Re: Using Octave for class labs

[CdeMills]

John B. Thoo wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> This is a general type question.  I will be teaching linear algebra in the
> spring semester and I am thinking of assigning some class labs for the
> first time.  In fact I'm thinking of using the labs from UC Davis to where
> some of our students transfer.  Their labs were written to be done in that
> numerical computation software from the Dark Side and you can find them
> here (listed in the sidebar):
> 
> <http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~daddel/Math22al/22AL_Home.html> 
> 
> Now, I'm still a novice in using Octave, so my question to y'all is, Do
> you think these UCD labs can be done using Octave easily?  If you think
> so, then I will tell the students to obtain Octave in the winter break
> (before the semester starts) and I will work on them myself during the
> break.  If you don't think so, then I may not assign any labs this time.
> 
> 

It seems that, for each lesson, the framework is the same: perform some
operations on a given data set, and understand the result. If the teacher
has a set of .m files supporting the labs, the simplest way would be to try
them all in Octave.

Regards

Pascal

--
View this message in context: 
http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Using-Octave-for-class-labs-tp3882291p3882356.html
Sent from the Octave - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.