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Drijvers, Paul; Doorman, Michiel – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1996
Covers a project conducted by the Freudenthal Institute in which observation of student behavior supported the premise that the graphics calculator can stimulate the use of realistic contexts, the exploratory approach to mathematics, a more integrated view of mathematics, and more flexible behavior in problem solving. (AIM)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Graphing Calculators, Graphs
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Lauten, A. Darien; And Others – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1994
Describes five college and two high school students' understandings of function and limit in a graphics calculator-based environment and identifies instances where students' understanding seems to have been influenced by the availability of a graphing calculator. (27 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Students, Constructivism (Learning), Functions (Mathematics)