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Sealey, Vicki; Engelke, Nicole – MathAMATYC Educator, 2012
The great gorilla jump is an activity designed to allow calculus students to construct an understanding of the structure of the Riemann sum and definite integral. The activity uses the ideas of position, velocity, and time to allow students to explore familiar ideas in a new way. Our research has shown that introducing the definite integral as…
Descriptors: Calculus, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Activities, Problem Solving
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Newton, Kristie Jones – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
The study of preservice elementary teachers' knowledge of fractions is important because fractions are notoriously difficult to learn and teach. Unfortunately, studies of preservice teachers' fraction knowledge are limited and have focused primarily on division. The present study included all four operations to provide a more comprehensive…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Word Problems (Mathematics)