PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Diagrams In Advanced Mathematics: Affordances And Limitations
Page: 824
We report a case study aimed at researching the rationale of a university mathematics professor for using diagrams in his analysis lectures, what he hoped his students would learn from these diagrams, the ways students understand these diagrams, and what they learn from them. Preliminary analysis suggest that by focusing on specific properties of the diagrams presented in mathematics lectures, or by attributing little importance to them, students fail to fully understand what professors hoped they would learn from these diagrams.