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Closed but provocative questions: curves enclosing unit area

Foster, Colin

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Colin Foster



Abstract

This article describes a task leading to work on curve sketching, simultaneous equations and integration to find the area enclosed between two curves. An initial closed question is used to confront students with a provocative answer, which they then explore in a much more open-ended way.

Citation

Foster, C. (2014). Closed but provocative questions: curves enclosing unit area. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 46(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2014.992989

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 17, 2014
Deposit Date Aug 7, 2015
Publicly Available Date Aug 7, 2015
Journal International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
Print ISSN 0020-739X
Electronic ISSN 1464-5211
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46
Issue 5
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2014.992989
Keywords Closed questions; curve sketching; integration; intersecting curves; inverse problems; open questions; provocative questions; quadratic equations; simultaneous
equations; working backwards
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/740786
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020739X.2014.992989#.VcSFyflLZgI
Additional Information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology on 17 December 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020739X.2014.992989#.VcSFyflLZgI

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