Comments on: Interpretation of Data https://www.elearningworld.org/interpretation-of-data/ For the online learning world Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:01:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: What is a Byte anyway? - ElearningWorld.org https://www.elearningworld.org/interpretation-of-data/#comment-1352 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:01:11 +0000 https://www.elearningworld.org/?p=8747#comment-1352 […] can read more about this area in my article ‘Interpretation of Data’, where this article is really a pre-cursor to it and could aid as an addition to understanding […]

]]> By: Gareth Barnard https://www.elearningworld.org/interpretation-of-data/#comment-1097 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:56:33 +0000 https://www.elearningworld.org/?p=8747#comment-1097 In reply to Stuart Mealor.

Thanks Stu,

I was not really sure what image I could use for this post, so the ‘Union of South Africa’ train image is a still from a video I took of it last year. I can post the link on YouTube if you want?

Maths has never been my strong point either. Computing is actually different to maths, I believe that it is a science and an ‘art form’ in its own right. Really here what I’m describing is the index to an address book, where a number can mean one thing in one book and another in another.

I believe that to understand programming you need to understand how computers work and are built as devices, their structure. How (like a railway) their paths and switches (points / turnouts) are orchestrated to get the data from one place to another (travel on a train from on station to the next). And be a problem solver. If you can problem solve and have an eye for detail, then you can program.

]]> By: Stuart Mealor https://www.elearningworld.org/interpretation-of-data/#comment-1096 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:21:24 +0000 https://www.elearningworld.org/?p=8747#comment-1096 Wow.
OK, so I loved the train image, but then started reading and quickly got lost.
This is my fault, not yours!
Unfortunately I had a very bad maths experience / teacher in that critical 12-13 year old period, and I never recovered.
I guess I could ‘go back to school’ and learn maths properly, but I suppose I ‘cope’ with this, in the same way that many people cope with being dyslexic, or have other learning difficulties … one finds strategies and workarounds.
This can be effective most of the time. I mean, I can do things with a spreadsheet as well as the next man.
But computer programming, well that exposes my fundamental maths weakness.
It’s too late for me, but for any younger readers here, put the effort into your maths learning, because it can pay off in so many ways in these technology driven days.

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