"Math Help" Department of Mathematics - Pellissippi State

Pellissippi State math students! This resource was designed for you. We hope it will be helpful in whatever math course you are taking. The material below is arranged by courses taught at PSTCC. Most of the DSPM material corresponds to particular sections in your book. [Viewing some of these materials requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or later. It is available from Adobe, free of charge.]

[If you need guidance in deciding whether you have the necessary background to do well in a certain course, we recommend that you take the Web-Based Readiness Quizzes (from State University of NY at Buffalo). These quizzes  cover courses from Intermediate Algebra through Differential Equations.]
 
SPRING  2008 --->    “Need advice or help with your math class? Contact our Math Student Success Coordinator, Jonathan Lamb, for assistance.”  Call 694-6699 or e-mail jwlamb@pstcc.edu

=> Developmental Math
        resources for Basic Math through Algebra II

• DSPM 0700 Basic Mathematics
• DSPM 0800 Elementary Algebra
• DSPM 0850 Intermediate Algebra

=> Precalculus/College Algebra
        resources for: MATH 1130 (College Algebra), MATH 1730 (Precalculus)
        and MATH 1710/1720 ( Precalculus sequence)

=> Calculus
        resources for: MATH 1830 (Basic Calculus and Modeling), MATH 1910 (Calculus I)
        MATH 1920 (Calculus II)  and MATH 1840 (Technical Calculus)

=> Statistics
        resources for:MATH 1530 (Elementary Probability & Statistics) and
        MATH 2050 (Introduction to Statistics)

=> Finite Math
        resources for: MATH 1630 (Finite Mathematics)

=> Misc. math help:

• Success in Math (great tips!)  (Saint Louis University)
  
• Math words (Yes, all of them!)
• ...and where did they come from? (Jeff Miller - New Port Richey, FL)
  
• Math Study Skills Self-Survey (get a grade & explanation) www.purplemath.com/stdysrvy.htm
• Asset (Placement Test) examples. The math portion starts on p.15 of 21 pages
• Math Anxiety   - 10 ways to reduce it (Turn up the sound for this one.)
• Homework guidelines that really work. www.purplemath.com/guidline.htm
• When are we ever going to use this??? Exactly How Math is Used in Technology
• Do you need some graph paper?

=> Calculator help:
        The links below may be useful in many different courses.
        More calculator help may be found by clicking on a specific course category above.
        All Blue links are written by PSTCC math instructors. Blue/Green links are outside
        resources. Use your browser's "back" button to return to "Math Help".

TI-83/84

TI-86

NEW!!! Calculator video tutorials and worksheets!!!  (for TI calculators 83, 83+, 84, 84+) --- by Claire Suddeth New ('08) link  - TI-83,84,85,86, & 89 for statistics, matrix operations, graphing, etc.  (joconnell at Ohlone Community College) Calculator Basics - Functions (J. Ahrens) Calculator Basics - Graphs & Tables (J. Ahrens) Calculator Basics - Expressions & Equations  (J. Ahrens) TI-84 tutorials, audio & video (Atomic Learning) Good Info (animation )escweb.net TI-83/84 Troubleshooting (Oak Road Systems)  TI-83/84 Procedures & Help (Good Stats and Calculus info - Oak Road Systems)  Regression instructions  (J. Ahrens) Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall  TI-83 Guidebook (TI)

TI-86 Tutorial(UTK)  TI-86 Tutorial (For Calculus,  from TI)  Regression instructions  (J. Ahrens) Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall  TI-86 Guidebook (TI)

 

Other calculators
Online step-by-step manual Prentice-Hall (9 calculators)

 

Students and Instructors! We hope you find "Math Help" useful. Additions/changes are being made regularly. If you have any suggestions, we want to hear from you. mailto:crenier@pstcc.edu

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