Resumen de Enlisting excel—again

Keith Parramore

• In Volume 26, Number 2, we reported on a group case study run for level 3 mathematics students at the University of Brighton. At the core of the study was a quadratic assignment problem, and we reported on attempts by students to use Excel to solve the problem, and on the attendant difficulties. We provided an elegant solution. In this article, we report on another interesting case study, this time developed for level 2 mathematics students. Again Excel is used to achieve a solution. We report on our efforts—and on how student answers led to improvements.