Understand the fundamentals of mathematics and math-thinking

[Dory]

Hey guys,

http://www-e.openu.ac.il/courses/04101.htm

I wonder if I should take this course or if I can study these fundamentals online. What do you think? I think this sorta intro to math is important, especially since math has been holding me back all my life.

The cons are that I'm already taking 2 courses and these sorta stuff I was hoping to study online. You don't really get much credit for this course anyway.

[PsychoSerenity]

Personally I've gone against doing courses for credit or qualifications at all. - it just doesn't matter to me and I'm now educating myself for the education itself, and I'm learning a lot more than I otherwise would. If you've got the motivation to do it, you can probably learn everything you'll want, online, through various different means.

Do you have to pay for that course? Is money an issue?

[Dory]

Personally I've gone against doing courses for credit or qualifications at all. - it just doesn't matter to me and I'm now educating myself for the education itself, and I'm learning a lot more than I otherwise would. If you've got the motivation to do it, you can probably learn everything you'll want, online, through various different means.

Do you have to pay for that course? Is money an issue?

As always, it is. But ignorance is far more expensive...

I think I rather take this course. I'll have to think about it.

[Twiglet]

The course looks like good prep for entrance to further study in maths, as the preamble states... but I'm curious to know where you feel lack of maths is holding you back in everyday life, because much of what is contained in that course has little application to the daily lives most people lead.

I think there are a few basics which could stand you in very good stead as part of a general education - algebra and basic trigonmetry. Then other things which find applications in nature like logs and exponents. You can find good basic text books for these things with tutor workbooks that contain the answers (always helpful).

Might I also suggest - if you want some real practical benefits -- that you consider a basic course in Economics (which is basic and numerical) or even book keeping - which is income earning in its own right - and will familiarise you with basic algebra as well some business concepts as you go along..

If you are more inclined to discovery study, then basic astronomy is fun and will cover similar sorts of things (algebra, exponents, logs, trigonometry, basic mathematical modelling) - perhaps provide you the opportunity to visit observatories, learn about how the universe is understood...

It's very much down to how you like to learn. Some people love pure mathematical concept, but I'm guessing that as maths has held you back, you may not be one of them (or maybe you are but never had the chance to discover it) - anyway there are lots of great ways to learn maths which are grounded in life-as-we-experience it.

[Dory]

Thanks for the replies. I already started to study it online recently (after I made this topic). I'm not 100% sure whether I'll take that course or not still, but I feel like I'm definitely progressing.

I'm more interested in applied-math to science, less than applied math to economics though.

[GenesForLife]

Thanks for the replies. I already started to study it online recently (after I made this topic). I'm not 100% sure whether I'll take that course or not still, but I feel like I'm definitely progressing.

I'm more interested in applied-math to science, less than applied math to economics though.

Most biochem courses come with one quantitative module, or you'll be learning it on the go in your practical sessions.