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Pythagorean Combinations For Lego Robot Building., Ronald I. Greenberg
Pythagorean Combinations For Lego Robot Building., Ronald I. Greenberg
Ronald Greenberg
This paper provides tips for LEGO robot construction involving bracing or gear meshing along a diagonal using standard Botball kits.
Pythagorean Approximations For Lego: Merging Educational Robot Construction With Programming And Data Analysis, Ronald I. Greenberg
Pythagorean Approximations For Lego: Merging Educational Robot Construction With Programming And Data Analysis, Ronald I. Greenberg
Ronald Greenberg
Abstract. This paper can be used in two ways. It can provide reference information for incorporating diagonal elements (for bracing or gear meshing) in educational robots built from standard LEGO kits. Alternatively, it can be used as the basis for an assignment for high school or college students to recreate this information; in the process, students will exercise skills in both computer programming and data analysis. Using the paper in the second way can be an excellent integrative experience to add to an existing course; for example, the Exploring Computer Science high school curriculum concludes with the units “Introduction to …
How To Make Teaching Of Statistics More Effective In Business Schools?, Kuldeep Kumar
How To Make Teaching Of Statistics More Effective In Business Schools?, Kuldeep Kumar
Kuldeep Kumar
Statistics is taught in almost all Business Schools as a core course and prerequisite to may advance economics, finance and accountancy courses. However, Statistics has to be taught in a different way in Business Schools as compared to how it is taught in their own statistics department. There should be more emphasis on applications in Business area rather than theory. There has been lot of interest in teaching of statistics in Business schools for a very long time, for example see Cox (1965), Moore (1976) and Love and Hildebrand (2002). This paper discusses author's experience of teaching statistics in an …