Dedications and Acknowledgements
Excel for the Math Classroom a
IntroDedications
Bill Hazlett:
To my best math kids: Benjamin, Nathan, Ryan, and Caitlin; to Michelle and
Mike, Ross and Amanda; and of course, Arlene
Bill Jelen:
To Jane Eckstein and Messers. Irwin, Krcelik, Bosu, and Bevington
Acknowledgements
Bill Hazlett
Many thanks to Bill Jelen for agreeing to collaborate with me on this book.
Thanks also to Linda DeLonais for her editing skills and patience. Thanks to
Olaf Stackleburg, Ed Dubinsky, and all the other talented instructors of
IFSMACSE at Kent State University (1989-92) for introducing me to the
wonders of spreadsheets and mathematics. Thanks to Tom Dryfuse for his help
in co-writing the curriculum for our “Computer Problem Solving” class at
Vermilion High School, from which some of the ideas for this book came.
Thanks to William Masalski and NCTM for publishing the first book on using
the spreadsheet as a teaching tool in the math classroom, and for giving me
additional ideas to adapt for this book. Thanks to Kathy Staats and Denise
Sheffield at Revere Hillcrest Elementary for helping me with ideas for the
lower grade levels.
Bill Jelen:
Thanks to Bill Hazlett for asking me to contribute to this edition.