Talk:Examples of generating functions: Difference between revisions
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Wouldn't wikibooks be a more appropriate place for "worked examples"? Wikipedia is not a textbook. --[[User:345Kai|345Kai]] ([[User talk:345Kai|talk]]) 23:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
Wouldn't wikibooks be a more appropriate place for "worked examples"? Wikipedia is not a textbook. --[[User:345Kai|345Kai]] ([[User talk:345Kai|talk]]) 23:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
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I think Wikipedia is an appropriate place for worked examples; worked examples are just another way of presenting information. [[User:NefariousPhD|NefariousPhD]] ([[User talk:NefariousPhD|talk]]) 03:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC) |
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== Is this an effective worked example? == |
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I teach mathematics at a university and find this page so dense with mathematical jargon that it defeats its stated purpose of providing another means for people to understand the concept. Generating functions is not a difficult concept. I would advise the authors to stop trying so hard to be precise, and provide some examples so that readers can get the gist of the concept first. |
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The authors' should follow their own link to "[[Worked-example effect]]" topic, which states, "it is important that worked examples be structured effectively, so that extraneous cognitive load does not impact learners"; this topic has far too much 'extraneous cognitive load' to be effective as a worked example. |
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[[User:NefariousPhD|NefariousPhD]] ([[User talk:NefariousPhD|talk]]) 03:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC) |
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Worked Examples?
Wouldn't wikibooks be a more appropriate place for "worked examples"? Wikipedia is not a textbook. --345Kai (talk) 23:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I think Wikipedia is an appropriate place for worked examples; worked examples are just another way of presenting information. NefariousPhD (talk) 03:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Is this an effective worked example?
I teach mathematics at a university and find this page so dense with mathematical jargon that it defeats its stated purpose of providing another means for people to understand the concept. Generating functions is not a difficult concept. I would advise the authors to stop trying so hard to be precise, and provide some examples so that readers can get the gist of the concept first.
The authors' should follow their own link to "Worked-example effect" topic, which states, "it is important that worked examples be structured effectively, so that extraneous cognitive load does not impact learners"; this topic has far too much 'extraneous cognitive load' to be effective as a worked example. NefariousPhD (talk) 03:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)