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ERIC Number: EJ666993
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
A Simulation To Model Exponential Growth.
Appelbaum, Elizabeth Berman
Mathematics Teacher, v93 n7 p614-15 Oct 2000
Describes a simulation using dice-tossing students in a population cluster to model the growth of cancer cells. This growth is recorded in a scatterplot and compared to an exponential function graph. (KHR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Graphs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Puzzles, Secondary Education, Simulation, Statistics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Exponential Growth