Science Focus (Issue 28)

25 Many students may be interested but intimidated by math. Were there any resources you found helpful during your study? 許多學生對數學感興趣的同時,又可能被數學嚇怕。你有沒有任何有用 的學習資源可以分享? Visit the following webpage to read the Complete interview! 瀏覽以下網頁以閱讀完整專訪! Dr. Leung 梁博士: If you cannot solve a problem, it’s usually just because you do not have enough experience yet. If starting a problem is intimidating, it is just that you need more experience — sometimes, textbooks only give you solutions, instead of how to solve the problem. In that case, the classroom experience is very important! Being able to interact with classmates and teachers is crucial, so that’s why I stay behind in class, so students can interact with me and ask me questions without the pressure of interrupting the flow of my lecture. 如果你無法解答一條問題,通常只是因為你還未有足夠經驗。如果嘗試解答問題讓你感到畏懼,那只 是因為你需要更多經驗 — 有時教科書只給你答案,但沒有提及如何解答問題。在這種情況下,上課非常 重要!能夠與同學和老師互動至關重要,這就是為甚麼下課後我會留在課室,這樣學生就可以與我交流, 隨便問而不必擔心打斷課堂。 Sonia: I guess what got me interested in math was many very good YouTube channels that cover math topics. For example, 3Blue1Brown gives very good visual intuition for linear algebra. Numberphile has some videos on interesting numbers. There are many, many videos about complicated concepts that they try to explain in a more digestible way — however, I do not have a very accurate idea of whether it is digestible for the average person since I’m at a point where once I see a concept, I tend to understand. In my undergraduate years, I would also spend a lot of time on the website Mathematics Stack Exchange when confused with homework. I think another good resource is talking to other people in math — talking to other people who share the same love for math is a great way to further your understanding of math. 我想讓我對數學產生興趣的是許多涵蓋數學不同主題的優秀 YouTube 頻道,例如 3Blue1Brown 擅 於把線性代數視覺化,Numberphile 有時會介紹一些有趣數字。那裡還有多不勝數嘗試深入淺出地解釋複 雜概念的影片 — 雖然我不肯定這些內容對普通人來說是否也是易於理解,因為我已經到了一個階段,看到 概念後往往就能理解。在本科生涯裡面,當我對功課感到困惑時,我會花很多時間在Mathematics Stack Exchange網站上,因為我認為與其他數學愛好者交流是另一個很好的「資源」 — 與同樣熱愛數學的人交 談有助進一步理解數學。

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