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Autor/in | Roddick, Cheryl Stitt |
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Titel | How Students Use Their Knowledge of Calculus in an Engineering Mechanics Course. |
Quelle | (1995), (8 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Algorithms; Calculus; Cognitive Style; College Students; Computer Uses in Education; Engineering Education; Higher Education; Interviews; Mathematics Education; Problem Solving Algorithm; Algorithmus; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Collegestudent; Computernutzung; Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mathematische Bildung; Problemlösen |
Abstract | This study investigated students' conceptual and procedural understanding of calculus within the context of an engineering mechanics course. Four traditional calculus students were compared with three students from one of the calculus reform projects, Calculus & Mathematica. Task-based interviews were conducted with each participant throughout the course of the 10-week quarter. Results from interviews show a distinct difference in approaches to solving engineering mechanics problems that involve calculus. Calculus & Mathematica students, who learned calculus with a conceptual emphasis, were found to be more likely to solve problems from a conceptual viewpoint than were the traditional students, who were more likely to focus on procedures. (Author) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |