Created by John Michel for the Connected Curriculum Project, the purpose of this module is to extend the concept of fitting a least squares line to allow fitting more complex functions, including those in which the model...

This lesson from Illuminations explores conic shapes. The shapes circle, ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola are illustrated. Students will discover how to cut a double-napped cone to create the various conic sections. The...

Once again, the Mathematical Association of America has struck instructional gold with this latest gem from their online collection of resources for mathematics educators. Created by Barbara Margolius, this derivative...

This article, C.W. Puritz of the Royal Grammar School - High Wycombe, describes a method to calculate the least squares line algebraically. First, the author uses a numeric example, which uses calculus, then describes a...

Created by Lewis Blake and Stephanie Fitchett of the Connected Curriculum Project, the purposes of this module are to explore the properties of determinants of matrices and to develop an important theoretical formula....