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ERIC Number: EJ819412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0819-4564
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Integration: Reversing Traditional Pedagogy
Yost, David
Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, v22 n2 p37-40 2008
A derivative is the limit of a quotient. It is an abstraction of division. Since division is harder to understand than multiplication, teachers teach it later, hopefully only after a sound understanding of multiplication has been attained. For the same reason, it may make sense to teach integration first, and move on to differential calculus only after a sound understanding of integration has been attained. In this article, the author shares how he initially teach integrals before derivatives in his calculus unit. Later, it dawned on him that a reversal of the order of his teaching method could have educational advantages for the teaching of calculus generally. Here, he describes how his unit was structured.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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