Main presenter
Co-presenter(s)
Name :
Mr David Bowers
Name:
E-mail:
david.bowers@suffolk.ac.uk
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Institution or
Company:
Suffolk College
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Department:
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City:
Ipswich
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Country:
United Kingdom
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Type of
presentation:
Lecture : 25 minutes.
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Conference
strand and number:
Derive & TI-CAS ,
Number:
D21
Schedule:
Room:
Saturday, 11h30
1350
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Title of
presentation:
Exploiting DERIVE's new Slider Bar
Abstract:
A new feature of DERIVE 6 is the Slider Bar. This presentation will introduce the Slider Bar and demonstrate its use, by introducing a range of sometimes novel applications. The most obvious use of the Slider bar is to vary parameter values within functions and observe the effect on the graphs of the functions. However, we shall go beyond this and consider applications from topics such as co-ordinate geometry, analysis, mechanics, numerical analysis and more. We shall demonstrate how the Slider Bar allows a dynamic visualisation of mathematical problems in a way that allows a "hands-on" approach to finding a solution. The interplay between numerical, algebraic and graphical methods of solution is thus strengthened by adding a dynamic visual element to the graphical approach. This presentation could take the form of a 25 minute lecture, a 50 minute lecture or a 90 minute workshop, depending on the needs of the conference programme. I am flexible!