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Abstracts for Session 10
Saturday, 1:00-1:45pm
- Warren Esty, Assessing Precalculus Learning
Now that "Calculators Can Do It All", Room 115
- Calculators can promote learning. But, they require some new types of
test questions since they can do many traditional problems, almost
regardless of student learning. This talk discusses Precalculus
(preparation for calculus); what students should learn; the role of
calculators; and primarily, questions that are suitable for exams on which
students use graphing calculators, but which nevertheless test what the
student learned and not just what the calculator can do.
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- Lisa Kulich and Barbara Victor, Emphasizing Applications over
Computations: Using Derive for Windows, Room 205 (Workshop - lasts till 3:00pm)
- One of the features of a computer algebra system such as DERIVE is
that teachers can empower students to solve problems which they might
find too difficult to compute manually. The presenters invite
participants to use DERIVE for Windows to explore a variety of
applications from precalculus, calculus, linear algebra and discrete
mathematics. A common thread throughout the projects is the level of
computation which is required to complete the projects; DERIVE for
Windows is used to perform the computations which allow students to
focus on the applications studied.
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- Tim Chappell, Teaching Without Talking, Mathematics on the
Internet, Room 302 (Workshop - lasts till 2:30pm)
- How do you relate math strategies to students over the Internet
without just converting lecture notes to html? One solution is to
create interactive, dynamic online tutorials that guide students
through those strategies. These tutorials can be modified in the code
to present the material the way you would teach it. Participants will
examine current JavaScript tutorials as well as brainstorm future
tutorial topics.
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- Phillip Embree, Statistics in Color! Using the Casio 9850+
Graphing Calculator (Workshop - lasts till 2:30pm)
- The presenter will demonstrate statistics in color on the Casio
9850+ graphing calculator. He will include using colors to
distinguish graphs of distinct data sets and to distinguish data
points from regression lines. Also included will be a demonstration
involving hypothesis testing. This is a hands-on how-to workshop.
Loaner calculators will be provided.
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