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As the Ball Rolls: A Quadratic Investigation Using Multiple Representations
Mathematics Teacher
  • Kathleen Cage Mittag, Georgia Southern University
  • Sharon Taylor, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Disciplines
Abstract

Hands-on, open-ended activities that encourage problem solving, reasoning, communication, and mathematical connections. This issue: Students explore quadratics by tracing the path of a ball rolling on tilted easel-size grid paper.

Citation Information
Kathleen Cage Mittag and Sharon Taylor. "As the Ball Rolls: A Quadratic Investigation Using Multiple Representations" Mathematics Teacher Vol. 103 Iss. 1 (2009) p. 62 - 65
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sharon_taylor/14/