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Download full textCoburn, John W. – 2000
This paper describes "The Migration Method," a new technique for graphing a quadratic function (one of the major foundations of undergraduate mathematics) and finding its zeroes. The method promotes a higher degree of conceptualization, reinforces the concept of symmetry, encourages mental visualization, and strengthens the ability to…
Descriptors: Algebra, Curriculum Development, Graphs, Higher Education
Godin, Louise – 1982
The research on which this study is based found that 50% of the errors in English of French-speaking students were due to interlingual causes and 50% had their source within the target language itself. The question of a correlation between the errors and the teaching method used is explored. Five methods are discussed and evaluated:…
Descriptors: Charts, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
