An exploration of definition and procedural fluency in integral calculus

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Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-191

  Grundmeier, Todd A ^a   Hansen, Jennifer ^a   Sousa, Emily ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus; Conceptual understanding; Integration; Procedural fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943007331     PISSN: 10511970     EISSN: 19354053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511970608984145     Document Type: Article

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