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| Autor/inn/en | Maciejewski, Wes; Star, Jon R. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Developing Flexible Procedural Knowledge in Undergraduate Calculus |
| Quelle | In: Research in Mathematics Education, 18 (2016) 3, S.299-316 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 1479-4802 |
| DOI | 10.1080/14794802.2016.1148626 |
| Schlagwörter | Calculus; Undergraduate Students; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Instruction; Intervention; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Mathematical Concepts; College Freshmen; Pretests Posttests; College Mathematics; Expertise; Foreign Countries; Canada |
| Abstract | Mathematics experts often choose appropriate procedures to produce an efficient or elegant solution to a mathematical task. This "flexible procedural knowledge" distinguishes novice and expert procedural performances. This article reports on an intervention intended to aid the development of undergraduate calculus students' flexible use of procedures. Two sections of the same course were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. Treatment students completed an assignment on which they resolved derivative-finding problems with alternative methods and compared the two resulting solutions. Control students were assigned a list of functions to differentiate. On the post-intervention test, treatment students were more likely to use a variety of solution methods without prompting than the control. Moreover, the set of treatment section solutions were closer to those of a group of mathematics experts. This study presents evidence that not only is flexible procedural knowledge a key skill in tertiary mathematics, it can be taught. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2020/1/01 |
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