Dynamic Polygons and the Graphing Calculator

A match stick puzzle is used as a springboard for a secondary classroom investigation into mathematical modeling techniques with the graphing calculator. Geometric models, through their corresponding area formulas, are constructed, tested, and analyzed graphically to fit specified problem conditions. These specialized versions are then synthesized into generalizations that determine a polygon containing integral sides with a given perimeter and area.     

Assessing the Use of Graphing Calculators in College Algebra: Reflecting on Dimensions of Teaching and Learning

This article considers various aspects of teaching and learning stemming from the integration of graphing calculator use in a semester-long college algebra course. The project examined four class sections, in which two instructors each taught one section using graphing calculators and one section using a traditional approach. Achievement and attitude data showed no significant differences for treatment or instructor; a significant difference in achievement was found for gender. Students in the calculator sections responded to an open-ended questionnaire about their use of the calculator and were generally supportive of the technology. Students were in agreement about specific topics for which the technology was most useful. Overall, findings indicated that the technology use had a positive impact on various dimensions of student learning.     

Assessing Students' Understanding of Functions in a Graphing Calculator Environment

In a classroom environment in which continual access to graphing calculators is assumed, items that have been used to assess students' understanding of functions often are no longer appropriate. This article describes strategies for modifying such items, including requiring students to explain their reasoning, using calculator-active items, analyzing graphs and tables, and using real contexts.     

The Graphing Calculator: A Survey of Classroom Usage

The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary mathematics teachers' use of the graphing calculator in their classrooms, The study examined whether algebra teachers are currently using this technology in their classrooms, their perceptions toward the technology, and any changes in the curriculum or instructional practices. A survey methodology was used in this study. The findings indicated that the use of the graphing calculator is still controversial to many algebra teachers. Teachers of algebra I were using graphing calculators to a significantly lesser degree than teachers of algebra H. However, modifications of the algebra curriculum are beginning to appear in classes using graphing calculators. Finally, a majority of algebra teachers responded that the graphing calculator was a motivational tool.     

What to Trust: Reconciling Mathematical Work Done by Hand with Conflicting Graphing Calculator Solutions

This paper reports on a mixed‐methods study of 111 Advanced Placement calculus students' self‐reports of their graphing calculator use, comfort, and rationale for trusting a solution produced with or without a graphing calculator when checking written work. It was found that there was no association between gender, teacher‐reported mathematical ability, or comfort with the graphing calculator and students' trust in either a graphing calculator‐produced solution or a solution produced without a graphing calculator. Furthermore, regardless of solution choice, the same four categories were evident in students' rationale for their solution choice: (a) an awareness of the possibility of careless errors, (b) the importance of checking over work, (c) a recognition of the limitations or affordances of the graphing calculator, and (d) a confidence (or lack thereof) in their own mathematical abilities. These results have implications for mathematics teaching as graphing calculators are used extensively in middle and high school mathematics classrooms and standardized tests in the United States.     

“近世代数”的教学技巧

研究近世代数课程特点和大学生思维的特点,提出近世代数课堂开拓思维的方法,阐述课堂教学技巧,培养锻炼学生思维使其思维能力得到提高,教学实践表明提出的方法和技巧实用有效.     

应用实例在高等代数教学中的作用

针对学生难以理解高等代数中的基本概念,在高等代数的教学过程中,结合具体教学内容加入一些应用实例帮助学生更好的理解相关概念和体会数学的广泛应用.以讲述矩阵特征值和特征向量为例,除讲解基本概念和计算方法外,结合自己的研究工作介绍了人口模型和传染病模型,给学生展示了特征值和特征向量应用的例子,使得学生对特征值和特征向量有了更深入的理解.     

代数课程教学改革的一些探索

本文结合代数教学中的实际情况．针对代数教学过程中出现的问题。提出了在代数教学过程中改进教学方法的几条措施．     

高等代数中关键词教学法的探索

结合高等代数的教学内容,探索在关键词教学法实施过程中关键概念的引入、理解、推广、应用等方面应遵循的原则．     

GAP在近世代数教学中的应用

针对近世代数研究内容较抽象的特点,介绍一款适合开展近世代数数学实验的软件GAP,借助实例说明如何在群论的教学和实验中运用GAP．     

《线性代数》中的形似化教学探索

《线性代数》中有些概念及性质较为抽象,直接的灌输式讲授不利于学生理解和记忆.分别针对向量组最大无关组、特征值与特征向量、方阵的相似对角化三个重要知识点,提出了形似化的教学设计方案,以期利用生活化的类比和设计帮助学生厘清概念及性质内在的逻辑关系,深化学生对知识的理解,进而真正实现知识的内化.     

改进线性代数教学方法的几点想法

结合教学实践,提出改进线性代数教学方法的几点想法:加强背景知识的介绍;注意知识点的合理引入;注重知识点的几何意义阐述;借助MATLAB软件进行线性代数运算;培养学生应用线性代数的意识.     

概念印象与线性代数教学

针对大学线性代数课程中概念众多、学生理解概念困难的现象,提出了表征学生概念理解的标识,分析了影响学生理解的因素,指出了建立良好概念印象对于理解概念的重要性,对课程提出了一些教学建议.     

例谈高等代数中抽象性问题的教学

针对高等代数课程中概念和代数运算的抽象性特点,通过教学实例展示如何引导学生将直观想象转化为抽象认识.