Overcoming Algebraic and Graphic Difficulties [electronic resource] / Ana Lucia Braz Dias.

This paper describes student difficulties in first-year calculus classes and suggests some instructional strategies to address these difficulties. Participants in this study were 200 low socio-economic background freshmen majoring in business in Brazil. Results show that the main difficulties are re...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Dias, Ana Lucia Braz
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Algebra. Calculus. Concept Formation. Foreign Countries. Functions (Mathematics) Graphs. Higher Education. Mathematics Education. Word Problems (Mathematics)