Probing for Reasons: Presentations, Questions, Phases

This thesis reports on a research study based on data from experimental teaching. Students were invited, through real-world problem tasks that raised central conceptual issues, to invent major ideas of calculus. This research focuses on work and thinking of the students, as they sought to build key...

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Main Author:	Farlow, Kellyn Nicole
Format:	Others
Published:	BYU ScholarsArchive 2007
Subjects:	Mathematics Education Calculus Graphing Local and Global Agency Continued Learning Science and Mathematics Education
Online Access:	https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/978 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1977&context=etd

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spelling	ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-19772019-05-16T03:20:59Z Probing for Reasons: Presentations, Questions, Phases Farlow, Kellyn Nicole This thesis reports on a research study based on data from experimental teaching. Students were invited, through real-world problem tasks that raised central conceptual issues, to invent major ideas of calculus. This research focuses on work and thinking of the students, as they sought to build key ideas, representations and compelling lines of reasoning. This focus on the students' and their agency as learners has brought about a new development of the psychological and logical perspectives, as well as, highlighted students' choices in academic and social roles. Such choices facilitated continued learning among these students. 2007-07-13T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/978 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1977&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ All Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive Mathematics Education Calculus Graphing Local and Global Agency Continued Learning Science and Mathematics Education
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description	This thesis reports on a research study based on data from experimental teaching. Students were invited, through real-world problem tasks that raised central conceptual issues, to invent major ideas of calculus. This research focuses on work and thinking of the students, as they sought to build key ideas, representations and compelling lines of reasoning. This focus on the students' and their agency as learners has brought about a new development of the psychological and logical perspectives, as well as, highlighted students' choices in academic and social roles. Such choices facilitated continued learning among these students.
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