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

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S136

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.


Visual Algebra with Technology

G. Donald Allen


Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3368
USA


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ABSTRACT

Whether reform or constructivist minded in pedagogical preference, whether traditional or modern in outlook, there is no denial that our teaching methods need visual components to succeed. This paper is about bringing the visual world into the mathematics classroom in such a way that its precepts and ideas can be fully applied to our visually ready students. As important as it is for students to learn via these constructs, it is equally important that our mathematics instructors are both cognizant of and trained to focus visual technology upon the processes of teaching and learning.

Keyword(s): college algebra, pedagogy