PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Transforming students’ definitions of function using a vending machine applet
Page: 752
The purpose of this study is to examine the understandings of functions that students developed and tested while engaging with a Vending Machine applet. The applet was designed to purposefully problematize common misconceptions associated with the algebraic nature of typical function machines. Findings indicate that the applet disrupts students’ algebraic view of function and supports their transformation of meaning schemes for the function concept.