PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Students’ inclination to use visual images during problem solving
Page: 1273
This is a preliminary report on a study to investigate the inclination of Calculus III students to use visual reasoning in problem solving situations. One of our research hypotheses was that there is a correlation between students’ inclination towards visual representations when taking notes and their use of visual representations in problem solving situations. Surprisingly, preliminary analysis of the results suggests that there may not be a correlation, although work is ongoing.