ERIC Number: EJ1236112
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Publication Date: 2020
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Analysis Boot Camp: An Alternative Path to Epsilon-Delta Proofs in Real Analysis
Seager, Suzanne
PRIMUS, v30 n1 p88-96 2020
For many of my students, Real Analysis I is the first, and only, analysis course they will ever take, and these students tend to be overwhelmed by epsilon-delta proofs. To help them I reordered Real Analysis I to start with an "Analysis Boot Camp" in the first 2 weeks of class, which focuses on working with inequalities, absolute value, and multiple quantifiers. This helps with all the topics which follow, and when we finally reach limits of real-valued functions, the weaker students find epsilon-delta proofs much easier to handle, and are more likely to pass the final exam.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Validity, Mathematical Logic, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study
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