Free fall in a vacuum and in the air – calculating limits using a real example and demonstrating the limiting process to high school students using Excel
Ján Beňačka, Soňa Čeretková · e-publications@bond (Bond University) · 2016
The paper gives the result of an experiment in which 24 high school students in the final year (age 18-19) calculated limits originated in reality and modelled the limiting process with an Excel application. The students answered a questionnaire to find out if they found the lesson interesting, understood the mathematics involved and if the models benefited the learning. The result is discussed.