Re: [MATHEDCC] note cards

Martha Haehl (haehl@KCMETRO.CC.MO.US)
Wed, 07 Oct 1998 13:02:30 -0600

Well, I had to jump in on note cards for tests and on trig concepts. I
let students use note cards, but I also ask questions where they have to
know concepts and a note card cannot replace understanding.

For example, I give them a picture of a circle with a terminal side of
an angle, A, in standard position (in whatever quadrant I choose) and
ask questions like the following. (I only give the picture, not the
point where the terminal side and the circle meet.)

"In each of the following state whether the statement is true, false, or
if there is not enough information to tell. Explain how you decided.

sin A is approximately equal to -1.35 and cos A is approximately equal
to 4.56.

tan A could be -4.38

sin 2A is positive.

tan (1/2 A) is positive."

Martha
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