A model to analyse the complexity of calculus knowledge at the beginning of University course
Language
fr
Communication dans un congrès
This item was published in
First conference of International Network for Didactic Research in University Mathematics, 2016-03-31, Montpellier.
English Abstract
<p><i>Our research focuses on the difficulties students encounter with the learning of calculus, considering that they have to cope with much more mathematical objects but also with new ways of reasoning – not only algebraic ...Read more >
<p><i>Our research focuses on the difficulties students encounter with the learning of calculus, considering that they have to cope with much more mathematical objects but also with new ways of reasoning – not only algebraic calculation, but also the practice of approximation, and a scaffolding way of using functions, limits, derivative, integrals, etc. for proving. The semiotic facet of new objects, and the way to manage it, is also a source of great difficulties. We use a model (Bloch & Gibel, 2011) to describe students' work when they have to deal with the resolution of exercises about parametric curves and differential equations</i></p>Read less <
English Keywords
Calculus
students' understanding of mathematical signs and objects
reasoning processes
parametric curves
differential equations
Origin
Hal imported