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Mitchelmore, Michael; Cavanagh, Michael – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2000
Reports on how students managed some technical aspects of graphics calculators as they used them to study graphs of straight lines and parabolas. Identifies three common student difficulties: (1) tendency to be unduly influenced by the jagged appearance of graphs; (2) poor understanding of the zoom operation; and (3) limited grasp of the processes…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, Graphing Calculators, Graphs