Jon Oaks

Month: April 2013

  • Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test Using TI-84+

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    There was some recent confusion about a problem in MyMathLab. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/b6e4b7ce-ad65-424f-adae-163680259876/jingswfplayer.swf

  • Golden Ratio Calculations using TI-34Multiview

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    Even with a nice calculator like the TI-34Multiview, some expressions can still be tricky to enter into the calculator. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/b17851b3-4550-497d-a4b7-808f14946576/jingswfplayer.swf

  • Upcoming Conferences for 2013

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    I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately from people about what conferences and events I’ll be attending soon. Here is a list of them for 2013 and I’ll try to update it if I know I will be attending any other events: Michigan MAA Annual Meeting Friday, May 3 – Saturday, May 4 Sault Ste.…

  • I’m Not a Lazy Teacher!

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    I recently read a blog post by a student named Justin Strudler that has me really fired up!  In his post he explains that he thinks most students would rather be sick than go to school because they hate it so much; he then implies that many people discredit this attitude as laziness on the…

  • Free PDF Conversion Online

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    Recently, I learned about a relatively new website that allows for free PDF Conversion Online, www.pdfconverter.com. You can convert any file to a PDF or you can convert PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, or PDF to PowerPoint. As a math instructor, I have learned to take everything with a grain of salt when it…