The fields of quantitative and covariational reasoning boast a wide range of powerful theoretical tools, which are described carefully in the literature. Less frequent and explicit attention, however, has been paid to writing down detailed, practical guidance for operationalizing these theoretical constructs. Some guidance is provided by…

Researchers have identified challenges students face when modeling dynamic situations. This report discusses the results of semi-structured clinical interviews with ten prospective secondary mathematics teachers who were provided with a dynamic image of a growing and shrinking cone. We asked the students to graph the relationship between the…