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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Esteley, Cristina B.; Villarreal, Monica E.; Alagia, Humberto R. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2010
Over the past several years, we have been exploring and researching a phenomenon that occurs among undergraduate students that we called extension of linear models to non-linear contexts or overgeneralization of linear models. This phenomenon appears when some students use linear representations in situations that are non-linear. In a first phase,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts