Learn Math with SageMath
Free Open educational resources
Our OER book collection is intended to provide concise and complete instructions on how to use Sage in undergrad mathematics. Each title in the collection is appropriate for a first or second year undergraduate course for math and computer science majors. Our goal is to streamline the learning process with SageMath. This approach helps students focus more on mathematics and reduces the friction of learning how to code. They are designed for all math students, regardless of programming experience. This collection is our contribution to the Open Education movement.
The novelty of our project is that the textbook is authored by students under faculty supervision. With Open Pedagogy as a guiding praxis, we present this student-created textbook as a more effective alternative in promoting student learning and engagement. Students present the contents in new and inventive ways, from the overall voice of the textbook to the actual examples drawn from their and their peers' lives.
The titles in the collection began as support textbooks for our undergraduate math courses at Wright College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. Despite the fabulous capabilities of SageMath, students were often frustrated by the lack of specific documentation geared towards beginning undergrad students. We developed an OER for our students to use this mathematical software effectively.