2021 Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Reports
2021
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Foundational Ideas for Understanding the Constant Rate of Change
Page: 401
This report presents a conceptual analysis that describes the productive ways of thinking of a hypothetical student in learning the idea of constant rate of change. The paper characterizes a hypothetical learning trajectory with a hierarchy of ideas that we conjecture to be foundational for understanding constant rate of change. The study briefly presents an instructional sequence of tasks guided by the hypothetical learning trajectory to promote learning the foundational ideas for understanding the constant rate of change.