Creating a
Mathematical
Laboratory
By Lou Feicht
Have you limited your teaching of
matrices to
advanced high school math classes? Now, technology can
help you
teach them to middle schoolstudents. In this article, the
author
shows how careful planning and a computer spreadsheet
program can
foster a highly constructive learning enviornment. Check
out the
following links and the supplemental resources to Louis
Feicht's
article.
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Lou Feicht, lfeicht@capnet.k12.or.us Copyright
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