[Transferred from Web repo] Update to strings on Oppia.org (Learner Pages)

[danapj]

Describe the Issue This issue is being filed on behalf of the UX writing team to update some of the strings on select pages of the site (learner facing pages).

1 / Dropdown on the navbar

• Change "Basic Mathematics" to "Math"
• Change the description to "Foundational lessons to help you get started in math"
• Change "Ways to learn more" to "Community Library"

2/ Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math

• Update the paragraph under Course Details to "Oppia's curated math foundations course teaches the building blocks of math, including essential topics like additional, multiplication, and fractions. When you have mastered these, you can move on to other topics."
• Update the paragraph under Topics Covered to "Each lesson builds on the previous one, so you can start with our first topic, place values, for a structured course, or explore any other topic."
• Text above the search bar -- Change it to "Explore more lessons in our Community Library."
• Can we remove the green search icon on the right? There's no need to have two.

3 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/addition-subtraction/story

• Update the paragraph under Addition and Subtraction to "If you had 4 eggs and your friend gave you 37 more, how many would you have in total? How about if you then lost 8? In this topic, you will learn how to solve problems like this with basic skills of addition and subjection."

4 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/multiplication/story

• Update the paragraph under Multiplication to "If you bought 60 boxes of 5 cakes, how many cakes would you have in total? In this topic, you wil learn how to use multiplication to solve problems like this."

  5 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/division/story

  

• Update the paragraph under Division to "If you have 32 tomatoes to share amongst 4 people, how many tomatoes will each person get? In this topic, you will learn to use division to split a number into parts.

  6 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/exprs-and-eqns/story

  

• Update the paragraph under Expressions and Equations to "Sometimes, you will need to solve problems with unknown numbers. For example, if you have bought an item on sale and want to find out its original price. In this topic, you will learn how to do this."

  7 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/fractions/story

  

• Update the paragraph under Fractions to "You will often need to talk about parts of a whole. For example, a recipe might ask for half a cup of flour, or you might want to know how much milk you have left after spilling half the bottle. In this topic, you will learn how to understand such situations.

  8 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/ratios/story

  

• Update the paragraph under Rations and Proportional Reasonins to "Ratios are useful for calculating how much ingredients to use if you have a recipe for 4 people, but intend to cook for 2. In this topic, you will learn how to use ratios to compare the size of one object with another."

  9 / Page: https://www.oppia.org/learn/math/percentages/story

  
• Update the paragraph under Percentages to "You will often use percentages in daily life when counting money and calculating how much you have spent. In this topic, you will learn to convert between percentages, fractions, and decimals, and how to calculate prices when there are discounts or taxes."

Thanks! Let me know if there are any clarifications.

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi @SanjaySajuJacob, thanks for proposing this as a good first issue. I am removing the label for now and looping in @DubeySandeep to approve the label. It will be added back if approved. Thanks!

[Himanshu4776]

Hi Team, I would like to fix this issue. Please assign this issue to me.

[suyash-tyagi]

Hey, I would like to work on this. Kindly assign me to this issue.

[hemantmm]

@seanlip is the fixes for curated lessons fine?

[seanlip]

For technical contributors: this needs some clarification from the UX Writing team first. Please don't start working on it yet.

@danapj thanks for filing the issue! Some questions of clarification:

1) Can we use Mathematics? In some countries it's "Math" and in others it's "Maths", but I think "Mathematics" is universal. 2) If we change "Ways to learn more" to "Community library", then wouldn't this overlap the CTA at the bottom of that column? 3) For "Each lesson builds on the previous one, so you can start with our first topic, place values, for a structured course, or explore any other topic." -- this feels like a run-on sentence. Should we make the last clause a separate thing? 4) For the search icon, we do need a button for users to click on. If we remove the green button on the right then what is the CTA? (Should we remove the one on the left instead?) 5) In "Addition and Subtraction" and "Multiplication", why is "In this topic" highlighted? Not sure I see changes suggested there. 6) For "Expressions and Equations", the second sentence of the proposed edit is a sentence fragment. 7) For Fractions and Percentages, the suggested edit is too long -- there is a 240-character limit for these blurbs. 8) For Ratios, is there a reason to use "intend" instead of "want"? The former seems like a more difficult word and we have seen issues with learners not understanding e.g. "reveal" instead of "show". Additionally, not sure about "one object with another" since ratios are often used for e.g. milk vs water, or number of cars vs number of bicycles, which aren't really "sizes of objects".

Please let me know if you need clarification on any of the above questions. Thanks!

[seanlip]

@hemantmm Yup I moved it to a different project since this is mostly content fixes and not technical.

[hemantmm]

@seanlip ok thank you for the information