University students' retention of derivative concepts 14 months after the course: Influence of 'met-befores' and 'met-afters'

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 749-764

  Jukić, Ljerka ^a   Dahl, Bettina ^b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

calculus; conceptual; derivative; memory; met afters; met befores; procedural; retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865280647     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2012.662300     Document Type: Article

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