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Teaching and Learning of Calculus

Authors:

  1. David Bressoud

    1. Dept of Mathematics, Macalester College, Saint Paul, USA

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  2. Imène Ghedamsi

    1. IPEIT, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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  3. Victor Martinez-Luaces

    1. FJR/Faculty of Engineering/UdelaR, Universidad de la República, Malaga, Spain

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  4. Günter Törner

    1. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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  • description of the main theoretical frameworks used in the field of calculus

  • Describes the state of calculus instruction from both the European and American perspectives

  • Provides a brief summary of the latest research advances and some new issues initiated by these advances

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys (ICME13TS)

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Table of contents (1 chapter)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Teaching and Learning of Calculus

    • David Bressoud, Imène Ghedamsi, Victor Martinez-Luaces, Günter Törner
    Pages 1-37Open Access
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About this book

This survey focuses on the main trends in the field of calculus education. Despite their variety, the findings reveal a cornerstone issue that is strongly linked to the formalism of calculus concepts and to the difficulties it generates in the learning and teaching process. As a complement to the main text, an extended bibliography with some of the most important references on this topic is included. Since the diversity of the research in the field makes it difficult to produce an exhaustive state-of-the-art summary, the authors discuss recent developments that go beyond this survey and put forward new research questions.

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Keywords

  • Calculus Design
  • Formalism
  • Infinity
  • Calculus Thinking
  • Task Design
  • Cognitive Development
  • Limits
  • Derivatives
  • Integrals
  • Calculus Instruction
  • Calculus Teachers
  • learning and instruction
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Mathematics, Macalester College, Saint Paul, USA

    David Bressoud

  • IPEIT, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

    Imène Ghedamsi

  • FJR/Faculty of Engineering/UdelaR, Universidad de la República, Malaga, Spain

    Victor Martinez-Luaces

  • Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Günter Törner

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching and Learning of Calculus

  • Authors: David Bressoud, Imène Ghedamsi, Victor Martinez-Luaces, Günter Törner

  • Series Title: ICME-13 Topical Surveys

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32975-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • License: CC BY

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32974-1Published: 22 June 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32975-8Published: 14 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2366-5947

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-5955

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 37

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Instructional Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education

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