Re: Computer Mediated Algebra -Reply

Martha Haehl (haehl@KCMETRO.CC.MO.US)
Tue, 16 Apr 1996 08:09:39 -0500

The Summit Software is not on the market yet. I saw it demonstrated the
the League for Innovation Conference last fall and they had a copy to look
at at the AMATYC conference.

At that time, I thought the interface was the best yet, the videos fun and
informative. I thought it fell short in sticking to the traditional
integer model. The points plotted in graphing had integer coefficients,
the scaling was generally even and a "-10 to 10" scale and coefficients of
problems were generally small integers. The program at that time did not
seem to take us to a mathematics that we can't do just as well with pencil
and paper.

The concept of the function machine was good.

Martha

Martha Haehl
Maple Woods Community College
2601 N. E. Barry Rd.
Kansas City, Missouri 64156

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