Thursday, November 12, 2015: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
M100 AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Ruth Miller
We want students to get that lines have a constant slope, so we focus on y = mx + b. But by the end of algebra, students think that it's the only way to represent a line. By using data sets, the idea of slope, and other forms of the equation of a line, students get at what it really means to say that a relationship between two variables is "linear."
Presentation Format: 6-8 Session