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Direct linkParramore, Keith – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2011
Teaching mathematics associated with the repaying of loans has always been an awkward task--it seems superficially easy, but it contains pitfalls both for the learner and for the unwary teacher. This short article reviews some of the mathematics, and notes an interesting result.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Loan Repayment
Parramore, Keith – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2009
In Volume 26, Number 2, we reported on a group case study run for level 3 mathematics students at the University of Brighton. At the core of the study was a quadratic assignment problem, and we reported on attempts by students to use Excel to solve the problem, and on the attendant difficulties. We provided an elegant solution. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Mathematics, Spreadsheets, Mathematical Applications
Parramore, Keith – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2007
Knowing the mathematics relating to a problem is one thing, but producing a tool to solve a practical example is often daunting. This article describes a case study which presented an interesting implementational challenge.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Spreadsheets, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedParramore, Keith; Stephens, Joan – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 1998
Revisits and discusses the polar bear problem that was published in the March 1997 issue. The problem concerns a riddle: If you walk one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north, and end up in the same spot as you started, what kind of bear would you see? (ASK)
Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
