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Publication Date: 2013-Nov
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Prompted and Unprompted Transitions between Representational Modes in Calculus
Zazkis, Dov
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (35th, Chicago, IL, Nov 14-17, 2013)
This article argues for a shift in how researchers discuss and examine students' uses of representations during their calculus problem solving. An extension of Zazkis, Dubinsky, and Dautermann's (1996) Visualization/Analysis-framework to include physical modes of reasoning is proposed. An example that details how transitions between visual, analytic and physical reasoning inform students' problem solving in a calculus context is discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584443.]
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Visualization, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills, Models, Visual Aids, Classification, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Mathematical Concepts, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Task Analysis
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