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Download full textSelden, Annie; Selden, John; Hauk, Shandy; Mason, Alice – Online Submission, 1999
In two previous studies we investigated the non-routine problem-solving abilities of students just finishing their first year of a traditionally taught calculus sequence. This paper reports on a similar study, using the same non-routine first-year differential calculus problems, with students who had completed one and one-half years of traditional…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Equations (Mathematics)
