Social Security Polynomials.

Gordon, Sheldon P.

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ERIC Number: EJ458200

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Social Security Polynomials.

Gordon, Sheldon P.

Mathematics Teacher, v85 n9 p758-60 Dec 1992

Demonstrates how the uniqueness and anonymity of a student's Social Security number can be utilized to create individualized polynomial equations that students can investigate using computers or graphing calculators. Students write reports of their efforts to find and classify all real roots of their equation. (MDH)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Equations (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators, High Schools, Investigations, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Polynomials, Problem Solving, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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