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Graham, Alan – Teaching Statistics, 1999
Presents examples in which the graphing calculator can provide students with particularly valuable insights into some major statistics ideas such as random numbers. (ASK)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Graphs, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Hyde, Ros – Micromath, 2001
Offers teaching suggestions for activities using the TI-73 graphing calculator in middle schools. Topics include the number line, data handling, and algebraic thinking. (MM)
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities
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Eisen, Arron Paul – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Describes an activity in which students investigate the symmetry of factor sets of composite numbers using the TI-83 graphing calculator. This activity allows students to observe patterns, make predictions, and verify their accuracy. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Graphing Calculators, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Activities
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Edwards, Thomas G. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2000
Presents activities to find Pythagorean triples using the TI-83, a graphing calculator. (KHR)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Osler, Thomas J. – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1999
Because fractal images are by nature very complex, it can be inspiring and instructive to create the code in the classroom and watch the fractal image evolve as the user slowly changes some important parameter or zooms in and out of the image. Uses programming language that permits the user to store and retrieve a graphics image as a disk file.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractals, Graphing Calculators
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Jones, Graham A.; And Others – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Middle-school students were asked to determine the dimensions of a hotel atrium so that guests could enjoy the maximum area of scenic view, given that 650 feet of brass railing could be used around each floor. Several solution approaches are described. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Area, Elementary Education, Geometry
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction