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Martínez-Planell, Rafael; Trigueros Gaisman, Maria; McGee, Daniel – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS) Theory is applied to study student understanding of directional derivatives of functions of two variables. A conjecture of the main mental constructions that students may do in order to come to understand directional derivatives is proposed and is tested by conducting semi-structured interviews with 26 students…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Mathematical Logic, Schemata (Cognition)
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Di Biase, Rhonda – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2015
The challenges of implementing learner-centred pedagogies have been well documented, noting that many reform efforts fail to consider important contextual factors. With attention to the disparity between policy and practice, this study investigated the conditions under which teachers can enact learner-centred pedagogy in the Maldives using…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Program Implementation, Learner Controlled Instruction, Intervention