PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Conceptions Of Inverse Trigonometric Functions In Community College Lectures, Textbooks, And Student Interviews
Page: 885
We present a textbook analysis of conceptions of key ideas associated with inverse trigonometric functions using Balacheff’s model of conceptions (Balacheff & Gaudin, 2010). We found conflicting conceptions of angles, trigonometric functions, and inverse trigonometric functions that may help explain difficulties that community college trigonometry instructors and their students face when explaining tasks associated with this topic. We make suggestions for further research.