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Language-related misconceptions in the study of limits
Citation
Syed Mansoor Jaffar & Jaguthsing Dindyal. (2011). Language-related misconceptions in the study of limits. In J. Clark, B. Kissane, J. Mousley, T. Spencer & S. Thornton (eds.), Mathematics: Traditions and [New] practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference (pp. 390-397). Adelaide, S.A.: Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, and, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.
Author
Syed Mansoor Jaffar
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Dindyal, Jaguthsing
Abstract
This paper reports on the language-related misconceptions of a group of post-secondary
students when working on problems involving the limit of a real-valued function at a single
point. In this qualitative study, 50 post-secondary students took a test and participated in a
survey, from which 10 were interviewed after the test. The data revealed several
misconceptions held by the post-secondary students about the limit concept that were
related to the issue of language. Such language-related misconceptions resulted from
incorrect internal representations and the inability to reify the limit.
Date Issued
2011
ISBN
9781875900695
Description
This paper was published in Mathematics: Traditions and [New] practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference, held at Adelaide, Australia from 3-7 Jul 2011