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From: David Mark on 8 Jun 2010 13:11
On Jun 8, 1:08 pm, Kenneth Tilton <kentil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> David Mark wrote:
> > On Jun 8, 12:21 pm, Kenneth Tilton <kentil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> David Mark wrote:
> >>> On Jun 8, 8:47 am, Kenneth Tilton <kentil...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Kenneth Tilton wrote:
> >> "Copyright Macworld, Apr, '91: Algebra I Homework Tutor from Missing
> >> Link Software is the best algebra tutorial program I have seen. First,
> >> it works with algebra problems that the student types in from his or her
> >> own textbook. Second, it can generate an unlimited number of random
> >> algebraic problems.The software includes an editor for entering
> >> algebraic notations. After a student enters an algebra problem and
> >> begins typing the steps leading to a solution, the program automatically
> >> evaluates each step. The tutor enters a single check if the step is
> >> correct; an x if the step is incorrect; a check and a question mark if
> >> the step could eventually lead to the correct solution; and a double
> >> check for the correct solution. The student can request a series of
> >> hints to help find the solution at any time. To create random problems
> >> (for use without a textbook), the student first selects the type of
> >> problem (Laws of Exponents, Monomial Operations, Multiplying Binomials,
> >> and so on), then chooses from a number of options (With Integers, With
> >> Decimals, Inequalities), and finally clicks on a difficulty level (Easy,
> >> Medium, or Hard). The ability to generate an unlimited number of
> >> problems puts Algebra I Homework Tutor in a class by itself."
>
> > Why, in 2010, would anyone care what one guy said about some software
> > you wrote in 1991?
>
> See what the teacher wrote in 2007-8 or so...oh, you nipped that.
>
>
>
> >> And here is one of the teachers who dug me up to ask for the old software:
>
> > The note from your teacher is disallowed.
>
> On the basis of "inconvenient truth"?
>

On the basis of "who cares?"
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