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Filtering by: Committee Member Braunworth, William Academic Affiliation Science and Mathematics Education Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Collegiate student's epistemologies and conceptual understanding of the role of models in precalculus mathematics : a focus on the exponential and logarithmic functions

Creator:

Melendy, Robert F.

Abstract:

Collegiate student's conceptual distinctions of what define a mathematical and a physical model seems to be affected by the epistemological beliefs they hold about this knowledge. These beliefs seem to influence student's thinking and reasoning as they embark on problem solving activities in collegiate mathematics. Student's epistemological beliefs of mathematical...

Resource Type:

Dissertation