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Amelia M. Farid – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mathematical definitions are central to learning and doing mathematics. Research has uncovered significant differences between how mathematicians and non-mathematicians construct, reason about, and refine mathematical definitions. Various strands of research provide insight into the development of definitional practices, yet an integrated approach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Definitions, College Mathematics, Humanities
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Gürefe, Nejla; Aktas, Gülfem Sarpkaya – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
In this study, it was aimed to reveal the explanatory strategies that preservice teachers use in the process of explaining the concept of divisibility by zero. It was investigated how the concept of divisibility by zero, which can be used in expressing the case where the denominator is present in the definition of important concepts of the…
Descriptors: Division, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Algebra
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Brumfiel, Charles – Mathematics Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Definitions, Fractions, Integers, Mathematical Vocabulary
Jewell, Larry R. – 1985
This learning module provides students with practice in applying mathematical operations to vocational agriculture. The module consists of unit objectives, definitions, information, problems to solve, worksheets suitable for various levels of vocational agriculture instruction, and answer keys for the problems and worksheets. This module, which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Computation, Definitions, Fractions