Example Construction as a Devise to Reveal Awareness of Calculus Integration

Shafia Abdul Rahman

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Shafia Abdul Rahman ¹ ^*

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¹ Abu Dhabi University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Meaningful mathematics learning requires creating opportunities for learners to make use of their awareness to contact important mathematical structures. Four first year undergraduates studying engineering, mathematics and education were invited to construct examples meeting specified constraints in order to investigate their awareness of Integration. Findings suggest that the examples they constructed reflected the nature of their awareness of the topic and aspects of the topic that dominated the students’ attention.

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dimensions of variation
example construction
integration
mathematical awareness

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2019, 233-241

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Abdul Rahman, S. (2019). Example Construction as a Devise to Reveal Awareness of Calculus Integration. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(1), 233-241. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/3999

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Abdul Rahman S. Example Construction as a Devise to Reveal Awareness of Calculus Integration. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(1):233-41. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/3999

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Abdul Rahman, Shafia "Example Construction as a Devise to Reveal Awareness of Calculus Integration". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 1, 2019, pp. 233-241. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/3999