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ERIC Number: EJ1044546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Apr
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Calculator Programming Engages Visual and Kinesthetic Learners
Tabor, Catherine
Mathematics Teacher, v107 n8 p624-629 Apr 2014
Inclusion and differentiation--hallmarks of the current educational system--require a paradigm shift in the way that educators run their classrooms. This article enumerates the need for techno-kinesthetic, visually based activities and offers an example of a calculator-based programming activity that addresses that need. After discussing the use of the activity in her classroom, Catherine Tabor shows that it has been successful in assisting reluctant, nontraditional, and at-risk learners in grasping the foundational concept of slope and extending it to linear functions. [The material used in this lesson was developed with gifts from Texas Instruments, Microsoft, and Calculex.]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-3702; Fax: 703-476-2970; e-mail: orders@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation; US Department of Homeland Security
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