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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
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
