Using GeoGebra to Help Students Understand the Inverse Cosine Function

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Jeremy F. Strayer
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Volume 111: Issue 3
Page(s):
227–231
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacher.111.3.0227
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GeoGebra is an extremely powerful tool for mathematics teaching and learning. In this article, we share how to create a GeoGebra worksheet that can be used to display dynamically changing quantities. This worksheet can support students as they make meaning of the inverse cosine function.

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Jeremy F. Strayer, Jeremy.Strayer@mtsu.edu, is an associate professor of mathematics education at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. He is interested in creating professional development opportunities to support K–16 teachers working to implement standards-based teaching practices in their classrooms.

Amdeberhan Tessema, aat3q@mtmail.mtsu.edu, is a second year PhD student and a GTA in the Department of Mathematics at Middle Tennessee State University. His research interest areas are in-service mathematics teachers' professional development, promotion on the use of and integration of technology in secondary school mathematics education, and research on students' conceptual understanding in mathematics.

(Corresponding author is Strayer Jeremy.Strayer@mtsu.edu)
(Corresponding author is Tessema aat3q@mtmail.mtsu.edu)
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2017
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5
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Nov 2017
Online Publication Date:
Nov 2017
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