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Students' Errors in Setting up Difference Quotients and Connections to Their Conceptions of Function
Direct linkTang, Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Although finding the limits of the difference quotients in the definitions of the derivative is troubling for many students, a difficulty that preceded this confusion was observed: students were not able to correctly set up the difference quotients as required in the definitions. The purpose of this study is to uncover student errors in setting up…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Students, Mathematical Applications, Error Patterns
