Teaching Trigonometric Functions: Lessons Learned from Research

Teaching Trigonometric Functions: Lessons Learned from Research

Trigonometry is an important subject in the high school mathematics curriculum. Despite the importance of trigonometry and students' potential difficulties in learning it, relatively little research has focused on this subject. Here, Weber presents lessons learned from research investigating th...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mathematics teacher 2008-09, Vol.102 (2), p.144-150
Hauptverfasser: Weber, Keith, Knott, Libby, Evitts, Thomas A.
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Sprache:eng
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Connecting Research to Teaching
Cosine function
Mathematical functions
Mathematics education
Mathematics teachers
Protractors
Ratios
Secondary school students
Sine function
Teaching methods
Triangles
Trigonometric functions
Trigonometry
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Zusammenfassung:Trigonometry is an important subject in the high school mathematics curriculum. Despite the importance of trigonometry and students' potential difficulties in learning it, relatively little research has focused on this subject. Here, Weber presents lessons learned from research investigating the learning and teaching of trigonometric functions. Furthermore, he reports the difficulties that the students have in understanding trigonometric functions and describes tested instructional strategies to help students overcome their difficulties.
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582