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Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module introduces students to the electronic spreadsheet as a tool for elementary calculation. The module covers some basics, including the components of a spreadsheet, the necessity of an equals symbol for cell formulas, how the mathematical concept of function applies to spreadsheets, and a few mechanical things such as copying and pasting. It also covers some basic quantitative-literacy material that will come up in later modules -- order of operation, unit conversions using proportions, order of magnitude, and a few elementary functions. The module is basically a tutorial followed by a hefty end-of-module assignment that …
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This module is designed for potential use in the Geology of National Parks service course at USF. The course is offered as an online course every semester. It includes readings from Parks and Plates, weekly quizzes based on that textbook, and weekly student activities designed to align the course with the University's general education requirements. This module is intended to be one of those activities, with the specific goal of meeting the gen-ed quantitative literacy dimension.