Description
This course will consist of an examination of mathematics and teaching strategies developed by using the graphing calculator and computer application. The mathematics content found in New York State's revised curriculum standards is first developed inductively using graphing calculators and the Geometer's Sketchpad, and then proved analytically or in "statement-reason" methods. The course will develop units of study across all levels of secondary mathematics. Units in geometry include angle relationships, triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines, polygons, similarity, and locus. Similar triangles and the unit circle will be used to introduce trigonometric ratios and functions. Units in Statistics include basic plots, means and standard deviations, to regression models. Algebra and analytic geometry will be convered by graphing linear and non-linear equations and systems of equations. Tangent lines and rate of changes will be studied with the graphing calculator. Developmenta