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Doruk, Muhammet – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2019
The aim of this study is to question freshmen's conceptual knowledge on function. In this context, after the teaching of the function, students' skills of defining the concept of function, interpreting the definition and multirepresentation for the function were examined. In the study, qualitative research approach was adopted and was an example…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Instruction
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Vincent, Brittany; LaRue, Renee; Sealey, Vicki; Engelke, Nicole – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
This study explored first-semester calculus students' understanding of tangent lines as well as how students used tangent lines within the context of Newton's method. Task-based interviews were conducted with twelve first-semester calculus students who were asked to verbally describe a tangent line, sketch tangent lines for multiple curves, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts
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Cho, Peter; Moore-Russo, Deborah – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
To understand the mathematical concept of function, students must understand certain subconcepts, such as domain and range. Many researchers have studied students' understanding of functions, but no study has focused on how students come to understand the domain and range for the graphs of functions. In this study, we identified four common…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
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Ocak, Mehmet Akif – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
This study investigates the role of graphing calculators in multiple representations for knowledge transfer and the omission of oversimplification in complex function graphs. The main aim is to examine whether graphing calculators were used efficiently to see different cases and multiple perspectives among complex function graphs, or whether…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Graphing Calculators, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
Goos, Merrilyn, Ed.; Brown, Ray, Ed.; Makar, Katie, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2008
This document presents the proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of this conference is "Navigating Currents and Charting Directions." The theme reminds us that, although we are constantly pushed to account for the quality and impact of our research, we…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Educational Development, Practicums