Exploring Logarithms with a Ruler

Elliott Ostler

doi:10.5951/mathteacher.106.9.0668

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Exploring Logarithms with a Ruler

Author: Elliott Ostler

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 106: Issue 9

Page(s):: 668–673

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacher.106.9.0668

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, Grades 9-12, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Math Topic, Algebra, Functions and Trigonometry, Functions, Other Topic, Connections, Technology, Computers

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-LE.A.4; CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.8b; CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.5; CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-LE.A.1a; CCSS.Math.Content.HSA-SSE.B.3c

Processes using linear measurement can be adapted to teach complex topics such as polynomial multiplication, rational exponents, and logarithms.

Contributor Notes

^*Elliott Ostler, elliottostler@gmail.com, is a professor of STEM education at the University of Nebraska Omaha. His primary interest is helping teachers create mathematical learning environments that challenge students to think differently about the nature and uses of mathematics.

(Corresponding author is Ostler elliottostler@gmail.com)

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