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Forster, Pat – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Presents graphing calculator activities that rely on resolving the magnitude and direction form of vectors into their Cartesian components so that they are suitable as applications for vector or trigonometric relationships for years 10-12. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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Forster, Pat – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 1998
Describes approaches taken with concepts associated with exponential functions by using graphing calculators to provide students with concrete meaning for the sometimes abstract concepts involved and to link students' learning with their existing knowledge. (ASK)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
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Forster, Pat – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 1997
Describes a study designing and implementing technology-based investigations and evaluates their impact on student learning. Discusses a teacher's mediation of the students' use of technology through curriculum materials, and considers some attributes of computers and graphics calculators that determined which tool was selected for each…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Instructional Materials
Forster, Pat; Taylor, Peter – 2000
This paper presents an inquiry into teaching and learning practices in a Year 11 mathematics class at a private college for girls in Western Australia, studying a topic on vectors. The focus is on learning through problem-solving, where students used graphics calculators as a matter of routine. Constructivist and sociocultural theories were…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries