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1 online resource. |
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Notes ; v. 73
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Notes.
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 30 Jan 2012). |
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""Cover ""; ""copyright page ""; ""Title page ""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I Student Thinking""; ""a. Foundations for Beginning Calculus""; ""1 On Developing a Rich Conception of Variable""; ""Introduction""; ""Analysis of Problem 1""; ""Analysis of Problem 2""; ""Analysis of Problem 3""; ""Research Literature About Students� Conceptions of Variable""; ""Superficial Conceptions""; ""Varying Uses of Variable""; ""Parameters""; ""Changing Quantity, Dynamic versus Static Imagery, and Joint Variation""; ""Possible Explanations""; ""Historical Development: Shifts Over The Ages"" |
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""Calculational Attitude""""Lack of Rich Curricular Material""; ""Interventions and Promising Results""; ""A Call To Action""; ""Practical Suggestions""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""References""; ""2 Rethinking Change""; ""Perspectives on Models""; ""Rates of Change in Realistic Contexts""; ""Making Sense of Realistic Data""; ""Making Realistic Sense of Graphs""; ""Connecting Teaching and Research""; ""References""; ""3 Foundational Reasoning Abilities that Promote Coherence in Students� Function Understanding""; ""Why Is The Function Concept So Important?"" |
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""Why is the Function Concept So Difficult for Students to Understand?""""Dynamic Conceptualizations Needed for Understanding and Using Functions""; ""The Action and Process Views of Functions � A More Formal Examination""; ""Fostering a Process View of Functions""; ""Building on the Process View of Function: Applying Covariational Reasoning""; ""The Covariation Framework""; ""Engaging Covariational Reasoning Through Analysis Of Function Situations""; ""Extending Ideas of Covariation To Higher Dimensions""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""References"" |
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""4 The Concept of Accumulation in Calculus""""Composition of a Well-Structured Understanding of Accumulation Functions""; ""Accumulation Functions""; ""Riemann Sums""; ""Students� Difficulties in Understanding Accumulation Mathematically""; ""Promising Approaches In Helping Students Conceptualize Accumulation Functions""; ""Students� Understandings of Accumulation Functions within the Calculus as a Whole""; ""Connections with Other Ideas""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""b. Infinity, Limit, and Divisibility""; ""5 Developing Notions of Infinity""; ""Comparing Infinite Sets"" |
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""Limits of Sequences""""Infinite Iterative Processes""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""6 Layers of Abstraction: Theory and Design for theInstruction of Limit Concepts""; ""The Nature and Process of Abstraction""; ""Goals for Teaching Limits""; ""A Design Approach to Limit Instruction""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""7 Divisibility and Transparency of Number Representations""; ""Snapshots from Research""; ""Example 1""; ""Example 2""; ""Example 3""; ""Example 4""; ""Example 5""; ""Reflecting On Examples""; ""Formalization of “Seeing�""; ""More Examples from Research""; ""Example 6"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Mathematics. |
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Mathematics -- Research.
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Mathematics -- Research. |
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Electronic books.
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Carlson, Marilyn P. (Marilyn Paula)
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Rasmussen, Chris (Chris Larson)
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Print version: Carlson, Marilyn P. Making the Connection : Research and Teaching in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Washington : Mathematical Association of America, ©2014 9780883851838 |
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9780883859759 (electronic book) |
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0883859750 (electronic book) |
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