Bunny hops: using multiplicities of zeroes in calculus for graphing

David Miller ^[1] ; Jessica M. Deshler ^[1] ; Ryan Hansen ^[1]
1. [1] West Virginia University
  
  West Virginia University
  
  Estados Unidos
Localización: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, Vol. 47, Nº. 5, 2016, págs. 803-813
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Students learn a lot of material in each mathematics course they take. However, they are not always able to make meaningful connections between content in successive mathematics courses. This paper reports on a technique to address a common topic in calculus I courses (intervals of increase/decrease and concave up/down) while also making use of students’ pre-existing knowledge about the behaviour of functions around zeroes based on multiplicities.