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Peer reviewedHaruta, Mako; Turpin, Mark; McGivney, Ray – AMATYC Review, 1998
Describes the five-year evolution of a multi-sectioned precalculus course for business and health professions majors at the University of Hartford. Concludes that students have benefited from the revised course that uses the graphing calculator, calculator-based laboratory (CBL), and group work. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators
Peer reviewedBrueningsen, Christopher; Stoudt, Rebecca A. – AMATYC Review, 1998
Illustrates how to connect mathematics to real-world problems. Describes the calculator-based laboratory system which collects data from the real world and transfers it to graphing calculators. Presents an activity that emphasizes elliptic integrals. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
