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

San Antonio, Texas, March 6-9, 2008

Paper S090

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-64488-3, Copyright (C) 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.


'Funny Face Contest': A Formative Assessment on Transformation of Functions

Yong S. Colen


Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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ABSTRACT

Funny face Contest is a formative assessment activity on transforming functions. Having studied several parent functions, each fST (functions, statistics, and trigonometry) student was asked to create a unique 'funny face.' This paper examines students' creative work and their reflective comments. This is a sure activity to motivate the unmotivated!

Keyword(s): TI-83, college algebra