College Algebra with the TI-83+/84+ Graphing Calculator

Quarter Graduate Credits: 3

Dates:  To be arranged with instructor.

Location:  Online Self-Paced

Fees:  $410 Tuition

Graduate Credit Fee (optional through Portland State University): $165 (PSU Course Number: CI 808)

Special Fee:  $40  (includes TI-83/84 textbook, USPS priority mailing, handling, and free Online Course Workbook)

Registration: Register anytime and take up to 3 months to complete the course from time of registration. 

Click on the following link Registration

Questions:  Send email to eknowlton@adventures-in-education.com or call 630-377-5035

Description: Learn TI-83+/84+ calculator skills for college algebra. Methods align with NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and Common Core State Standards. Research national technology standards and explore instructional implications for technology use. Engage in real-world activities you can immediately use to teach all students. Understand real and complex numbers; relations, functions, and inverse functions; linear and quadratic higher-degree polynomials; rational, absolute value, piecewise functions and their graphs; linear and non-linear inequalities; composite functions, exp and log functions; matrices; conic sections; sequences and series; finance, modeling, and problem-solving. Offered cooperatively by Portland State University and Adventures in Education, Inc.

Materials Needed: 

1. Textbook:  Knowlton, E. (2011). TI-83+,TI-84+ and TI-83+ Silver Graphing Calculator: How To Best Use It. St. Charles, IL: Adventures In Education, Inc. (included in Special Fee)

2. Course Workbook (provided with materials)

3. TI-83+, TI-84+ or TI-83+ Silver Graphing Calculator (not provided with materials)

Instructor:  Elisabeth Knowlton, PhD

Contact Instructor:  eknowlton@adventures-in-education.com

                                   or call 630-377-5035