Jon Oaks

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  • 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…

  • New Factor Pair Spoons Game

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    The Factor Pair Spoons Game is a new game that was inspired by participants in the Professional Development Series that I’m conducting every month this semester at my college.  Last month’s topic was ‘Playing Games to Learn Math’ and I asked the participants to come up with a game for a topic that they felt was a…

  • New Logarithm Mania Game

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    Logarithm Mania is a new game for students to practice solving logarithmic equations when the base, the argument, or the value is missing.  I have always struggled with teaching this concept because although the basic equations included in this game are easy to solve, if they are not mastered, then solving more complex logarithmic equations becomes extremely…

  • Spring Break 2013

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    I will be using this post to document my Spring Break 2013 activities from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 26 to Sunday, March 31. Friday, March 8, 2013 11:30am – 12:30pm Dentist appointment and lunch at the newly opened “Ken’s Country Kitchen” down the road from where I live.  Going…

  • From the Vault: Statistics Password Game

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    This is a gem of a game that I found while sifting through my flash drive as I was writing a statistics test this afternoon.  I feel as if I should bring this game back to my classes soon.  What do you think? Statistics Password Game

  • New Probability Assignment

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    Last week I posted this on twitter after I attended the Math In Action Conference at Grand Valley State University: However, I couldn’t post the assignment online right away as I hadn’t given it out to my students at that point.  Now I can.  Although I had lots of student questions about the assignment (more…