Connecting Students' Informal Language to More Formal Definitions

Connecting Students' Informal Language to More Formal Definitions

This article describes how student-generated terminology for the y-intercept evolved within one Standards-based classroom. It also discusses the teacher's role in this evolution as well as students' understanding of this terminology within different function representations, and it present...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mathematics teacher 2008-02, Vol.101 (6), p.446-450
1. Verfasser: Davis, Jon D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article describes how student-generated terminology for the y-intercept evolved within one Standards-based classroom. It also discusses the teacher's role in this evolution as well as students' understanding of this terminology within different function representations, and it presents ways teachers can help students develop mathematically precise definitions. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582
DOI:10.5951/MT.101.6.0446