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Book SynopsisPresents research on understanding, teaching, and learning mathematics at the post-secondary level. This book offers some preliminary results on student learning using technology when lessons are delivered via the Internet.
Table of ContentsFirst-year undergraduates' difficulties in working with different uses of variable by M. Trigueros and S. Ursini Cooperative learning in calculus reform: What have we learned? by A. Herzig and D. T. Kung Calculus reform and traditional students' use of calculus in an engineering mechanics course by C. Roddick Primary intuitions and instruction: The case of actual infinity by P. Tsamir Student performance and attitudes in courses based on APOS theory and the ACE teaching cycle by K. Weller, J. M. Clark, E. Dubinsky, S. Loch, M. A. McDonald, and R. R. Merkovsky Models and theories of mathematical understanding: Comparing Pirie and Kieren's model of the growth of mathematical understanding and APOS theory by D. E. Meel The nature of learning in interactive technological environments: A proposal for a research agenda based on grounded theory by J. Bookman and D. Malone.
