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A Combined Application of APOS and OSA to Explore Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Polar Coordinates
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Borji, Vahid; Erfani, Hedyeh; Font, Vicenç – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
The aim of this study is to analyse undergraduate students' understanding of polar coordinates based on two theories, Action, Process, Object and Schema (APOS) and Onto-Semiotic Approach (OSA). These two theories complement each other and each of them separately has been used in many research to explore students' performance of mathematical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts