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