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Download full textLawrence, Ann – 2001
This collection of activities is designed to show how graphics display calculators can be used to foster algebraic thinking in middle school students. The collection consists of five activities addressing such topics as functions, estimation and scatterplots, and patterns. Blackline masters for the activities are included. (MM)
Descriptors: Algebra, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedLum, Lewis – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Illustrates exploration of composition of functions, translations, and inverse functions on a graphing calculator. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, Discovery Learning, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
Peer reviewedSteward, Don – Mathematics in School, 1994
Presents activities involving equal sharing, weighted averages, mean, median, mode, average cubes, and iterated averages, the last of which involves the use of a spreadsheet or graphing calculator. Includes reproducible student worksheets and questions for discussion. (MKR)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Davis, Jennifer; Hofstetter, Elaine – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
Discusses ways to present mathematics concepts dealing with the ellipse to high school students, particularly by using a graphing calculator. Real-world occurrences of ellipses are considered, and a one-page student worksheet on constructing an ellipse is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Geometric Constructions, Graphing Calculators, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
Bumbaca, Leonard – 2001
This paper describes a classroom, instructor-led activity designed to show how graphic calculators can be used to explore coordinate geometry. The activity involves digitizing an image of a hand and transforming the image through geometrical transformations. Teaching notes and calculator instructions are included as are blackline masters. Also…
Descriptors: Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Functions (Mathematics), Geometric Concepts
Peer reviewedMercer, Joseph – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Presents five lessons to demonstrate how graphing calculators can be used to teach the slope-intercept concept of linear equations and to establish more general principles about two-dimensional graphs. Contains a reproducible student quiz. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators, Graphs
Peer reviewedLowther, Martha H. – Mathematics Teacher, 1996
Presents cost analyses of building a patio, incorporating manipulatives, pattern building, graphing calculators, matrix applications, and functions. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Cost Effectiveness, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
Direct linkChristmann, Edwin – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2006
Activities featured in this new compendium--a collection of 26 articles published in Science Scope, NSTA's member journal for middle school teachers--will show how. Technology-Based Inquiry offers fresh approaches that teachers and students can use to explore physical science, Earth and space science, life science, and more. It covers the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Inquiry
