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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"precalculus"”.
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Strengthening the Precalculus Bridge: Enhancing the Precalculus Student's Understanding of Tangents to Conics, Biquadratic Equations, and Maxima and Minima
… these topics are not generally covered in precalculus courses, there are several possible uses for them. An instructor could use the material as:</p> <ul> <li>An added classroom resource</li> <li>Project assignments for outside classroom study</li> <li>A student resource for precalculus …
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Success in Calculus I: implications of students' precalculus content knowledge and their awareness of that knowledge
… for students in Calculus I is their weak precalculus content knowledge. In this three-paper dissertation, I investigate Calculus I students' precalculus content knowledge and their awareness of that knowledge. In the first paper, I describe a methodology for collecting data about Calculus …
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Beyond the Numbers: Gaining Perspective on the Mathematics Problem Towards The Successful Transition of Students into University Mathematics
… Problem- the issue that students entering precalculus (and other bridging-style) mathematics in university are performing at an extremely poor level- is experienced and perceived by mathematicians. Additionally, this study looks at what effect these perceptions have on precalculus/bridging …
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The "M" in STEM : the integration of high school mathematics standards in STEM education.
… to find the Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Precalculus concepts that were included and to determine if the high school mathematics was the primary or secondary focus of the activity. The findings suggested explicit connections to high school mathematics concepts, but many connections to …
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Music of the triangles: How students come to understand trigonometric identities and transformations
… a review of the literature. Then undergraduate precalculus students were recruited to participate in a series of task-based interviews in order to examine the process by which students come to understand and justify trigonometric identities and transformations. The critical stages were revised …
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SPATIAL ABILITY, MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT, AND SPATIAL TRAINING IN MALE AND FEMALE CALCULUS STUDENTS
… males and females. Students were pretested on precalculus background, spatial visualization, and calculus background, and were assigned to one of three treatment conditions: audiovisual spatial training (AV), audio-vidual-tactual spatial training (AVT), and a control condition. The spatial …
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Students’ Perceptions About High School Preparation For Mathematics In Post-Secondary Programs: A Case Study Of One High School
… as a senior year elective for those not needing precalculus, increase the pace and rigor of senior classes and require more independent work, remove the test retake opportunities senior year because that approach is not practiced in college, include more preparation in the development of a …