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Direct linkFernandez, Eileen – PRIMUS, 2004
This paper describes a sequence of lessons from two Calculus I classes for teaching the epsilon-delta definition of a limit. In these lessons, the author elicited students' misconceptions and perceptions of this definition through a reading/writing lesson and then used these student ideas to design a lesson aimed at addressing these misconceptions…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Calculus, Misconceptions, College Mathematics
