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The TI-89 is the first hand-held calculator that combines the features of a graphing calculator with computer algebra capabilities. The purpose of this book is to explain how and when to use the TI-89 graphing calculator in an algebra, precalculus or statistics course. The contents parallel that in Exploring Algebra, Precalculus and Statistics by Best, Penner and Schneider
This is a compact statistical text, similar to the text Introduction to Statistics with the TI-83 Graphing Calculator by Robert Schneider and George Best, which covers both the fundamentals of statistics as well as several advanced topics. The TI-89 is used throughout the text to illustrate theory and as an important time and effort saving tool to perform statistical calculations and analyze data. The TI-89 instructions include a review of the basics for new users, information on using the new downloadable Stats/List Editor, and several calculator programs to perform simulations. Topics include: organizing data, basic probability concepts, probability distributions, sampling confidence intervals, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, analysis of variance, and Markov Processes.
This book is intended for use by teachers and students using the TI-73 graphing calculator in their middle school classes for the first time. It was designed so that it could be used by teachers with very little, if any, experience with graphing calculators. The goal is for students and teachers to become comfortable in using the TI-73 in their classrooms by combining data exploration with real-life applications, and thus a greater emphasis is placed on mathematical thinking. A comprehensive CBR� activity introducing the concept of a variable and the notion of a function is included.
Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Examination
Whether you sit in the front row, the back row, or anywhere in between, Be Prepared will help you focus on the AP exam requirements, review the material, and fill the gaps in your knowledge. A thorough review section includes over 50 multiple choice questions with complete solutions that show you effective strategies and shortcuts. Four complete practice exams with answers and solutions (two A and two AB exams, with no overlap), written by a team of veteran teachers will give you plenty of practice material and help you decide whether to take A or AB exam. "This review book does an excellent job of describing the basics of APCS for the incoming teacher as well as reviewing all the A and AB materials for the students.
Problem Solving with C++ An Introduction to Computer Science
This new book is designed for use in a one semester introductory course in computing and computer science. It assumes no mathematics beyond high school algebra and covers all topics required by the Computer Science A Advanced Placement syllabus of the College Board. This readable text integrates problem solving and programming skills in a unique way. It is filled with examples that demonstrate how important software engineering techniques like top-down design, modularity, reusability, documentation, and good programming style are employed in developing programs.
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One of the most powerful and sophisticated calculators available, the TI-89 offers students and teachers the opportunity to bring graphical, numerical, symbolic processing into the teaching and learning of calculus. This book is designed to support the effective and appropriate use of the TI-89 in an AP calculus course.
The book features:
- "Getting Started" chapter that offers a friendly introduction to the keyboard, data entry, numeric and symbolic calculations and graphing.
- All topics that are included in the new AP calculus course description.
- Useful programs and scripts for several topics.
- Labs that encourage students to explore patterns and then describe them.
- Multiple-choice and free response questions at the end of each chapter that are similar to the questions that might appear on the new AP Calculus examination.
- May be used as a supplement to any textbook.
Learn how to get started with the TI-89 calculator. Topics include home screen calculations, menus and dialog boxes, graphing, tables and numeric solver, unit conversion, introductory statistics including scatterplots and more.
Basic topics include home screen calculations, graphing skills, tables, unit conversion and introductory statistics. Differential and integral calculus topics include limits, tangents, derivatives, integral graphs and calculations, accumulator functions, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, calculus connections using scripts and solving differential equations using Rule of Three.
Much of traditional teaching done at a blackboard can be replaced by this new innovative calculus laboratory book. Work Smarter Not Harder includes an interesting collection of TI-83 programs that support 20 laboratory experiences. The labs explore calculus concepts and encourage students to visualize first and then further explore topics like limits, rates of change, the Mean Value Theorem, rectangular approximation techniques, the Fundamental Theorem, volumes and slope fields.
This exciting new book focuses on conceptual understanding and thinking skills. The graphing calculator is an integral part of the text and allows students to manipulate and compare graphical, numerical and algebraic representations of the ideas. The text is designed to include the best aspects of calculus reform along with the goals and well established methods of traditional calculus. Written to meet the needs of students enrolled in an AB Advanced Placement course, the text also serves well students who are in regular non-AP calculus course.
Fractals and Chaos is an exploration of discrete dynamical systems, using primarily the concepts of precalculus mathematics and the technology of the TI-83 graphing calculator. Required mathematical and technological skills are reviewed or developed to give hands-on experience with the ideas of chaos theory and fractal geometry, supported by a set of graded exercises for every 4-6 pages of text. To make the text accessible to students who may be unsure of their skills, however, the most challenging mathematics is postponed until Chapter 7. The last chapter, unusual in a math course, is a review of some of the applications of chaos theory in the sciences, humanities and philosophy, suggesting ways to use mathematically grounded concepts in non-mathematical area.
A compact statistical text addressing the fundamentals of statistical methodology and its underlying theory. TI-83 usage is integrated into the text both as an aid to illustrate theory through simulation and as a most important time and effort saving tool for analyzing and displaying statistical data. Intended for teachers, students and practitioners, the book presents some unique and special features while covering all of the fundamentals.
This resource book is designed to help teachers and students incorporate the power of the new TI-86 graphics calculator into the classroom. It includes a full description of how to use the TI-86 in the exploring the important concepts that are encountered in precalculus, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra and elementary statistics.
Features:
- A thorough explanation of how to use and program the TI-86.
- Problems that can be solved graphical, numerically and algebraically
- Technology tips throughout the text.
- An accessible list of TI-86 menus.
- A unique collection of exercises, programs and assignments.
- Labs that encourage students to explore patterns and then describe them.
Designed to be used with the TI-83 graphing calculator, this new book parallels the content of our best selling AP Calculus with the TI-82. Some sections have been rewritten in order to conform to the new AP calculus course description. The derivative, for example, is presented geometrically, numerically and analytically and is interpreted as an instantaneous rate of change. The practice multiple-choice and free-response questions at the end of each chapter support the new AP calculus course description.
The TI-83 graphing calculator has built-in statistical features that have previously been available only in sophisticated computer software. This new book contains 35 activities designed to illustrate how these new features can be used to analyze and graph data, fit curves to data, simulate probability experiments, investigate distributions, and make statistical inferences.
A book that is filled with examples and exercises that explain how the TI-83 graphing calculator can be used to teach concepts and problem solving techniques in algebra, precalculus and statistics.
This TI-83 book is a complete presentation of parametric and polar equations throughout the curriculum. It contains lessons, exercises, and solutions for a collection of topics enhanced by parametrics and polars. These topics include functions, motion problems, polars, conics, cycloids, and complex numbers. Designed for both the novice and experienced user, the book may be used to supplement a class at any grade level, as well as a teacher workshop.
This new book is a rich collection of original problems designed to make use of the advanced features of the TI-83 to explore topics in algebra, geometry, precalculus, calculus, finance, statistics and probability. The solutions exhibit the power of calculators in general and the TI-83 specifically. The reader will learn the operation of the TI-83 by solving interesting problems and not just pressing keys. It is for students of mathematics of any age, and is an excellent resource for the classroom or for teacher training.
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