Electronic Proceedings of the 12th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics

 

 

Abstract for 12933

            Children doing mathematics like mathematicians?

            Authors: Anthony Harradine

            Affiliations: Baker Centre, Prince Alfred College

            Keywords: Fun, Problem Solving, Working like a mathematician, Casio

            ClassPad, High School, 1st Year University

 

            The humble quadratic function is something we all learn about in

            school. In this workshop you will work together on a problem that

            will engage your thinking and help you to see how we can use normal

            high school mathematics to have students behaving in a very similar

            way to mathematicians. To assist us in our thinking we will use the

            graphing abilities and CAS abilities of the Casio ClassPad 300 Plus,

            but in the end it is the mathematics that allows us to complete the

            task.