From human activity to conceptual understanding of a mathematical concept

Abstract: This article reports on a study which investigated first year university engineering students’ construction of the definition of the concept of the chain rule in differential calculus at a University of Technology in South Africa. An APOS (Action-Process-Objects-Schema) approach was used...

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Main Authors: Zingiswa Mybert Monica Jojo, Aneshkumar Maharaj, Deonarain Brijlall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hipatia Press 2013-02-01
Series:REDIMAT
Online Access:https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/redimat/article/view/414