Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ570861
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
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Is Calculus Really That Different from Algebra? A More Logical Way To Understand and Teach Calculus.
Elk, Seymour B.
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v29 n3 p351-58 May-Jun 1998
Discards the blinders that have hampered the traditional teaching of calculus and reexamines some of the intuitive ideas that underlie this subject matter. Analyzes the various indeterminate forms that arise through the blind application of algebraic operations. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Intuition, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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