MTE 598 – Spring 2005

Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education IV

Topic Assignments


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Author Theoretical Perspective
Conceptual Framework
Literature Review
Research Paper
Elizabeth Baker

Limit metaphors
Sequences and series

Connie Carruthers
Emergent perspective
Mathematical modeling
Trigonometric functions / periodicity
Right-triangle ratio vs. unit circle definition of trigonometric functions

Nicole Engelke
Transformational reasoning, cognitive models, non-propositional reasoning
Intra, Inter, Trans genetic decomposition of the chain rule
Derivatives
Precalculus students understanding of composition of functions
Arlene Evangelista
Tool use
Rate of change / derivatives
Graphing
The role of graphs in understanding rate of change
Jessica Knapp
Appropriation / mediation
Proof and definition
Advanced calculus and limit proofs / formal reasoning about limits
Metonymy
Vicki Sealey
Mathematical modeling Rate of change / accumulation
Riemann sums and definite integrals Student understanding of accumulation and Riemann sums
Colleen Megowan
Realistic mathematical education / horizontal & vertical mathematizing
Vectors
Geometry
Distributed cognition
April Strom
Enculturation / acculturation, contextualization / habituation
Covariational reasoning generally & applied to exponential functions in particular
Linear and exponential functions Covariational reasoning with exponential functions
Yvonne Zeka
APOS & structural / operational thinking
Exponential functions
Multiplicative reasoning
Teachers’ Understandings of Exponential Functions

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