<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM, K. K. Subramaniam <<a href="mailto:subbukk@gmail.com">subbukk@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Friday 24 Jul 2009 7:08:05 am Anurag Goel wrote: > I feel most kids struggled with this because they had not learned too much > about geometry, particularily concepts involving degrees and radii. > However, kids experimented with a lot of different values to better predict > increments. Some kids realized that if they input a really large number > they would get the same result as importing a really small number (ex: 12 > and 732). As expected, the kids did not understand why that was. </div>The circular movement is not about geometry but differential calculus. Watch the movie clips on Talking Turtles in <a href="http://logothings.wikispaces.com" target="_blank">http://logothings.wikispaces.com</a>,</blockquote><div> The one with the yellow turtle? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> particular the first part of clip 2. 732 and 12 are numerical encodings of a concept that they have to experience first using their own body movements. Subbu _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax