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Capaldi, Mindy – PRIMUS, 2020
Definitions are fundamental to any mathematics classroom. We consider how definitions are presented in textbooks and instructors' lecture notes, and whether students are positioned to gain a full understanding of new terms. Four textbooks, covering precalculus, calculus, and analysis, as well as three professors' Calculus I lecture notes are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Definitions, Textbooks