Suggestions for incorporating calculator programming into the mathematics curriculum.
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Coding and Calculators
Scott G. Smith
Who's in the Lead?
Alfinio Flores
The striking results of this coin-tossing simulation help students understand the law of large numbers.
Calculator Programming Engages Visual and Kinesthetic Learners
Catherine Tabor
A programming activity helps students give meaning to the abstract concept of slope.
The Back Page: My Favorite Lesson: Modeling Exponential Decay
Alison L. Mall and Mike Risinger
Our favorite lesson, an interactive experiment that models exponential decay, launches with a loud dice roll. This exploration engages students in lively data collection that motivates interest in key components of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: functions, modeling, and statistics and probability (CCSSI 2010).
An Unexpected Influence on a Quadratic
Jon D. Davis
Using technology to explore the coefficients of a quadratic equation leads to an unexpected result.
Learning with Calculator Games
Bruce Frahm
Four graphing calculator games to entice your students to learn mathematics.
Delving Deeper: Rolling the Dice
Jonathan D. Baker
The outcome distribution for rolling a single die is horizontal; for rolling a pair of dice it is a triangle. What happens when more than two dice are rolled? What happens when the die has other than six sides? These and other questions are answered in an accessible and useful treatise.
Activities for Students: Dealing Cards with Confidence
Michael Dempsey
When understood and applied appropriately, mathematics is both beautiful and powerful. As a result, students are sometimes tempted to extend that power beyond appropriate limits. In teaching statistics at both the high school and college level, I have found that one of students' biggest struggles is applying their understanding of probability to make appropriate inferences.
Delving Deeper: Chordic vs. CORDIC: How Calculators and Students Compute Sines and Cosines
Bryan C. Dorner
Students who have grown up with computers and calculators may take these tools' capabilities for granted, but I find something magical about entering arbitrary values and computing transcendental functions such as the sine and cosine with the press of a button. Although the calculator operates mysteriously, students generally trust technology implicitly. However, beginning trigonometry students can compute the sine and cosine of any angle to any desired degree of precision using only simple geometry and a calculator with a square root key.
A Surprisingly Radical Problem
Sarah D. Ledford, Mary L. Garner, and Angela L. Teachey
Interesting solutions and ideas emerge when preservice and in-service teachers are asked a traditional algebra question in new ways.
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