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Habre, Samer – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
Covariational reasoning has been the focus of many studies but only a few looked into this reasoning in the polar coordinate system. In fact, research on student's familiarity with polar coordinates and graphing in the polar coordinate system is scarce. This paper examines the challenges that students face when plotting polar curves using the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Activities, Problem Solving, Geometry
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Altiparmak, Kemal – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
In mathematic courses, construction of some concepts by the students in a meaningful way may be complicated. In such circumstances, to embody the concepts application of the required technologies may reinforce learning process. Onset of learning process over daily life events of the student's environment may lure their attention and may…
Descriptors: Animation, Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Instruction, Experimental Groups
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Raychaudhuri, Debasree – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
In this note we develop a framework that makes explicit the inherent dynamic structure of certain mathematical definitions by means of the four facets of context-entity-process-object. These facets and their interrelations are then used to capture and interpret specific aspects of student constructions of the concept of solution to first order…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Calculus, Models, Definitions
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Eraslan, Ali – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
One possible approach students can cope with abstract algebra concepts is reducing abstraction. This notion occurs when learners are unable to adopt mental strategies as they deal with abstraction level of a given task. To make these concepts mentally accessible for themselves, learners unconsciously reduce the level of the abstraction of the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Abstract Reasoning, Algebra, Mathematical Concepts