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ERIC Number: EJ538324
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Building the Concept of Function from Students' Everyday Activities.
Davidenko, Susana
Mathematics Teacher, v90 n2 p144-49 Feb 1997
Proposes activities that promote students' awareness of the structure of the information involved in their everyday activities, and builds the concept of function from students' mental representations of phenomena. Recommends the use of spreadsheets to provide external representations of these functions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Software, Concept Formation, Functions (Mathematics), Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Learning Activities, Problem Solving, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Spreadsheets
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Activities