The performance of undergraduate students in the limit concept
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.40, sa.3, ss.323-330, 2009 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2009
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00207390802568119
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.323-330
- Anahtar Kelimeler: limit, concept image, concept definition
- Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In this work, we investigated first-year university students' skills in using the limit concept. They were expected to understand the relationship between the limitvalue of a function at a point and the values of the function at nearby points. To this end, first-year students of a Turkish university were given two tests. The results showed that the students were able to compute the limit values by applying standard procedures but were unable to use the limit concept in solving related problems.