PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
A calculus student’s thinking about the idea of constant rate of change
Page: 311
This study focuses on a student’s thinking about a constant rate of change in the context of a conceptual approach of calculus (DIRACC). DIRACC calculus defines a constant rate of change as variations measured in two covarying quantities being proportional to each other. This paper also presents a theoretical framework that characterizes students thinking about the constant rate of change in relation to variation and covariation.