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Dion, Gloria S. – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Presents the Fibonacci sequence in a format that is readily implemented using the table and list features of the Texas Instruments TI-82 graphing calculator or a spreadsheet. Includes questions and investigations that can be explored using these tables and lists. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Graphing Calculators, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
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Hansen, Will – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Uses a graphing calculator to show examples of misrepresentations of periodic functions to help increase student interest and explore mathematical relationships. (MKR)
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Graphs, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Davis, Jennifer; Hofstetter, Elaine – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
Discusses ways to present mathematics concepts dealing with the ellipse to high school students, particularly by using a graphing calculator. Real-world occurrences of ellipses are considered, and a one-page student worksheet on constructing an ellipse is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Geometric Constructions, Graphing Calculators, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
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Merriweather, Michelle; Tharp, Marcia L. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1999
Focuses on changes in attitude toward mathematics and calculator use and changes in how general mathematics students naturalistically solve algebraic problems. Uses a survey to determine whether a student is rule-based. Concludes that the rule-based students used an equation to solve the algebraic word problem whereas the non-rule-based students…
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics)
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Ippolito, Dennis – Mathematics Teacher, 1999
Presents an activity that uses graphing calculators to duplicate the curves generated by a Spirograph, a design-generating drawing toy. (ASK)
Descriptors: Functions (Mathematics), Geometric Concepts, Graphing Calculators, Graphs
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Windsor, Neville J. – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 1998
One way to assist students in developing correct intuitive ideas about the effect of sample size is to allow students to simulate similar problems. Describes experiences with classes performing simulation using graphing calculators. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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Croft, Colin – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1998
Shares observations on the use of graphing calculators based on anecdotal evidence and conversations with teachers in the United States. Compares these issues according to U.S. and Australian educational systems. Discusses the acceptance of calculators into the U.S. educational system, teacher expertise levels, and equity issues. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2000
Describes students' written answers that seemed technology-assisted in the 1999 Calculus Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE). Illustrates how in the 1999 Calculus TEE some students used their calculators in flexible ways. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
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Farrell, Ann M. – Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 1995
Students can learn to make algebra, trigonometry, and geometry work for them by using matrices to rotate figures on the graphics screen of a graphing calculator. Includes a software program, TRNSFORM, for the TI-81 graphing calculator which can draw and rotate a triangle. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Software, Geometry, Graphing Calculators
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Graham, Alan – Teaching Statistics, 1996
Describes a lesson that outlines a statistics/probability investigation into some aspects of past performance in snooker (a billiards game) using the random number generator on a graphing calculator. (MKR)
Descriptors: Athletics, Computer Simulation, Graphing Calculators, Higher Education
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Graham, Alan – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 1998
Presents activities in which students are invited to re-create on their calculator screen images using graphical features of the graphing calculator. (ASK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators
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Forster, Patricia A.; Taylor, Peter C. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2000
Presents an inquiry into students' conceptual development of a graphics calculator function for direction. Discusses reflective thinking and reflective enculturation, operational and structural understanding, and situated abstraction. (Contains 33 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Forster, Patricia A.; Mueller, Ute – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2001
Describes an inquiry into students' uses of graphics calculators in the Tertiary Entrance Examination of Calculus in Western Australia for 1998. Discusses a comparative analysis of boys' and girls' performances. Indicates that the main areas of difficulty for students are interpreting graphing calculator outputs and knowing when use of graphing…
Descriptors: Calculus, Foreign Countries, Graphing Calculators, Higher Education
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Kwon, Oh Nam – School Science and Mathematics, 2002
Addresses three issues of Calculator-based Ranger (CBR) activities on graphing abilities: (a) the effect of CBR activities on graphing abilities; (b) the extent to which prior knowledge about graphing skills affects graphing ability; and (c) the influence of instructional styles on students' graphing abilities. Indicates that CBR activities are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Graphing Calculators, Graphs
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Quesada, Antonio – International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, 1999
Presents examples to illustrate that iteration and recursion are useful pedagogical tools that can be used in many areas of mathematics, make models traditionally taught in upper levels accessible in grades 9-14, and provide alternative problem solving approaches less dependent upon ready-made formulas. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Graphing Calculators, Higher Education, Mathematics Activities
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