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Direct linkToney, Allison F.; Boul, Stephen D. – PRIMUS, 2022
Based on our work teaching undergraduate Calculus courses, we offer insight into teaching the chain rule to reduce cognitive load for students. A particularly difficult topic for students to grasp, problems likely arise due to student struggles with the concept of function and, particularly, function composition relative to when they first…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Instruction, Difficulty Level
