Teaching Integration Applications Using Manipulatives

• Autores: Cavita Bathia, Khirti Premadasa, Paul Martin
• Localización: Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies, ISSN 1051-1970, Vol. 24, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 335-346
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2013.879971
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• Resumen

  • Calculus students� difficulties in understanding integration have been extensively studied. Research shows that the difficulty lies with students understanding of the definition of the definite integral as a limit of a Riemann sum and with the idea of accumulation inherent in integration. We have created a set of manipulatives and activities around them to teach the idea of accumulation using the topics of volumes and work.