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Abramovich, Sergei; Connell, Michael L. – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2015
The paper uses digital fabrication as a learning environment to demonstrate the importance of conceptual understanding of one-variable inequalities. These inequalities are hidden within two-variable inequalities used to construct geometric shapes the borders of which are the graphs of basic functions from the secondary mathematics curriculum. As…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
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Forster, Patricia A.; Taylor, Peter C. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2003
Presents an exploration of conversation in a single episode of a 12th grade girls' calculus class. Analyzes Habermasian communicative competence which requires students to show critical thinking and the ability to express their views. Explains learning outcomes by teachers' mode of questioning, cooperative endeavor by students, instructional…
Descriptors: Calculus, Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Thinking, Females
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2006
The 2006 NCTM Sixty-eighth Yearbook focuses on students' and teachers' learning in statistics centered on a set of activities. Topics include the relation between mathematics and statistics, the development and enrichment of mathematical concepts through the use of statistics, and a discussion of the research related to teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Yearbooks, Probability, Inferences, Educational Technology