Promoting students' graphical understanding of the calculus

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-495

  Berry, John S ^a   Nyman, Melvin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus concepts; Graphical representation; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344944183     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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