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Peer reviewedDePree, Julie – Mathematics Teacher, 2002
Describes a calculator-based lesson designed to use technology as a tool to enhance students' conceptual understanding of functions. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators
Peer reviewedWilloughby, Stephen S. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Describes several activities and games that provide an introduction to the concept of function. Suggests that experiences should depend more on students' experiences and understanding and less on the memorization of unmotivated conventions with abstract symbols. Includes activities for a calculator as a function machine, composite functions, and…
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Games, Functions (Mathematics), Graphs
Peer reviewedTaylor, Richard L. – Physics Teacher, 1995
Describes the use of the TI-82 graphics calculator as an intermediate step in introducing computers to the high-school physics lab. Discusses linking the calculator with other machines so that students can save data, enter programs on a computer and later download to the calculator, and transfer graphs to a computer for printing. (JRH)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Printers, Computer Uses in Education, Graphing Calculators
Peer reviewedHorak, Virginia M. – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Demonstrates how graphing calculators can be used by students to solve equations involving absolute value. Allows students to make connections between the algebraic and graphical representations of the problem. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Technology, Equations (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
Download full textRye, James A.; Priselac, Nancy; Bardwell, Jenny – 1999
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA), administered through West Virginia University, provides professional development to science teachers who partner with higher education faculty in a science and math enrichment program for financially disadvantaged African American students. This program focuses on human nutrition and has…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty, Graphing Calculators
Peer reviewedShumway, Richard – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
Discussed are supercalculator capabilities and possible teaching implications. Included are six examples that use a supercalculator for topics that include volume, graphing, algebra, polynomials, matrices, and elementary calculus. A short review of the research on supercomputers in education and the impact they could have on the curriculum is…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculators, Calculus, Cognitive Development
Eads, Freeman D.; And Others – 1983
This instructor's guide consists of materials for use in teaching a course in technical mathematics designed for students enrolled in postsecondary vocational and technical education programs. Included in the guide are 32 units organized into the following broad topic areas: whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, measures, tables and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Calculators, Classroom Techniques, Computation
