Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 34 Issue 2, September 1997
49 – 53
Analysis of Teaching Trigonometry in the Context of University Mathematics
Natali Hritonenko
Trigonometry is a unit of study in the mathematics curriculum that is rich with content and concepts, contains clear interrelationships among its parts and provides us with important mathematical applications. Unfortunately, high school students conceive of trigonometry, not as a unified whole in which content and concepts are logically connected within the overall structure, but rather as a set of formulas that are difficult to memorize.
