Electronic Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-31, 2004

Paper S073

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-43792-6, Copyright (C) 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.


College Algebra in Context: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Ronald J. Harshbarger


University of South Carolina - Beaufort
1 College Center
Hilton Head, SC 29928


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Lisa S. Yocco


Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8093
Statesboro, GA 30460


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ABSTRACT

We have developed an algebra course based on real applications from business, economics, biology, and the social sciences in a setting that connects mathematical content with the real world. Data analysis, modeling and technology are woven into the course so that the approach is refreshing and interesting.

Keyword(s): college algebra, applications, modeling