Analysis Boot Camp: An Alternative Path to Epsilon-Delta Proofs in Real Analysis

Autor/in	Seager, Suzanne
Titel	Analysis Boot Camp: An Alternative Path to Epsilon-Delta Proofs in Real Analysis
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 30 (2020) 1, S.88-96 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2018.1506532
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Mathematical Concepts; Concept Formation; Validity; Mathematical Logic; College Mathematics; Undergraduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Gültigkeit; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Grundstudium
Abstract	For many of my students, Real Analysis I is the first, and only, analysis course they will ever take, and these students tend to be overwhelmed by epsilon-delta proofs. To help them I reordered Real Analysis I to start with an "Analysis Boot Camp" in the first 2 weeks of class, which focuses on working with inequalities, absolute value, and multiple quantifiers. This helps with all the topics which follow, and when we finally reach limits of real-valued functions, the weaker students find epsilon-delta proofs much easier to handle, and are more likely to pass the final exam. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01