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Microcomputer-Assisted Discoveries: Lines.
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Kimberling, Clark – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presents an Applesoft computer program to help students translate abstract sentences into concrete visible lines and thereby discover and confirm facts about slopes, intercepts, angles, and intersections. The program graphs and analyzes lines, given as equations of the form Y equals M times X plus B. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Equations (Mathematics), Geometry, High Schools
Personal Computers, p-Values, and Hypothesis Testing.
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Morgan, Larry A.; Morgan, Frank W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presents a set of classroom activities and a computer program that have been used to help students intuitively grasp, in a minimum of instructional time, such fundamental concepts as hypothesis testing, random sampling, statistical inference and p-values. The lesson shows students how statistical thinking and microcomputers can be used in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, High Schools, Learning Activities