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Peer reviewedDe Villiers, Michael D. – Mathematics in School, 1988
Describes the use of step-functions in modelling instruction. Classifies modelling into three categories: direct, analogical, and creative application. Provides and discusses modelling postal rates and other problems as examples. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Graphs, Mathematical Applications
Peer reviewedDresden, Max – Physics Teacher, 1992
Discusses the early recognition of chaos as seen in Poincar's work solving dynamical problems. Proposes five examples from which an inventory of the manifestation of chaos can be inferred. Discusses some instructional consequences of the development of ideas of chaos. (MDH)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Energy, Functions (Mathematics), High Schools
