The aims of the book are to help the students to become familiar with the calculator and, by entering the programs from the book, to provide a powerful tool for studies in calculus. Many exercises and all answers included. The Straight Line by Bob Alexander Ideal for beginners this book contains activities dealing with the straight line and linear functions while learning how to use the TI-82. The activities supplement the presentation in mathematics textbooks. No previous knowledge or experience with graphing calculators in necessary.
Instructions are complete, simple, and easy to follow.
This resource is designed to support the effective use of the TI-82 in a calculus course. Topics that anticipate the changes that will be occurring in the calculus curriculum and Labs that encourage students to explore patterns and then describe them. This book is perfect for building the skills students need to move to higher-level courses. Assuming the basic knowledge of probability and statistics topics, the book presents programs that are designed to help students think about mathematics and develop a greater insight into underlying concepts. The labs span the topics normally covered in Intermediate and College Algebra courses.