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ERIC Number: EJ564643
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
The Divisibility of x(n)-y(n) by x-y: A Constructive Example.
French, Francis G.
Mathematics Teacher, v91 n4 p342-45 Apr 1998
Provides an activity to investigate and construct an inductive proof. Claims that this particular example helps students better understand the nature of inductive reasoning and inductive proofs since the expression can be investigated by spreadsheets or calculators, hypothesized, tested, and modeled, both physically and pictorially, to at least three dimensions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Technology, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Spreadsheets
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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