IM Alg 2 dictionary

[flannery-denny]

@schanzer @shriram

The most relevant portions of im algebra 2 curriculum for our work seem to be:

• Unit 7 Statistical Inferences - some overlap with our other DS units

  

• Unit 4 Exponential (and logarithmic) Functions and Equations

• Lesson 5.11 Making a Model for Data

Their algebra 2 course starts with a unit that:

• discusses sequences throughout (our alg2 materials don't mention sequences at all)
• spends a lot of time on recursive definitions
• has one lesson focused on populating spreadsheets
• focuses on concrete examples that students can visualize such as: -- Sierpinski Triangles -- Paper cutting -- Tower of Hanoi

I've added the lessons as a dictionary in these 2 commits

• https://github.com/bootstrapworld/curriculum/commit/d1e7f4fa48ee73c8dadc7922cd3dad0ade635d00
• https://github.com/bootstrapworld/curriculum/commit/59f259e753959f323ef57b2e63747d44032e4bfa

And started a list of data referenced and other noticings in #1392

[shriram]

I'm curious, what about the earlier parts? Why wouldn't we try to integrate our work into the preceding modules, like exponential functions?

[shriram]

Also, those recursion examples: ugggh!

[flannery-denny]

@shriram thanks for sharing that article on recursion. Noting that I had already listed Unit 4 on exponential functions as a suggested alignment in my comment to you.

[shriram]

Hi @flannery-denny. Sorry, not sure what you mean. I'm just commenting on their book. Not that we can change it or use anything from my article to fix it.

[schanzer]

@shriram can you say why you wanted this issue reopened?

[shriram]

https://github.com/bootstrapworld/curriculum/issues/1393#issuecomment-1593330413

[schanzer]

@shriram aaah, understood. I thought you were talking about your recursion comment. Thanks for clarifying, @flannery-denny , what do you think?

[shriram]

@schanzer: my email to you contained the very same link that I provided above.

[schanzer]

@shriram Sorry - on my phone the github app does open links to specific comments. Only the issue itself. I assumed you meant the latter.

When an issue is closed, GitHub also shows who closed it. This would have allowed you to ask Flannery directly, instead of relying on me as an intermediary.

[shriram]

Emmanuel, I'm well aware of how GitHub works. But it is also git protocol to explain why an issue is being closed, if it's not obvious from context. I do not understand why @flannery-denny closed this issue while leaving this comment untouched.

[flannery-denny]

Sorry @shriram. Haven't worked much with you on git. We have lots of ways of communicating with each other on the curriculum team, including an agenda of conversations to continue offline.

I didn't comment on your comment about chapter 4 because it wasn't a new idea. I had already listed the chapter you suggested in my message to y'all and didn't see utility in telling you that.

That issue was made for the purpose of creating a dictionary, which I completed, and I had meant to close the issue with my original comment to you and @schanzer so was just closing it because I noticed I had accidentally left it open.

[shriram]

Sorry, @flannery-denny, it was my misunderstanding about the point of the issue, then. I'll close it now, I just wanted to make sure that the broader point isn't being lost.