Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S034

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68983-6, Copyright (C) 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Creating Pictures in Excel to Motivate the Learning of Functions

Carol Bell


Northern Michigan University

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ABSTRACT

This presentation will discuss how to create fun and interesting pictures in Excel by graphing functions. The pictures can be used to motivate students to learn more about various functions and promote students' understanding of function characteristics. Handouts will be provided with a variety of pictures that can be recreated in Excel for use in the classroom.

Keyword(s): spreadsheets