Enhancing Mathematics Understanding through Visualization :The Role of Dynamical Software

Publication subTitle :The Role of Dynamical Software

Author: Samer Habre  

Publisher: IGI Global‎

Publication year: 2013

E-ISBN: 9781466640511

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781466640504

Subject: G4 Education

Language: ENG

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Description

Mathematics is, by its very nature, an abstract discipline. However, many students learn best by thinking in terms of tangible constructs. Enhancing Mathematics Understanding through Visualization: The Role of Dynamical Software brings these conflicting viewpoints together by offering visual representations as a method of mathematics instruction. The book explores the role of technology in providing access to multiple representations of concepts, using software applications to create a rich environment in which a student’s understanding of mathematical concepts can flourish. Both students and instructors of mathematics at the university level will use this book to implement various novel techniques for the delivery of mathematical concepts in their classrooms. This book is part of the Research Essential collection.

Chapter

Acknowledgment

The Theory

Technology and Differential Equations

Sometimes Less is More: Examples of Student-Centered Technology as Boundary Objects in Differential Equations

“Click, Drag, Think!” Posing and Exploring Conjectures with Dynamic Geometry Software

The Practice

Dynamical Mathematical Software: Tools for Learning and for Research

Nonlinear is Essential, Linearization is Not Enough, Visualization is Absolutely Necessary

Vectors and Differential Equations: A Visual Approach using Autograph

Interactive Applets in Calculus and Engineering Courses

Applets for Mathematical Learning

Dynamical Software and the Derivative Concept

Supporting the Development of College-Level Students’ Conceptions of Statistical Inference

Outside the Norm

Coping with Infinity: Using TI-NspireTM CAS to Bring Alive Multiple Representations in Mathematics

String Art and Linear Iterative Systems

Related References

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

Index

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