Article View: misc.education
Article #1622*Applied Calc & Finite Math Tutorials for Your Students*
From: Stefan
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
59 lines
3436 bytes
3436 bytes
We are continuing to expand the student and teaching resource site at http://www.hofstra.edu/~matscw/realworld.html * On-Line Tutorials: We now have on-line interactive tutorials with multiple-choice self-test items on many finite math and applied calculus topics, inlcuding: "Rule of three" approach to computing limits (includiong animated graphics) "Rule of three" approach to computing derivatives Techniques of differentiation (through chain rule) Gauss Jordan/row reduction of matrices with Java softeware that pivots in integer, rational, and floating-point modes Sample spaces and probability and many more * Complete On-Line Text Materials The site has chapter-length text (complete with exercise sets and answers to odd-numbered exercises) on: Introduction to Logic (Scout Selection Award) Calculus of Trig Functions (for applied calculus) Probability and Calculus You will also find: * Detailed topic summaries for finite math and applied basic calculus (18 topics in all) including definitions, basic formulas, and outlines of procedures * 18 Clickable true-false quizzes covering all the main topics usually covered in a two-semester course on applied finite math and calculus * A growing collection of miscellaneous exercises with answers (submissions of new exercises welcome!) * Mac freeware created by Steve Costenoble (5 items in all): Graphing (embedded postscript graphics), Simplex Method, Row operations/Pivoting, Matrix Algebra, (matrices can be pasted into word processing documents) and a desktop scientific calculator. Although some of the resources are designed to follow the chapters of "Finite Mathematics Applied to the Real World" and "Calculus Applied to the Real World" (which we advertise at the web site), they are for the most part quite generic, and thus independent of the text. Comments and suggestions for improvement most welcome. Watch the site for further enhancements! Sincerely, Stefan Waner Department of Math, Hofstra University PS. The website uses sub- and superscripts, and tables, and has been tested on Netscape 2.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. The tutorial section uses frames, and the Java applets require Java-capable browsers. Please email me with comments and suggestions.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3326C8B9.3153@hofstra.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9e27,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e27,public X-Google-Thread: 1077c2,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1077c2,public X-Google-Thread: fad1e,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfad1e,public X-Google-Thread: 10d67e,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d67e,public X-Google-Thread: 1039af,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1039af,public X-Google-Thread: 11339a,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11339a,public X-Google-Thread: 102524,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102524,public X-Google-Thread: 15ada2,b2f9c4d34507fed6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid15ada2,public From: Stefan <matszw@hofstra.edu> Subject: *Applied Calc & Finite Math Tutorials for Your Students* Date: 1997/03/12 Message-ID: <3326C8B9.3153@hofstra.edu> X-Deja-AN: 224943643 Organization: IDT Newsgroups: misc.education,alt.math,alt.uu.math.misc,aus.mathematics,tnn.math,ucb.math,alt.help.with.homework,alt.maths.iams,alt.maths.undergrad