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Direct linkSean Larsen; Steve Strand; Kristen Vroom – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024
This paper reports on a two-part investigation into how students think about and use summation (sigma) notation. During an instructional design experiment, two participating students struggled with this notation, but also reasoned about it in creative ways. This motivated a follow-up study in which we administered a free-response three-item survey…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills, College Mathematics
