PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Relationship between precalculus concepts and success in active learning calculus courses
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As part of an ongoing project to redesign a calculus sequence centered around core calculus concepts through an active learning approach, we aim at understanding the knowledge students need in order to be successful in this setting. In particular, we are interested in exploring what conceptual understandings of precalculus concepts support students in an active learning intensive calculus sequence. We present preliminary results of an analysis carried out to answer the question: What is the relationship between students’ precalculus understandings and performance in this newly redesigned calculus sequence?