PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Studying the understanding process of derivative based on representations used by students
Page: 466
The research presented in this paper aimed to construct models of understanding processes of students learning the derivative concepts. The models are constructed following Duval’s theoretical framework and Hitt’s ideas on representations. A teaching experiment was designed to observe students in action while they were participating to teaching episodes on the introduction of the derivative. Preliminary results for one participant are presented.