Exponential Functions: Teaching for Insight with a Constructivist Approach.

Forster, Pat

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ERIC Number: EJ586704

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Publication Date: 1998

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Exponential Functions: Teaching for Insight with a Constructivist Approach.

Forster, Pat

Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, v12 n2 p13-19 1998

Describes approaches taken with concepts associated with exponential functions by using graphing calculators to provide students with concrete meaning for the sometimes abstract concepts involved and to link students' learning with their existing knowledge. (ASK)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Technology, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Prior Learning, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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