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Fay, Michael – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
Activities for Students appears five times each year in Mathematics Teacher, promoting student-centered activities that teachers can adapt for use in their own classroom. In the course of the activities presented here, students will "look for and make use of structure" by observing algebraic patterns in the power rule and "use…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic
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Fonkert, Karen L. – Mathematics Teacher, 2010
Students are more likely to develop a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics when they interact with and discuss their thoughts with others. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) (1989, 2000) has recommended that students be active learners--communicating with one another, conjecturing, exploring, and justifying claims by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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Mulekar, Madhuri S.; Siegel, Murray H. – Mathematics Teacher, 2009
If students are to understand inferential statistics successfully, they must have a profound understanding of the nature of the sampling distribution. Specifically, they must comprehend the determination of the expected value and standard error of a sampling distribution as well as the meaning of the central limit theorem. Many students in a high…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Statistics, Sample Size, Error of Measurement
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O'Donnell, William J.; Gibbs, Richard A. – Mathematics Teacher, 2005
This article describes a solution, using CAS, to graph theory problem that was presented in the movie "Good Will Hunting."
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Graphs, Mathematics, Computer Software
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Lamb, John H. – Mathematics Teacher, 2007
This article outlines a linear regression activity that engages learners, uses technology, and fosters cooperation. Students generated least-squares linear regression equations using TI-83 Plus[TM] graphing calculators, Microsoft[C] Excel, and paper-and-pencil calculations using derived normal equations to predict the 2004 presidential election.…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Regression (Statistics), Equations (Mathematics), Elections
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Stohl, Hollylynne; Harper, Suzanne R. – Mathematics Teacher, 2004
Two technology guidelines are contributed by Robin Rider of East Carolina University based on the TI-Interactive software she had introduced. The two guidelines to use for this software consist firstly of data gathering with a Calculator-Based Laboratory (CBL) and Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR) without a graphing calculator, and secondly the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Computer Software, Graphing Calculators, Teaching Guides
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Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presented are instructions for activities in which a calculator is used to investigate algebraic concepts. Also presented are short computer programs involving topics taught in prealgebra and an activity in which a trapezoid is transformed into a circle. (JN)
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculators, Computer Software, Geometry
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Heid, M. Kathleen – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
This article discusses the impact of symbolic-manipulation systems on secondary school mathematics curriculum. Characteristics and possible roles for the symbolic systems are explored. Four references are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Software, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics
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Perham, Arnold E.; Perham, Bernadette H.; Perham, Faustine L. – Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Describes how students in a 10th-grade geometry class discovered relationships that led to the development of conjectures, theorems, and directions of proofs regarding the centroid of a triangle. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Geometric Concepts
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Bratton, George N. – Mathematics Teacher, 1999
Discusses the impact of technology such as graphing calculators or statistical software packages on statistics instruction and curriculum as it makes teaching some topics unnecessary, makes instruction in some topics better, and allows for the teaching of some topics that have never been taught. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators
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Waits, Bert K.; Demana, Franklin – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Argues that before topics are added to or deleted from the traditional mathematics curriculum, it should be determined how technology can be used to teach that content. (PK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculators, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
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Hirsch, Christian R., Ed.; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1987
Activities to extend the core curriculum through the study of the periodicity of rational numbers to help students develop calculator and research skills are presented. Four worksheets are included, to be used as discovery activities. A computer program is listed, as well as examples of periodic pictures. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Instructional Materials
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Moskowitz, Stuart – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Presents activities which use graphing calculators to explore parametric equations of spirals, circles, and polygons. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Calculus, Computer Software