Day 1 Clip 1, January 21, 2007
Ms. Coombs begins with a reminder of an
earlier problem about a pie eating
contest. She discusses the meaning of
the elements of a linear function. This
discussion follows her working to interpret
y=mx+b style equations with the
students.
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Day 1 clip 2:
In this clip Ms. Coombs continues the
discussion by asking about constant
rates. She steers the discussion
towards constant speed and the rates in the
linear functions.
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Day 1 clip 3:
Ms. Coombs continues to focus on the earlier
pie eating function. In this clip, she
moves to a graphical representation for the
function. In order to tie back into
covaritational thinking she reminds the
students about the finger tool. She
generates points on the graph by
covariationally scaling the rate.
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Day 1 clip 4:
In this clip Ms. Coombs works with the
students to focus on the possible points
between plotted points on the graph of the
linear function. She explains why the
intermediate points exist and why those
points lie on the line. She focuses on
how changes in x determine the changes in y,
based on the rate of change.
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