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 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: Mathematics help: Strategies for word problems

newtonian
Posted: 07 Jul 2014, 9:16 am 

Replies: 12
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Kiriae, your advice was extremely helpful. I just tried the reading backwards approach with good results. Got any advice for approaching interpreting curvilinear graphs? I get frustrated thinking about moving things as pictures, so a good example would be total distance traveled or multivariable der...

 Forum: Love and Dating   Topic: Married to an Aspie

newtonian
Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 12:32 pm 

Replies: 26
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I have personal input for two parts of this that I hope will be helpful. First: Regarding your spouse's lack of interest in your children: I hope and believe this will improve over time. It is probably difficult for your spouse to hold a conversation that isn't mentally engaging, and children are no...

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: Mathematics help: Strategies for word problems

newtonian
Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 12:08 pm 

Replies: 12
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I have trouble task-switching as well, that is; I am able to think in terms of numbers and equations or to think about things linguistically, but I experience difficulty switching from one mode of thought to another in a small span of time. Is that common to you as well? This is off topic here, you ...

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: Mathematics help: Strategies for word problems

newtonian
Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 11:51 am 

Replies: 12
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I am a continuing graduate in the math department at U. Texas at Austin. I have always struggled with word problems in mathematics. The more difficult/specific the sub-field, the more pronounced the trouble isolating the relevant information. If a colleague or professor links the figures to the equa...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: New person

newtonian
 Post subject: New person
Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 11:45 am 

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What is your first name? Riley Age: 25 Location: Austin, TX, USA Hobbies and Interests: Math, music, animals, biking, roller derby Why are you here? To learn more about my recent diagnosis When were you diagnosed?(skip if you don't have a disorder): This year (2014) Favorite subjects: Number theory,...
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