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Title

Research Note #5: How graphing calculators build deep Understanding: what one study says 

Alternate Title

Research_Note_5 - How GC Builds Deep Underestanding 

Year

2007

Publisher

Educational Studies in Mathematics 

Author

Ferdinando D. Rivera 

Language

English

Institution

high school 

Department

mathematics 

City

Midwestern high school 

Abstract

In an qualitative study of TI-89 use in a Precalculus class, the device played an important, mediating role in the progressive evolution of mathematical thought, from the concrete to the abstract, or from material to theoretical knowledge. This study provides a detailed account of how deep conceptual understanding can build through use of a graphing calculator.

Reference

Research note

Keywords

Research note, TI-89, Pre-Calculus,Graphing Calculators 

Document Content

This is a summary of the full paper:
Rivera, F.D. (2007), Accounting for Students Schemes in the Development of a Graphical Process for Solving Polynomial Inequalities in Instrumented Activity. Educational Studies in Mathematics. Downloaded from Online First, January, 2007.
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