Pairing Figure Skating and Mathematics

Diana Cheng*, Tetyana Berezovski**
* Assistant Professor, Towson University, Maryland, USA.
** Associate Professor, St. Joseph's University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Periodicity:July - September'2013
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.2.3.2456

Abstract

In light of the Winter Olympic Games, a modeling problem is presented in the context of pair’s figure skating. Prospective and in-service high school teachers used related rates to solve the problem that involved differentiating the Pythagorean theorem and a trigonometric equation. Student work is analyzed and discussed.

Keywords

Calculus, Problem Solving, Pre-Service Teacher Preparation

How to Cite this Article?

Cheng, D., and Berezovski, T. (2013). Pairing Figure Skating and Mathematics. i-manager’s Journal on Mathematics, 2(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmat.2.3.2456

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