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

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper W010

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.


An Interactive Approach to Algebra Using the TI-83+ Apps

Patsy J. Fagan


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Drake University
Des Moines, IA 50311
USA

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ABSTRACT

We explore some activities that take algebra from a set of 'memorization' tasks to active, conceptually-based explorations using some of the newest and exciting Apps: Transformation Graphing, Inequality Graphing, Cell sheet and more.

Keyword(s): college algebra, TI-83