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Publication Date: 2008-Feb
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Are You Connected? Fostering Exploration with Unexpected Graphs
Edwards, Michael Todd; Reinhardt, Jeffrey A.
Mathematics Teacher, v101 n6 p412-417 Feb 2008
In this article, the authors discuss the importance of unexpected graphs as a vehicle for encouraging critical classroom dialogue. By examining such graphs more critically, teachers and their students can reexamine beliefs about the authority of technology in their classrooms. (Contains 15 figures.)
Descriptors: Graphs, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Technology, Calculators, Calculus, Computation, Equations (Mathematics)
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