Copying on a graphics calculator and implications for mathematical understanding
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
School
School of Education
RAS ID
1639
Abstract
The subject of inquiry in this paper is copying on a graphics calculator by students in a Year 12 Calculus class. They copied interim numerical results and algebraic expressions as part of calculation. The practice called for knowledge of order of operations, was a means for linking representations and generalisation, and was a facet of discernment of function relationships. Implications for teaching are the act of copying could assist the development of understanding in each of these domains.
Comments
Forster, P. (2003). Copying on a graphics calculator and implications for mathematical understanding. In proceedings of the 26th annual conference of the Mathematical Education Group of Western Australia. Melbourne, VIC: Deakin University