Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 33 Issue 2, June 1996
21 – 24
Ken Harper
When faced with questions involving the conic sections, many students have the impression that an infinite number of possible solutions exist, but only one acceptable to the teacher. With the gradual inclusion of graphic calculators, the laboriousness and many difficulties of the pencil-and-paper graphing approach have been removed. Other methods can assist students as they try to make sense of the topic for themselves.
