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dc.contributor.author | Vela, Melissa Jo | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-14T20:54:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-14T20:54:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-07-14 | |
dc.date.submitted | January 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | DISS-11091 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10106/5883 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report on a study of sixteen high school calculus and seven precalculus students' concept image and concept definition of continuity after one-trimester of instruction at a large suburban high school in the southwestern United States. The researchers developed a questionnaire based upon the work of Tall and Vinner (1981) to determine if calculus students had developed a more sophisticated concept image and concept definition of continuity than students in pre-calculus after a typical treatment in both courses. Using data from the written assessment it was not evident that calculus students demonstrated a more sophisticated concept image and concept definition than pre-calculus students. However, findings suggest that a weak concept image or concept definition of continuity reflects practices in precalculus and calculus instruction. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Epperson, James | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.title | A Snapshot Of Advanced High School Students' Understanding Of Continuity | en_US |
dc.type | M.S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Epperson, James | en_US |
dc.degree.department | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.degree.grantor | University of Texas at Arlington | en_US |
dc.degree.level | masters | en_US |
dc.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
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