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Using Hands-on Devices to Understand Calculus Concepts
Using Hands-on Devices to Understand Calculus Concepts
Steve Monk
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
August 7-11, 2001
This workshop will focus on the design of student activities
around
physical and electronic devices, as a means of increasing
students
conceptual understanding of calculus. In the course of the
workshop,
participants will: (1) work with a variety of devices to explore
their
potential for deepening understanding, (2) examine videotapes and
students written work to become familiar with the conceptual and
experiential resources students bring to learning with such
devices, (3)
collaborate with one another designing classroom activities
around
such devices, and (4) consider the mathematical and the
pedagogical
issues that arise for teachers and students in using this
approach. A
limited number of devices will be available on loan to workshop
participants during the academic year. It is hoped that those
attending
the workshop will continue to collaborate electronically on
refinements of their materials and that they will share with one
another the results of trying them out. A follow-up meeting of
the
group will be held at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diego
on
January 6-9, 2002. Instructors who work with future and present
high
school teachers are particularly encouraged to attend.
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