A spreadsheet is a program designed to organize and manipulate numerical data. The information is organized and stored in rows and columns where each position is called a cell. Formulas are used to calculate various data. It helps users manage numbers.
Benefits for teachers:
- Saves time
- Organizes displays of information
- Supports asking "what if" questions
- Increasing motivation to work with mathematics
As a teacher I have used spreadsheets quite a bit. I keep all of my students' grades in an Excel spreadsheet. I have it organized and formatted exactly the way I want it. I have it set up so that it automatically calculates averages for students as well as averages on how the class as a whole does on each assignment. This is helpful to see where my class is struggling and where we are mastering concepts. I also track our benchmark scores in Excel so that I can monitor the progress. My students also LOVE to use Excel. We use it when taking surveys and creating graphs.
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