More funky maths stuff
[tex]y=xsin(x^2)[/tex]
[graph]x*sin(x^2)[/graph]
Learning styles are a myth and I am not an auditory learner
I switched on Radio 6 this morning, and the track they were playing had a drum sound which caught my ear. It reminded me of a rototom - a tuned drum which was quite popular in the 80s. I had a set of three in my drum kit.
I doubt many listeners would have made that connection. I suspect many listeners would not even have particularly distinguished that drum sound. I think many people just hear songs in a much less differentiated way, unless they make a real effort. I, like most musicians, tend to hear the guitar, the drums, the bass, the keyboard and the vocals separately.
In other words, I am extracting more information from the audio than some might.
It would be tempting to imagine, therefore, that I would learn better through hearing than through other senses. But that is nonsense. Imagine trying to learn about the physical geography of a country through hearing about it without a map!
But this is exactly the argument made by people who insist they are "visual learners" d…
I doubt many listeners would have made that connection. I suspect many listeners would not even have particularly distinguished that drum sound. I think many people just hear songs in a much less differentiated way, unless they make a real effort. I, like most musicians, tend to hear the guitar, the drums, the bass, the keyboard and the vocals separately.
In other words, I am extracting more information from the audio than some might.
It would be tempting to imagine, therefore, that I would learn better through hearing than through other senses. But that is nonsense. Imagine trying to learn about the physical geography of a country through hearing about it without a map!
But this is exactly the argument made by people who insist they are "visual learners" d…
Very nice jonesieboy. I even used sweary words when I viewed it for the first time. (in i nice way of course) I'm going to shout on Samantha to see what she thinks.
ReplyDeleteOh dear Boys and their toys. Do you not pity those blog widows out there who have lost their husbands to the world of blogging.
ReplyDeleteHa ha. I tricked her into commenting on a blog for the first time. The only way is up. I think I'd better buy a second computer for her.
ReplyDeleteHi Samantha!
ReplyDeleteIt's only for the benefit of the kids, honest! It works in comments too:
[tex]y=x^2[/tex]
[graph]x^2[/graph]
Have a go! Just type [ graph ] without any spaces, then the rhs of the function - x^2 in the example I did, then [/ graph ] again without spaces.
Wow, it works. That's the easiest graph I've ever drwn.
ReplyDeleteI've got to try this... [graph]3*x+2[/graph]
ReplyDeleteMind you, I could have sworn I typed (without the spaces) [ graph ]3x+2[ /graph], and that's not the graph I'd have expected. There must be more to the syntax than I thought.
ReplyDeleteIt stopped working whilst I fixed it so that it can cope with a plus sign! The original plugin I was using was basically broken, so I switched into geek mode and have hopefully fixed it now.
ReplyDelete[tex]x^3+3x-2[/tex]
[graph]x^3+3x-2[/graph]
[graph] x^3+5[/graph]
ReplyDelete[graph]x^3[/graph]
ReplyDelete[graph]x^3+2[/graph]
ReplyDelete[graph](x^3)+2[/graph]
ReplyDeleteI must've typed something wrongly on my very first one. Please feel free to delete these. It is cool though :)
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed i can get it to work..
ReplyDelete[graph]3xsin(x)[/graph]
oh dear .. :S
ReplyDeleteHow about now?
ReplyDeleteYou just missed the brackets in sin(x) - I put them in for you, and it works now :)
ReplyDeleteWhat's going on with the time on this blog. Is it an hour ahead?
ReplyDeleteYeah - I'm still on BST :)
ReplyDelete[graph]3x-2[/graph]
ReplyDeleteHi jonesie!
ReplyDeleteHow are you!
Just pottering about and came across this wee graph thing. I've got a wordpress blog too but can't get this to work in mine. Is there anything I might be missing??
Hi Michael! Very well thanks. I've tweaked the plugin a bit - I'll email you a copy of exactly what I use.
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