HP48G Graphics Calculator
Malcolm Anderson, Bsc (Hons), PhD
Lynette Bloom, BSc (Hons), MSc, DipEd, PhD
Ute Mueller, MSc, DipMaths, DNatSc
Pender Pedler, BSc (Hons), MSc, DipEd, PhD
Department of Mathematics
Edith Cowan University
Perth, Western Australia
trevorgj@ozemail.com.au
Abstract
The graphics calculator has the potential to facilitate enormous improvement
in the teaching and learning of mathematics. It can carry out all the
routine calculations available on a standard calculator but its real
strength lies in its ability to carry out symbolic calculations, to manage
tables of values and to plot graphs. This graphing facility can be used not
merely to obtain approximations but also to interpret data and illustrate
concepts.
This Workshop will provide an introduction to the use of the HP48G graphics
calculator at the upper secondary/lower tertiary level. Illustrations will
be drawn from the areas of functions and graphs, calculus and linear algebra.
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