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Daly, Judith; And Others – 1987
This computer-assisted curriculum is intended to be used to enhance a vocational mathematics/applied mathematics course. A total of 32 packets were produced to increase the basic mathematics skills of students in the following vocational programs: automotive trades, beauty culture, building trades, climate control, electrical trades,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMathews, John H. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Illustrates how muMATH can be used for manipulating abstract differentiation rules, optimization, implicit differentiation, related rules, and verifying the chain rule. (MVL)
Descriptors: Calculus, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedSchaefer, Paul – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Provides a program listing in True BASIC which constructs several kinds of matrices: (1) matrices with integral entries that have inverses that have integral entries; (2) matrices with integral entries that have inverses that are rational numbers with reasonable denominators; and (3) matrices with integral entries and prescribed integer…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Peer reviewedLamb, John, Jr.; Aslan, Farhad – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1991
Examined are the three regular tessellations and derived semiregular tessellations whose regular polygons meet at common vertices. Included are BASIC computer program listings that explore the various combinations of regular polygons that can form regular or semiregular tessellations. (JJK)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Geometric Concepts, Higher Education
Download full textHarvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1987
In this middle school mathematics unit two imaginary characters, Horatio and Portia, decide to make their fortune in Quincy Market (Boston, Massachusetts) running a Bull Market cart. In order to solve the problems that they encounter, they need to learn ratio and proportion, map reading, estimation, area and perimeter, population sampling, problem…
Descriptors: Area, Economics, Estimation (Mathematics), Map Skills
King, James M.; And Others – 1985
The materials described here represent the conversion of a highly popular student workbook "Sets, Probability and Statistics: The Mathematics of Life Insurance" into a computer program. The program is designed to familiarize students with the concepts of sets, probability, and statistics, and to provide practice using real life examples. It also…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Death
Patterson, Jo – 1986
This kit includes a variety of instructional materials designed to teach language arts, science, mathematics and social studies while integrating soil and water conservation concepts into the intermediate-level classroom. The activities included in the student study manual are intended to be used to: (1) introduce a topic prior to using the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
