"Hand-Held Technology in Mathematics and Science Education: A Collection of Papers"
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Hand-Held Technology in Mathematics and Science Education: A Collection of Papers has been published by the Teachers Teaching with Technology College Short Course Program at The Ohio State University. It is based on the premise that the use of hand-held technology, like graphing calculators, hand-held data collection devices, and calculators with computer algebra systems (CAS), has caused fundamental and profound positive change in mathematics and science teaching and learning. The monograph offers readers a collection of professional journal articles, conference presentations, and editor requested materials that illustrate our claim. The materials have been collected from educators in seven countries. Educators in several countries around the world began using graphing calculators in the late 1980's and early 1990's. They recognized that inexpensive and easy to use hand-held graphing calculators brought computer generated "power of visualization" to many more mathematics students than possible with desktop computers. The introduction of hand-held data collection devices in the mid 1990's which were designed to be used with graphing calculators provided science students with an equally powerful device for science learning. With the use of hand-held technology, it also became possible to introduce important mathematics and science topics and applications that were not possible with paper and pencil alone. Teachers have developed many important pedagogical techniques that significantly enhanced the teaching and learning of mathematics and science. These new techniques have been studied by educational researchers. A report on the status of research is included in the monograph. Today the hand-held technology movement has spread to many countries in Europe and is now rapidly gaining popularity is Asian and Latin American countries as well. The Collection is divided into the following sections:
The mathematical levels at which the hand-held technology tools are used in the collection vary from suggestions on uses in arithmetic to linear algebra and differential equations. Extensive lists of references are included in several papers. Suggestions and ideas on using hand-held technology in mathematics assessment and in physics finish the collection. Below are calculator programs that are in the article "A Mathematical Look at a Free Throw Using Technology" by Chuck Vonder Embse and Arne Engebretsen.
Below are the calculator programs that are in the article "A Window on the Beauty of Fractal Images" by Oh Nam Kwon.
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