Cracking Codes & Launching Rockets

Autor/in	Paoletti, Teo J.
Titel	Cracking Codes & Launching Rockets
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teacher, 107 (2013) 4, S.266-270 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0025-5769
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Mathematics Instruction; Relevance (Education); Algebra; Mathematics Skills; Equations (Mathematics); Coding; Mathematical Logic; Problem Solving; Validity; Geometry; Secondary School Mathematics; War + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Relevance; Relevanz; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Codierung; Programmierung; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Problemlösen; Gültigkeit; Geometrie; Krieg
Abstract	To engage students, many teachers wish to connect the mathematics they are teaching to other branches of mathematics or to real-world applications. The lesson presented in this article, which uses the algebraic skill of finding the equation of a line between two points and the geometric axiom that any two points define a line, does both. A historically significant coding technique relies on algebra skill and the axiom. This lesson integrates the first Standard for Mathematical Practice from the Common Core State Standards (CCSSI 2010) and many of the NCTM Process Standards--namely, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Communication, and Connections (NCTM 2000). What follows is a description of how the lesson can be presented as well as insight into adaptations that will make it a good fit for any classroom. This historically significant real-life application of a cryptographic coding technique, which incorporates first-year algebra and geometry, makes mathematics come alive in the classroom. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-3702; Fax: 703-476-2970; e-mail: orders@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10