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How to Conduct Interactive Mathematics
Teaching with Autograph?
Arthur Lee
The University of Hong Kong
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TSM
Technology for Secondary/College
Mathematics
rich resources for busy math teachers
http://www.tsm-resources.com/index.html
No other software gives teachers such control, and features,
to illustrate and clarify mathematical concepts
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CLASSROOM TOOLS - UNIQUE TO AUTOGRAPH
http://www.tsm-resources.com/autograph.html
On-screen mathematical keyboard (can be used in all other computer applications)
Autograph is designed to work fully with an electronic Whiteboards and Tablets
Scribble tool: the perfect tool for prediction – reinforces conceptual understanding
Belongs to Autograph, so it does not disappear like the Whiteboard writing tools.
Rub-out tool
Slow Plot Mode – gives the teacher full control over the plotting
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VISUALISATION TOOLS - UNIQUE TO AUTOGRAPH
Animation Controller, allows you to control the motion of mathematical objects
Dynamic Constant Controller, for completely flexible control over your objects
You control the step dynamically - so much better than fixed slider-bars
10 zoom options, giving full control over what is displayed
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online activities
THREE PAGE TYPES – UNIQUE TO AUTOGRAPH
Statistics page: single-variable analysis, with wide variety of diagrams and tables
2D page: graphs (including IMPLICIT), shapes (transformations), vectors, matrices
Differential Equations, Polar and Parametric equations; Calculus (including Area)
http://autograph-maths.com/activities/douglasbutler/
3D page: graphs (including IMPLICIT), shapes (transformations), vectors, matrices
Lines, planes, surfaces, Polar and Parametric equations; Calculus (including Volume)
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LINK WITH MS OFFICE – UNIQUE TO AUTOGRAPH
Easy pasting of data in and out of Excel
Easy pasting of screenshots and tables of values into Word
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Finally: Autograph uses standard user interface conventions, so no special tricks to learn!
Easy ‘true-notation’ equation input, no need to pre-define constants, and no “command-line”.
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/autographact.htm
http://autograph-maths.com/activities/simonwoodhead/
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online
http://autograph-maths.com/activities/douglasbutler/
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/autographact.htm
http://autograph-maths.com/activities/simonwoodhead/
Open files via free online player
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outline
Interactive Math Teaching with
◆ best practice
◆ images and modelling
◆ real data and exploration
◆ making and visualizing 3D models
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download
Download Files
http://www.tsm-resources.com/autograph.html data files image files
pyramid_net BabyWeightData(1132) disc1 smiley tan_angle
pyramid_net2 disc2 tan_graph
BabyWt
lines_4points
pyramid_net3 babywt1a lines_4points
rotate
babywt1b
tetra_net1
Sunrise (Geneva)
babywt2a
parabola1
babywt2b
parabola2
Weights all
parabola3
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best practice
Best Pedagogical Practice
1. Set up the problem
2. Predict the answer
3. Show the answer
see demo here
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slow plot
Enhance interaction
with slow plot and
scribble tool.
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whiteboard
Get ready for interactive teaching
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keyboard
On-screen Keyboard
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graph paper
Graph Paper Format
choose graph paper format or
show sub-divisions
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constant control
Constant
Controller
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task
Sample Task: Derivative and Tangent
show derivative
when slow plot is
turned on, tangent
is shown as the
derivative is traced
the trace stops at
critical points and
continues with the
pause button
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derivative
Sample Task: Derivative and Tangent
right click the original function
and hide it
double click the original
equation to edit it;
while the original graph is still
hidden, the derivative graph is
updated
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sketch
Graph Sketching Task
with the original
graph hidden,
discuss about the
nature of the critical
points
use the point tool
to add new points
on the derivative
graph, near the
critical values
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sketch
Graph Sketching Task
use the scribble
tool to mark the
sketch the graph
around the critical
point
click one of the point on
graph, use the up /
down arrow to move it
to the hidden graph at
the corresponding x
value
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sketch
Graph Sketching Task
the original graph is
shown again,
compared with the
previous sketch
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tangent
Work on shapes and graphs
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image
use real images and contexts
http://www.tsm-resources.com/images/index.html
download data and images
http://www.tsm-resources.com/autograph.html
or http://www.tsm-resources.com/useful-files.html TSM-IMAGES TSM-DATA
Adrian Oldknow’s page about images and modelling http://www.adrianoldknow.org.uk/Page3.htm
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insert
Insert Image
Drag and drop image files to insert.
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real data
Exploratory Data Analysis with real data
download data and images
http://www.tsm-resources.com/autograph.html
or http://www.tsm-resources.com/useful-files.html TSM-IMAGES TSM-DATA
Using Autograph with CensusAtSchool Data http://stem.org.uk/rx5jt
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data
Weigh luggage but not people?
http://youtu.be/5wsjALS1I_k
Birth Data Distributions - Which variables
are normal?
http://youtu.be/MeJ9tj49NLg
Fitting trigonometric functions to periodic
data
http://youtu.be/PZQI7ujWVTU
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best fit
Best fit to Data
With a DATA SET and ANY y = f(x) graph with constants:
This will find (by least squares) the best value of the constants to fit the data, e.g. y = asin(bx +
c) + d. Select the graph and use the option “Update Results Box” to obtain a list of the
constants.
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data
Exploratory Data
Analysis
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data
zoom in for details
of data
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data
copy and paste
raw data from
spreadsheets
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data
convert raw data to grouped data
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model
3D Modelling
http://autograph-maths.com/activities/simonwoodhead/
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revolution
Solid of Revolution
turn to x-y enter equation of function, plot
orientation as 2D equation
click the curve and find area
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revolution
Solid of Revolution
click the area
and find
volume
number of division is
in slow plot adjusted in animation
mode, the solid setting
generates
gradually
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revolve
mix and match
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nets
Explore other pyramid nets: predict
angles between faces while folding
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net
Tetrahedron Net
Use the constant
controller to change
the angle between
faces and fold the
net.
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inequalities
Inequalities
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matrix
Matrix
create 4 points, group them to make a shape
select the shape and make
a matrix transformation
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matrix
Matrix
enter the drag the
matrix original
shape
the image
is shown
add base
vectors; move
the shape along
the axes
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sampling
a single sample of size
5 with mean 500 sample means, n=200
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distribution
Probability Distribution
user defined probability distribution; dot plot and histogram
from data generated
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3D
3D coordinates, vectors and surfaces
enter equation of plane or other surfaces
a point on
the normal
through the
origin
equation
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3D
3D coordinates, vectors and surfaces
add points and vectors on the plane, create cross product
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