PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Development of Students’ Mathematical Discourse through Individual and Group Work with Nonstandard Problems on Existence and Uniqueness Theorems
Page: 1611
Research shows that students’ learning is affected by the types of tasks. We explore how the use of nonstandard problems influences understanding of the Existence and Uniqueness Theorems (EUTs) by a group of engineering students. The focus is on the development of students’ mathematical discourse during the individual and group work with nonstandard problems. We present the evidence indicating that students developed new mathematical routines gaining a deeper understanding of EUTs and appreciated the experience.