Distance Tutoring In Engineering Economics: Equivalence Modeling

This paper focuses on the creative elements of designing a system suitable for tutoring distance students in equivalence modeling. The design of Equivalence Tutor seeks to replicate many of the essential elements of a professor's office hours that frequently are unavailable to distance learning students. Tutor uses Microsoft's Excel as a platform, fully drawing upon its graphical, data management, and mathematical resources. Spreadsheets, per se, are inadequate for tutoring purposes, so Excel's capabilities are extended by using its internal programming language, Visual Basic for Applications.