I hope to declare a variable with subscript as numbers, for example, $x_{10}$, $x_{11}$, $x_{01}$ as variables. Is it possible in mathematica? If so, how to implement it so that it treats $x_{10}$ as a variable? Thank you!
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Graph color conjuction mathematica

In the image, I split the graph of h[x] into 4 different graphs that show h[x] in different intervals with different colors. Is there anyway to show the entire function in one graph but have the sections be color coded like in the split…
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sharing problem-set notebooks without answers

I am looking for advice from instructors who provide students with problem sets in Mathematica. I have problem-set notebooks with prepared answers, which I edit fairly often. I'm seeking a best practice for sharing the notebooks sans answers. …
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How to plot a graph with a condition?

I have been trying to get codes to plot a given graph together with its condition. The equation is s(t) = 976((0.835)^t - 1)) + 176t for 0 ≤ t ≤ 20 I have surfed the internet and done some research but some answers still wouldn't satisfy me.
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Teaching Plan for High School Students

I would like to eventually teach Mathematica to my future high school students. In high school, there are many students who haven't taken a computer science class yet. I know Mathematica can get really complicated(it was for my first year!), what…
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Highschool teachers based in Australia using Mathematica ?

Would like to make contact, I can supply my email. thanks
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Plotting issues with n-root function

I've been getting issues with plotting a function I've written to calculate the maximum height a floating body can float in a polytrope atmosphere dependant on a weight, here is the function; X[ml_] := Power[(v Subscript[\[Rho], h] + 6000 kg +…
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Mathematica Progression Path from Apprentice to Guru

There's an excellent set of responses to a question about learning Python on stack overflow. As there seems to be a large number of Mathematica experts here, it seems of value (to me at least) to ask the same about Mathematica. The strict nature of…
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I want to delete the curly brackets

Format[primeFactorForm[n_Integer]] := Times @@ Superscript @@@ FactorInteger[n] /. _[x_] :> x; block[n_Integer] := Join @@@ Array[{#, primeFactorForm@#} &[# + 100*#2] &, {100, 10}, {1 + (n - 1) 1000, 0}]; grid[m_?MatrixQ] := With[{th…
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Column Division

I'm new at Mathematica. I need to find all the reminders of a division between two integers - just like column division - and stop until I obtain a reminder equal to one of those already found. For istance: 37/22 In[17]:= Mod[37, 22] Out[17]=…
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Recommend Mathematica Book

I've been using Mathematica for a few years now, but at a fairly formal level, more for creating graphs in calculus as a student. However, as a graduate student, I would like to focus on ordinary differential equations. What is the best Mathematica…
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Concavity of trig function

The original function is:x^2-4x+7cos(x) I attempted to find concavity on the interval [-4,4]using mathematica but i'm not quite there yet
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