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Number of articles: 4

1. Back to Classics: Teaching Limits through Infinitesimals

   Todor D. Todorov

   Criticizes the method of using calculators for the purpose of selecting candidates for L, for the limit value of a function. Suggests an alternative: a working formula for calculating the limit... More

   pp. 1-20

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2. Outcomes and Implications of Students' Use of Graphics Calculators in the Public Examination of Calculus

   Patricia A. Forster & Ute Mueller

   Describes an inquiry into students' uses of graphics calculators in the Tertiary Entrance Examination of Calculus in Western Australia for 1998. Discusses a comparative analysis of boys' and girls'... More

   pp. 37-52

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3. Student Profiles and Factors Affecting Performance

   B A. Chansarkar & A Michaeloudis

   Studies the profiling of first year students studying the Quantitative Methods for Business module at a British university, and makes policy recommendations to improve student performance.... More

   pp. 97-104

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4. Classical versus Vector Geometry in Problem Solving. An Empirical Research among Greek Secondary Pupils

   Athanasios Gagatsis & Helen Demetriadou

   Presents an analysis of written solutions to geometry exercises in the last year of Greek Lyceum which showed relatively low performance on vector methods. Justifies pupils' false preconceptions... More

   pp. 105-25

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