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Peer reviewedMathews, John H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Describes how the computer algebra system Mathematica can be used to enhance the teaching of the topics of sequences and series. Examines its capabilities to find exact, approximate, and graphically generated approximate solutions to problems from these topics and to understand proofs about sequences. (MDH)
Descriptors: Calculus, Computer Assisted Instruction, Graphs, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedHaigh, William E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Provides examples of such statistical graphs as line, bar, picture and pie. Suggests uses of Logo Turtle Graphics in graph construction. Includes several program procedures for creating designs with the computer. (RT)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedMartin, Kathleen – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Describes an activity which uses the computer to produce an environment that encourages an inductive reasoning approach to ratio and proportion through a billiard ball simulation. Provides examples of graphs and bouncing ball data. (RT)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedMintz, Rachel – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Investigated the effects of studying an ecological system via computer simulation on 14- and 15-year-old students' (n=9) abilities to pose hypotheses; control and manipulate variables; and learn via icon, graph, and table display formats. Working with a simulation encouraged students to think hypothetically and test their hypotheses by controlling…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedBrasell, Heather M.; Rowe, Mary Budd – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Examines the influence of two factors of the process of graphing on rural students' (n=93) ability to comprehend kinematics graphs on constant velocity events. Students exhibited difficulty in constructing and comprehending graphs of derived variables and were unaware of their own graphing skills deficiencies. (34 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Graphs
