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by tkosan 3685 days ago
I think teaching fundamental mathematics to programmers using ITS (Intelligent Tutoring System) technology is a very promising idea. For example, an ITS that is capable of doing step-by-step elementary algebra equation solving would be able to teach this subject, and it would also be able to provide instant feedback which is much more detailed than a human would typically provide.

I have been working on a step-by-step elementary algebra equation solver for a few years now, and here is an example of what I have working so far:

http://p1.ssucet.org/tkosan/misc/mathfuture/steps/solve_equa...

If you are interested in discussing the possibility of teaching programmers fundamental mathematics using technology like this, feel free to contact me (my email address is in my profile).