Use Spreadsheets to Teach Mathematics and Meet Standards

Use Spreadsheets to Teach Mathematics and Meet Standards: "Integrate Spreadsheets and Mathematics

Use the power of spreadsheets to teach Mathematics. Spreadsheets are a powerful learning tool for primary, elementary and middle school students.

Spreadsheet assignments offer concrete ways to explore abstract concepts in mathematics and other subjects. Mathematical ideas are conveyed in several different ways--using pictures, colored squares, and number lines. Counting on a number line or a number chart, or using pictures to count in a pictograph helps make the process of counting with numbers more meaningful.

A spreadsheet is a helpful tool for visual learners. Students use color and pattern to shade areas of the grid to visualize addition and subtraction. The use of borders and colors helps to organize and highlight data in unique ways. The formatting of font, size, color and pattern fill of cells and borders helps focus student attention on key elements of an assignment. A spreadsheet helps convey the meaning of Decimal numbers as students arrange them in ascending order on a number line."