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ERIC Number: EJ518794
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Conceptual Knowledge in Introductory Calculus.
White, Paul; Mitchelmore, Michael
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v27 n1 p79-95 Jan 1996
Responses to rate-of-change problems were collected during and after 24 hours of conceptual calculus instruction given to first-year university students. Analysis revealed three categories of error in which variables were treated as symbols to be manipulated rather than quantities to be related. Contains test questions. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education, Symbols (Mathematics), Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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