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Cory, Beth L.; Garofalo, Joe – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2011
This study investigates 3 preservice secondary mathematics teachers' understandings of limits of sequences and their changing conceptions of limit during and after instruction involving interactive, dynamic sketches embodying the formal definition of the limit of a sequence. Manipulating a coherent visual representation of the formal definition in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Clements, Douglas H.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1997
Describes a study of third-grade students (N=38) that investigates the development of linear measurement concepts. Three levels of strategies were identified: visual guessing, hash marks, and no physical partitioning. Students who connected numeric and spatial representations proved to be the better problem solvers. Contains 22 reference. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation