Algebra, the Gamechanger of Mathematics

[Mattslayerable]

I'm becoming a math teacher and this video was very insightful on how to introduce algebra from the basics, thanks!

[efidkmp]

Mr Woo's teaching style is gamechanging. I'm in my forties and I only did math to Year 11 (Year 10 in Oz, at my school you had to choose between math or history, I loved both and in the end I chose history, I wish I had chosen math). And when I tried to pick up math again at University for a science degree I struggled immensely with algebra. This is the first time it has all made sense to me, noone ever told me the 'rules/tools' or 'reasoning' behind algebra, it would have made all the difference. It's true what they say, math for many depends largely upon the teacher you get. Thank you Mr Woo, you truly are a gifted teacher, your students are blessed to have you for a teacher. I hope they realise that.

[houssamhammoudi]

Hey Eddie,

I love your videos by the way. Just a correction, algebra was invented in the 9th century by muhammad ibn moussa alkhawarezmi and he even wrote a book about it called "kitab al jabr" the book of al jabr its way older than the 1500's. To be exact its 825 CE he wrote another book called "hisab aljabr wal muqabala".

[Filipas-elsp]

hello Eddie, I just wanna say in 6:35 you have told that these words come from Latin, but they are actually Greek. Trigonometry has trigono and metry, metry means counting and trigono means triangle in Greek. Same goes for Geometry, Geography, Mathematics etc.

[tracylykins]

Eddie Woo's teaching videos are great! The student chatter while their very excellent teacher presents the lesson is absolutely infuriating!

[Johan-rmec]

Emphasize Eddie how important it also is for game development and math in a whole. Students need to connect with why mathematics is important and their practical implementations.

[Ken.-]

I wonder if that kid ever found out what X-rays are?

[MrBeen]

How can he mantain that level of enthusiasm ?

[wheelyperson]

i wish more maths teachers taught like this!

[Matt-scgg]

wow, most teachers would say-
"you hate algebra, what an excuse" or something like that
but this guy understands why kids fail to understand algebra.
WOW
also, after 3000-5000 years due to Charles Darwin's theory of human evolution, human brains are gonna be really well-developed for algebra! HAH! Even 5-year-olds would find calculus a piece of cake then!!!

[NeilPhillips]

Very useful.Thanks for sharing this information

[oceanhu]

I laughed every time when I heard a guy sneezing at the back

[freeroamer]

god I wish this guy was my highschool teacher.

[ProofDetectives]

Asslam o alikum. Thank you for this video. Have a nice week to anyone reading this.

[dannybaseball]

Four years later I want to smack that guy that's talking in the head with an eraser.

[maryamabidi]

everyone: correcting and thanking Eddieme: hey u spelt broken wrong

[kodirovsshik]

That's so annoying how the audience is super disrespectfull and makes a lot of noise while he is trying to teach them something

[wheelyperson]

when you say the 1500s do you mean that algebra was introduced to europe at that time?

[sadiabinterahmanrahman]

if i could be seen this class to my boring math teachers!!!

[Reem-opws]

I wish if I could give you double Or triple like for this explanation