Diagnostic Learning Activities Using DERIVE
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Zehavi, N. (1997). Diagnostic Learning Activities Using DERIVE. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 16(1), 37-59. Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
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Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
ISSN 0731-9258
Volume 16, Issue 1, 1997
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) Charlottesville, VA
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This paper includes a discussion about a method of implementing the computer algebra system Derive for diagnosis and remediation of basic difficulties in mathematics. Learning activities for junior high school students were developed, each activity directed at a different area of difficulty. The basic pedagogical strategy implemented in these activities is replicating and completing examples. Using partly solved examples and replication of tasks on Derive enables students to predict missing elements in a problem, even if they have not mastered the relevant mathematics. In this way they learn not just through trial and error, but by understanding how one part of an algebraic expression relates to the whole. Experiments with students and teachers indicate that the developed activities provide the teacher with a diagnostic tool for interacting with the student.
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