Using the TI-82 and Spreadsheets in a 1st-Year Math Course for Business and Social Science

Bruce Pollack-Johnson

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085
USA
Phone: (610) 519-6926
Fax: (610) 519-6928
brucepj@ucis.vill.edu

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Audrey Borchardt

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085
USA
Phone: (610) 519-6926
Fax: (610) 519-6928

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ABSTRACT

This course uses the TI-82 for calculus and spreadsheet software for multiple regression, matrices and linear programming. The authors have a FIPSE grant for further problem-driven interdisciplinary development focusing on modeling, concepts, realistic and interesting data and problems, and student-generated projects, plus videos, and are looking for test sites starting in the Fall of 1996.

Keyword(s): spreadsheets, TI-82, modeling, statistics