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Quesada, Antonio; Einsporn, Richard L.; Wiggins, Muserref – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of a graphical teaching and learning approach via the graphing calculator enhances students' understanding of the formal definition of limit. College students in six sections of Calculus I participated by completing a test prior to the introduction of the definition, and completing a second…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Calculus, Conventional Instruction, College Students
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Lawson, Duncan A.; Carpenter, Sarah L.; Croft, Anthony C. – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2008
As a response to the "Mathematics Problem" many universities introduced mathematics support provision. These additional learning opportunities were invariably in a specific physical location and available at certain times. In order to increase the number and types of students who could access support e-learning resources were made…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Virtual Classrooms, Distance Education, College Students
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Weigand, Hans-Georg – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2008
A one year project was started in the school year 2003/04 to test the use of symbolic calculators (SC)--the TIVoyage 200--in six 10th grade classes of three grammar schools in Bavaria (Germany). The project was repeated in school year 2004/05. The evaluation of the project was intended to give answers to the following questions: how basic…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 10