Browsing Faculty of Education by Subject "Calculus"
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Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ... -
An investigation into some causes of cognitive deficiencies among high school pupils in the learning of differential calculus and implications for further study
(University of the Western Cape, 1994)Little attention is usually given to the disadvantaged pupils' lack of problem solving skills and thinking skills needed for successful learning of differential calculus. Factors like what makes (disadvantaged) pupils not ... -
An investigation into the use of a computer algebra system for the teaching of introductory school calculus
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)Mathematics education in South Africa is in a state of crisis. One manifestation of this crisis is that students in the former Department of Education and Training (DET), which catered for blacks in the former Apartheid ...