Suggestions for writing computer programs for instructional purposes are provided. Program listing for displaying a bar graph on a TRS-80 computer and listings for two subroutines (advancing frame and entering name on Apple computer) are included. (JN)

An explanation is given of the uses of graphs for conveying information pictorially. Picture, bar, line, and area graphs are illustrated. Graphing projects for science, social studies, mathematics, economics, and language arts are listed, and teaching tips are suggested. (FG)

A graphical representation is used to construct a line one centimetre in length. (MP)

Suggests using school planetariums to teach the use and interpretation of coordinate systems (maps, graphs). Also suggests that using music to correspond to specific points to be located stimulates student motivation. Provides a comprehensive list of sources of music. (KC)

A method for sketching functions and finding slopes and roots rising synthetic division is illustrated. (MK)

A theoretical foundation is provided for a method of identifying those books in a library's stack that determine any given percentage of the current circulation. Basic components and requirements of the technique are described, and the theory is applied in an example that manipulates data from a university library. (Author/MBR)

An example is given of a class of problems whose solutions require the use of a scientific calculator in order to plot the graphs. (MP)

An alternative approach is described for presenting the idea of the derivative through the use of chords of a graph. (MP)

Some of the questions used on a test covering concepts of graphing are presented, along with a selection of students' comments and percentages of students making given responses. (DT)

Provides directions for constructing graphical alignment charts to solve a variety of mathematical physics problems. (MLH)

A geometric approach to the solution of quadratic equations and more general polynomials is based on finding points with minimum distance from the x-axis. The approach is useful in motivating the definition of complex numbers. (SD)