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Meneu, María José Beltrán; Murillo Arcila, Marina; Jordá Mora, Enrique – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
In this work, we present a teaching proposal which emphasizes on visualization and physical applications in the study of eigenvectors and eigenvalues. These concepts are introduced using the notion of the moment of inertia of a rigid body and the GeoGebra software. The proposal was motivated after observing students' difficulties when treating…
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Visual Aids
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Buteau, Chantal; Muller, Eric; Marshall, Neil – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
We report on an empirical study grounded in our sustained implementation over ten years of a sequence of three-term undergraduate core mathematics courses centred on microworlds. The survey study investigates students' views on 15 competencies potentially developed as they, individually or in pairs, create 12 Exploratory Objects, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Competence