Images of the limit of function formed in the course of mathematical studies at the university

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 103-132

  Przenioslo, Malgorzata ^a  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Concept definition; Concept image; Limit of a function; Limit of a sequence; Teaching; Understanding; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543016184     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000017667.70982.05     Document Type: Article

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