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Öçal, Mehmet Fatih; Simsek, Mertkan; Kapucu, Serkan – PRIMUS, 2021
The use of smartphones is increasingly gaining popularity in education. Students and teachers can determine scientific concepts using smartphones equipped with sensors such as Global Positioning System (GPS -- a navigation system that provides location information) and orientation (a device to measure coordinates according to a reference frame).…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Measurement Techniques, Scientific Concepts
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Cetin, Nezahat – PRIMUS, 2009
This study investigated whether students who are studying calculus were able to determine the graph of the derivative of the functions related to the problems they come across in their daily lives or in applied science. A test was given to science and engineering students at a Turkish university. At the end of this study, it was determined that…
Descriptors: Technology, Teaching Methods, Calculus, Science Education
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Uygur, Tangul; Ozdas, Aynur – PRIMUS, 2007
In this study the effectiveness of an arrow diagram which can help students apply the Chain Rule was investigated. Different variations of this diagram were used as mnemonic devices for applying the Chain Rule. For the investigation two instruments were developed, diagnostic test and post-test. The diagnostic test was developed to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equations (Mathematics), Diagnostic Tests, Calculus