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Direct linkBoger, George – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2005
If larger and larger samples are successively drawn from a population and a running average calculated after each sample has been drawn, the sequence of averages will converge to the mean, [mu], of the population. This remarkable fact, known as the law of large numbers, holds true if samples are drawn from a population of discrete or continuous…
Descriptors: Workbooks, Numbers, Computer Simulation, Spreadsheets
Shore, Mark; Shore, JoAnna; Boggs, Stacey – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2004
A current project for the Allegany College of Maryland Mathematics Department is using spreadsheets in some of their General Education Mathematics courses. It is important to note that one of the key features of this project is that is does not require an introductory computer course as a prerequisite for any of the mathematics courses that will…
Descriptors: General Education, Spreadsheets, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction
Carl, Minette; Goldberg, Robert; Waxman, Jerry – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2004
During the years 2000-2003, a course on Exploring Quantitative Relationships (EQR) was created at Queens College under the support of the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (DOE-FIPSE Grant No. P116B000772). Exploratory in nature, the course goals were to acquaint liberal arts students with…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Surveys, Mathematics Skills, Computer Literacy
