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Peer reviewedCallas, Dennis, Ed.; Hildreth, David J., Ed.; Bickford, Carl – AMATYC Review, 1998
Showcases applications of mathematics designed to demonstrate to students how the topics under study are used in the real world or to solve problems. Presents an activity on thermal systems using spreadsheets or graphing calculators. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Heat, Mathematics Activities
Peer reviewedBrueningsen, Christopher; Stoudt, Rebecca A. – AMATYC Review, 1998
Illustrates how to connect mathematics to real-world problems. Describes the calculator-based laboratory system which collects data from the real world and transfers it to graphing calculators. Presents an activity that emphasizes elliptic integrals. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
