Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S133

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Precalculus: Concepts in Context

Marsha Davis


Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
USA


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Hortencia Garcia


Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper presents a model approach to pre-calculus. Mathematics appears in context, and contextual problems motivate development of the mathematics needed to solve them. Samples of technology-based labs, projects, and explorations, key components of this approach are presented.

Keyword(s): precalculus