Crossroads in Mathematics
APPENDIX: Illustrative Examples
The Examples
- Chicken Chunks (Organizing Data and Pattern Recognition)
- Midpoint on a Number Line (Formula Development)
- Tennis Ball Can (Measurement and Geometry Formula)
- Proportional Relationships
- Projecting Weekly Wages (Linear Models)
- A Puzzling Problem (Geometry and Deductive Proof)
- Population Growth Comparison (Exponential Growth)
- Problem Posing
- Maintaining Pool Chlorine Level (Numerical Experimentation)
- Basketball Performance Factors (Matrix Operations)
- Dart Board Problem (Geometry and Probability)
- Analyzing Planet Data (Modeling and Re-expression of Data)
- A Pure Mathematics Problem (Absolute Value Functions)
- A Writing Assignment
- A Laboratory Project--Fluid Flow (Data Gathering and Curve Fitting)