In our experience of teaching Calculus to engineering undergraduates we have had to grapple
with many different problems. A major hurdle has been students’ inability to appreciate the
importance of the theory. In their view the theoretical part of mathematics is separate from the
computing part. In general, students also believe that they can pass their exams even though they
do not have a real understanding of the theory behind the problems they are required to solve. In
an effort to surmount these difficulties we tried to find ways to make students better understand
the theoretical part of Calculus. This paper describes our experience of teaching Calculus. It
reports on the continuation of our previous research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-79286 |
| Date | 10 April 2012 |
| Creators | Abramovitz, Buma, Berezina, Miryam, Berman, Abraham, Shvartsman, Ludmila |
| Contributors | HTW Dresden, Informatik, Mathematik |
| Publisher | Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:conferenceObject |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Proceedings of the tenth International Conference Models in Developing Mathematics Education. - Dresden : Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, 2009. - S. 10 - 14 |
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