Spelina has taught mathematics at the college since 2002, from basic mathematics to
precalculus. She holds a master's of engineering degree in systems E engineering from Penn State.
The two others are selected from the many first semester calculus and
precalculus topics that truly involve three variables.
After students complete "course 3," in their sophomore or junior year, they take either honors
precalculus or IB math studies.
Mathews claims that American students who have gone beyond
precalculus are on a par with their peers in other countries.
Contemporary
precalculus; a graphing approach, 5th ed.
Other student whiteboard movies can be found at the bottom of O'Flynn's Algebra 2,
Precalculus, and AP Calculus pages on her teacher page on the school website, www.woodland.wednet.edu/schools/whs/whs.htm.
In a report of mathematics classes offered in fall, 2000, 14% of the sections were remedial and another 38% were introductory level, including
precalculus (Lutzer & Maxwell, 2000).
The data show that over 60 percent of students who took a trigonometry,
precalculus, or calculus class in high school earned a bachelor's or higher degree.
A spreadsheet investigation of sequences and series for middle grades through
precalculus. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 17(2/3), 203-222.
This four-CD-ROM set provides well-developed explanations, tutorials and quizzes on algebra,
precalculus, calculus and stats.
The percentage of high-school graduates who took Geometry increased from 47 percent to 70 percent; the rate for Algebra II rose from 40 percent to 62 percent; and for
Precalculus, it went from 6 percent to 23 percent.