What a cool idea. Am I reading this correctly that it will work on
Macs, but those of us running Windows on a PC are out of luck at this time?
thanks,
--Reia
At 00:51 29/09/2009, you wrote:
>Mineralogy/Petrology Instructors:
>I've always wondered how students are meant to learn to estimate
>modes (volume percentages). We give them the little diagrams with
>polygons (e.g.,
><http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/89.306/IMAGES/Modal%20percent%20chart.jpg)>http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/89.306/IMAGES/Modal%20percent%20chart.jpg),
>as a tool, but learning requires positive reinforcement of correct
>estimates and negative reinforcement of incorrect estimates, which
>reference tools do not provide. Some may use their personal
>estimates as the correct answer; I am not confident enough in my own
>estimates to feel comfortable with this option. Others may do as I
>have done and use an image processing program to calculate modes for
>scans of polished slabs of rock photos. This however, is fairly laborious.
>
>For years, therefore, I've wanted to create a program with which I
>could make those polygon diagrams to order, for use in quizzes so as
>to provide the feedback that learning requires. Here is that
>program for you to use. It requires at least MacOSX 10.4, and is a
>Universal Binary, so will run on PowerPC- or Intel-based Macs. I
>hope you find it useful.
>
>Please note that this is a 1.0 program. There may be bugs I haven't
>yet found, and there is plenty of room for improvement. But in the
>interest of getting it out for you to use, I'm providing it now,
>with the core functionality working and bug-free as far as I can tell.
>
>Download ModeMaker 1.0 here:
><http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/~dave/research/code/ModeMaker/>http://almandine.geol.wwu.edu/~dave/research/code/ModeMaker/
>
>Cheers,
>Dave
>
>
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>Dave Hirsch
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>Department of Geology
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>Western Washington University
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Reia M. Chmielowski
PhD Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences/CODES
University of Tasmania, Australia
(03) 6239 6666
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