Re: [MATHEDCC] Crossroads Workshops

lillie crowley (lillie@POP.UKY.EDU)
Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:27:34 -0400 (EDT)

I think they are good in intermediate, but you use them for different
things. For example, you can plot a couple of points on the calculator,
have the student write the equation of the line, then plot the line on the
calculator. If the line doesn't go through the points, he/she has the
equation wrong.

lillie

At 07:11 PM 4/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>The WAMATYC conference was also this last weekend, 212 participants seems
>to ring a bell. One of the topics discussed was the extent to which
>graphing technology should be integrated into intermediate algebra. The
>panel that discussed the issue seemed comfortable with graphing
>calculators in calculus and pre-calculus but questionable in
>intermediate. What do you all think?
>
>As an aside, one of the nice things about this meeting is the way talks
>seem to be devoted both to teaching mathematics and also to
>doing/learning/discussing mathematics that we may never directly teach.
>It isn't just one or another.
>
>--Laura
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