Prospective Teachers' Images and Definitions [electronic resource] : The Case of Inflection Points / Pessia Tsamir and Regina Ovodenko.

This paper describes prospective secondary school mathematics teachers' images and definitions of inflection points. The data indicate that prospective teachers tended to regard f[prime](x)=0 and/or the location "where the graph bends" as necessary/sufficient conditions for inflection...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Tsamir, Pessia
Other Authors:	Ovodenko, Regina
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2004.
Subjects:	Secondary School Mathematics. Mathematics Teachers. Mathematical Concepts. Cognitive Processes. Definitions. Student Teacher Attitudes. Secondary School Teachers. Preservice Teachers. Foreign Countries. Mathematics Education.