Some applications of MS Excel in teaching Mathematics
M. El-Gebeily, Barbara Yushau · Learning & teaching mathematics · 2005
MS Excel was originally designed with business and financial applications in mind. However, the program has now grown into powerful software that can be used by virtually all branches of science and engineering. MS Excel has been used in mathematics education by many people, and this usage ranges from lower level to advanced level courses. We shall focus our attention on some of these applications of Excel in Mathematics which are not widely known. It is worth noting that all applications presented here can be implemented using other more specialized software, sometimes even more efficiently or effectively. The reasons for choosing Excel are that the program is widely available, and knowledge of programming is not a prerequisite for most of the tasks to be handled. Additionally, since users assume more responsibility in designing the application, they are in full control of the implementation and can achieve a certain level of creativity. We shall illustrate three different applications that can easily be used in the teaching and learning of mathematics.