Solution Strategy
Most students begin graphing the student to teacher ratio in each year. They must calculate these ratios from the NCES...
Relevance and Meaning Before Details
My son has been watching the new PBS Kids series . It is essentially a math learning tool in which...
Reduced Row Echelon Form on a TI Graphing Calculator
In this example, we want to utilize your graphing calculator to solve the system
Start by converting this system to an...
Sensitivity Report in Excel
The Answer Report contains the original guess for the solution and the final value of thesolution as well as the...
More On Using Google Calendar for a Class Schedule
The past two weeks has been consumed with prepping classes for the fall semester. With the amount of content I...
The Student Experience
Project-based learning requires a sustained effort from instructors and students. Students cannot expect to start the project the week it...
Student Grades
Is it possible to assign a grade completely on machine graded problems? I want to see the work my students...
Use a Blog to Help Teach Your Math Class (Part 3)
As a mathematics teacher, it all begins and ends with how easy it is to put math into a blog....
A Different Approach to Optimization Problems
Historically, maximization problems have been a problem for calculus students. Not so much in finding critical points from functions and...
Medical Insurance Project
In a previous post, I described a choice I had to make regarding health insurance during the summer. In short,...