Chapter 7

From

10/24/2011

To

10/30/2011

Content

Trigonometric Functions

Skills

- Problem solving skills and strategies
- Critical thinking skills and strategies
- Graphical analysis
- Word problem analysis
- Calculator manipulation
- Mathematical intuition
- Mathematical connections
- Mathematical Modeling
- Deductive Reasoning
- Applying fundamental problems solving steps and strategies

Resources

- Text book
- Graphing calculator
- Teacher's supplements
- Office hours/study hall
- Peer/NHS tutoring

Instructional Strategies

- Warm-up problem
- HW check
- Interactive lesson introduction
- Teacher-student and student-student interactions
- HW review - split between teacher and student-led
- Use of overhead instruction
- Use of graphing calculator for visual explanations;
- Review worksheets
- After-school test review sessions

Assessment

- HW
- Daily participation
-Tests
- Test corrections
- Group Work

Outcomes

Students will:
- Find the measure of an angle in either degrees or radians and to find coterminal angles;
- Find the arc length and area of a sector of a circle and to solve problems involving apparent size;
- Use the definitions of sine and cosine to find values of these functions and to solve simple trigonometric equations;
- Use reference angles, calculators, or special angles to find values of the sine and cosine functions and to sketch the graphs of these functions;
- Find values of the tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions and to sketch the functions' graphs;
- Find values of the inverse trigonometric functions.