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Quesada, Antonio; Einsporn, Richard L.; Wiggins, Muserref – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of a graphical teaching and learning approach via the graphing calculator enhances students' understanding of the formal definition of limit. College students in six sections of Calculus I participated by completing a test prior to the introduction of the definition, and completing a second…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Calculus, Conventional Instruction, College Students
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Quesada, Antonio R.; Maxwell, Mary E. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Compared the performance of (n=710) college students taught precalculus using a graphing calculator approach to the performance of students using the traditional approach. Students in the first group scored significantly higher than the others on a comprehensive final exam. (16 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Students, Conventional Instruction, Graphing Calculators