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Maharaj, Aneshkumar – South African Journal of Education, 2013
This article reports on a study which used the APOS (action-process-object-schema) theoretical framework to investigate university students' understanding of derivatives and their applications. Research was done at the Westville Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The relevant rules for finding derivatives and their…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Schemata (Cognition), Undergraduate Students
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Maharaj, Aneshkumar – South African Journal of Education, 2008
I report on the findings from research and literature on (a) use of symbols in mathematics, (b) algebraic/trigonometric expressions, (c) solving equations, and (d) functions and calculus. From these, some insights and implications for teaching and learning are derived.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Symbols (Mathematics), Algebra, Trigonometry