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Shield, Mal – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2008
In this article, the author focuses on possible ways to develop the concepts of joint variation and function through the upper primary and lower secondary years of education. The examples demonstrate the building of a range of important mathematical ideas by modelling life-related situations using students' informal and intuitive knowledge. Over…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Beigie, Darin – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2000
Uses the zooming technology of graphing calculators and certain graphing software to help middle school students extend their understanding of slope to curved graphs. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Graphing Calculators, Graphs
Russell, Susan Jo; Corwin, Rebecca B. – 1989
A unit of study that introduces collecting, representing, describing, and interpreting data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 4 through 6, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to four class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Data…
Descriptors: Calculators, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Russell, Susan Jo; Corwin, Rebecca B. – 1990
A unit of study that introduces sorting and classification as a way of organizing data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 2 and 3, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to five class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Sorting"; "Sorting…
Descriptors: Calculators, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Corwin, Rebecca B.; Russell, Susan Jo – 1990
A unit of study that introduces measuring as a way of collecting data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 3 and 4, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to four class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Measurement"; "Using Standard…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics