Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ374142
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Publication Date: 1988
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How to Explain a Cycloid to a Turtle.
Leron, Uri; Armon, Uzi
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, v7 n3 p55-58 Spr 1988
Discusses various representations of a curve and the relationships between them. Describes mathematical exercises which use Logo to derive a turtle procedure for graphically representing a cycloid. Provides a proof of the trigonometric series formula to show equality. (RT)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Transformations (Mathematics), Trigonometry
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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