This site contains modifiable examples for plotting and graphing that includes plotting functions, inequalities, parametric plots, equations, polar plots, number lines, and 3D plots. This site is a section of the mathematics part in the Wolfram Alpha project.
Type of Material:
Simulation
Recommended Uses:
To provide students with an online interactive math graphing tool.
Lecture Notes, Assignments, Handouts, Quizzes, Supplementary resources, and Course Projects.
Technical Requirements:
Any browser.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
To provide students with online interactive math graphical tool by formulating their own math problem (function, equation, or inequality) using simple and basic coding skills in typing math equations and functions. The problem is simply solved with graphs for the free option for the user. However, for the premium option, users can get a detailed step-by-step solution with graphs.
Target Student Population:
Students of calculus and basic ordinary differential equations classes.
High School, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
High School Mathematics, College Algebra or Pre-Calculus or basic math skills.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This site provides users with a graphical tool for visualizing the behavior of various functions, and to represent them in 2D and 3D graphical representations which are helpful for students of calculus and differential equations classes to check their solutions and graphs by comparing them with the results in this site by following one of the provided examples in this site related to their assignments or class projects. This site offers a user-friendly environment so both teacher and students can access all available examples by following their patterns to formulate their own function, equation, or inequality. The users of the site can formulate their own math problem (function, equation, or inequality) using simple and basic coding skills in typing math equations and functions. The problem is simply solved with graphs for the free option for user. However, for the premium option, users can get a detailed step-by-step solution with graphs.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Both instructor and student can use this site in any basic math courses such as Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Algebra, or Pre-Algebra in a lecture about one of the topics in this site. Students can do more practice problems by accessing the “Related Examples” section at the right top of the site where it contains some interesting additional related examples which are helpful for all students of math courses. This site can be included as a part of lecture or as an extra online tutorial for students.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
Students and instructors can easily access all graphical examples in this site using the free option. Both instructor and students can benefit from all examples that are available for assignments, lectures, and projects. Students can also practice typing basic math equations using the provided examples and following the same to formulate their own equations.
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