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Brousseau in Action: Didactical Situation for Learning How To Graph Functions.

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Samaniego, A. Homero Flores; Barrera, Susana Victoria – 1999

A proposal for teaching how to graph functions is presented on the basis of the teaching theory of didactical situations implemented by the French author Guy Brousseau. The proposal is aimed at students in 12th grade in high school (USA) or in a freshman calculus course. The TI-92 graphic calculator was used as a teaching aid. (Author/ASK)

Descriptors: Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators, Graphs

The Graphics Calculator: A Tool for Critical Thinking.

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Dion, Gloria – Mathematics Teacher, 1990

Appropriate uses for graphics calculators in precalculus and calculus are discussed. The functions of Casio, Sharp, and Hewlett-Packard brand calculators are stressed. A "Stress Test" for graphics calculators designed to illustrate common errors and to furnish examples of tasks which cannot be completed on these instruments is provided.…

Descriptors: Calculators, College Mathematics, Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics)