Functions: Graphs and Transformations

This is a mini online course developed for fulfillment of LTEC 632. The target audience for the course is students at the College of Micronesia-FSM. Many of these students are deficient in mathematics, particularly in graphing and using technology in mathematics. Many of them attended high schools where computers were not used in the instruction of mathematics.

The course will cover an introduction to functions, function notation, basic functions used in college algebra, and transformations of these basic functions to create new functions. Instruction will rely heavily on the online graphing calculator Desmos. It will be delivered online, predominately asynchronously but with some synchronous components.

Dennis Gearhart
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Hello, My name is Dennis Gearhart. As an undergraduate, I studied Radio/Television at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Oddly, I continued my studies as a graduate student in Computer Science, receiving an M.S. in Computer Science in 1990. I then worked as a computer programmer for 7 years, but sitting in a cubicle was not for me. I returned to school and earned an MS in Mathematics from VA Tech. During my time at VA Tech, I developed a passion for teaching and applied for an instructor position at the College of Micronesia-FSM after graduating. That was in 2001, and I have been living in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ever since.

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