Some sponsorship surprises

Author: Lawson D.A.

Source: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, Volume 21, Number 1, March 2002 , pp. 47-51(5)

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Abstract:

This paper describes a sponsorship workshop that can be run as the opening session of an introductory modelling course. Although knowledge of arithmetic and geometric progressions is helpful, students who are not familiar with these topics can participate by using a computational approach, with a spreadsheet instead of an algebraic approach. The workshop neatly provides a complete example of problem solving in a context, which is relevant to student experience, but which does not rely on sophisticated mathematics.

Document Type: Original article

Affiliations: 1: School of Mathematical and Information Sciences, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB. Email: d.lawson@coventry.ac.uk

Publication date: 2002-03-01

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