Conceiving Phase Shift as Time Travel

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Jeffrey Connelly Schechter School of Long Island, Williston Park, NY

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Pablo Garcia Schechter School of Long Island, Williston Park, NY

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 116: Issue 5
Page(s):
366–377
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0001
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Grade(s) or Audience, Grades 9-12, Math Topic, Functions and Trigonometry, Interpreting Functions, Building Functions, Trigonometric Functions

Two teachers use homemade pendulums for their students to explore phase shift in sine curves. The use of Desmos’s Activity Builder enabled students to become mathematical explorers and supported their sense of mathematical agency.

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© 2023 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Page Count:
12
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 May 2023
Online Publication Date:
May 2023
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