Use of Variables in Calculus Class: Focusing on Teaching Assistants' Discussion of Variables

Autor/inn/en	Park, Jungeun; Rizzolo, Douglas
Titel	Use of Variables in Calculus Class: Focusing on Teaching Assistants' Discussion of Variables
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 53 (2022) 1, S.165-189 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Park, Jungeun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2021.1971314
Schlagwörter	Calculus; Teaching Assistants; Mathematics Instruction; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Students; Introductory Courses; Symbols (Mathematics); Difficulty Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Einführungskurs; Schwierigkeitsgrad
Abstract	Given the importance of the ability to use variables flexibly in Calculus and students' difficulties related to various uses of variables, this study examined how variables are treated in calculus class. Data for this study came from graduate teaching assistants' (TAs') classroom teaching, which plays a crucial role in undergraduate students' learning of entry-level mathematics, but of which we still have a limited understanding. We analyzed TAs' uses of variables in terms of prior literature examining how students use variables and what uses of variables cause difficulties for students. Our results show that the uses of variables by the TAs in this study typically aligned with students' dominant conception of variables as symbols to be manipulated and did not give students many opportunities to consider the uses of variables that commonly cause difficulties for students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01