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Cartesian plane

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Cartesian plane
n.
A plane having all points described by Cartesian coordinates.
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Noun1.Cartesian plane - a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates
plane, sheet - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
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Students can be confused when they are unable to shift their perceptions of the meaning of the x- and y-axes in the Cartesian plane to the concepts represented by these axes in histograms (Friel & Bright, 1996).
Some insights about college students' interpretations of histograms by Moskovitz, Cary / Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics
As will be shown below, geometric representations of algebraic equations, made possible by the use of the GC when a parameter becomes one of the coordinates in the Cartesian plane, has the potential of creating context in which parameters can be both meaningfully interpreted and easily visualized.
Equations with parameters: a locus approach by Norton, Anderson / Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
This map tells the teacher that he has to initiate by showing lines within the Cartesian plane which are located in different ways as is shown in Figure 5a.
Concept mapping: important elements for intervention by Flores, Rafael Perez / Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics
 
 
 
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