Interactive R program for kids to drill arithmetic

January 25, 2012 · R computing

Authors

Tomás Aragón MD, DrPH Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley Website: http://medepi.wordpr… Dr. Aragón is the Health Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Director of Population Health and Prevention at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH); and Principal Investigator of Cal PREPARE -- A CDC Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Center at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Readiness (CIDER), UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Several years ago I wrote an interactive R program so that my kids could drill addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I found the code tonight while searching for another file. Here it is:

Download PDF file with R code: http://medepi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/math.pdf

Follow the instructions. Better yet, edit the code and customize the experience. Even better, study the code and learn why I love R. Enjoy!