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Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems

Undergraduate students often experienced difficulty in solving problem related to derivative and integral topics. The main goal of this study was to investigate the reasons of students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral problems based on mathematical thinking approach. The participants...

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Main Authors: Hashemi, Nourooz, Abu, Mohd. Salleh, Kashefi, Hamidreza
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2019
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L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/1/MohdSallehAbu2019_UndergraduateStudents%E2%80%99DifficultiesinSolvingDerivative.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/
https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v11n2.1477
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spelling my.utm.847932020-02-27T04:59:03Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/ Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems Hashemi, Nourooz Abu, Mohd. Salleh Kashefi, Hamidreza L Education (General) Undergraduate students often experienced difficulty in solving problem related to derivative and integral topics. The main goal of this study was to investigate the reasons of students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral problems based on mathematical thinking approach. The participants of the study consisted of 63 undergraduate students. A test contained derivative and integral problems was given to students and the results was analyzed by quantitative and qualitative methods. Results revealed that the reasons of students’ difficulties in solving problems were inability to use suitable problem solving framework, weakness in recalling previous knowledge in entry and attack steps of specialization and generalization, weakness in making connection between embodied and symbolic worlds of mathematical thinking and using symbolic world rather than embodied world. Penerbit UTM Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/1/MohdSallehAbu2019_UndergraduateStudents%E2%80%99DifficultiesinSolvingDerivative.pdf Hashemi, Nourooz and Abu, Mohd. Salleh and Kashefi, Hamidreza (2019) Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems. Sains Humanika, 11 (2). pp. 65-74. ISSN 2289-6996 https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v11n2.1477 DOI:10.11113/sh.v11n2.1477
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Hashemi, Nourooz
Abu, Mohd. Salleh
Kashefi, Hamidreza
Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
description Undergraduate students often experienced difficulty in solving problem related to derivative and integral topics. The main goal of this study was to investigate the reasons of students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral problems based on mathematical thinking approach. The participants of the study consisted of 63 undergraduate students. A test contained derivative and integral problems was given to students and the results was analyzed by quantitative and qualitative methods. Results revealed that the reasons of students’ difficulties in solving problems were inability to use suitable problem solving framework, weakness in recalling previous knowledge in entry and attack steps of specialization and generalization, weakness in making connection between embodied and symbolic worlds of mathematical thinking and using symbolic world rather than embodied world.
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author Hashemi, Nourooz
Abu, Mohd. Salleh
Kashefi, Hamidreza
author_facet Hashemi, Nourooz
Abu, Mohd. Salleh
Kashefi, Hamidreza
author_sort Hashemi, Nourooz
title Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
title_short Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
title_full Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
title_fullStr Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
title_full_unstemmed Undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
title_sort undergraduate students’ difficulties in solving derivative and integral mathematical problems
publisher Penerbit UTM Press
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/1/MohdSallehAbu2019_UndergraduateStudents%E2%80%99DifficultiesinSolvingDerivative.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/84793/
https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v11n2.1477
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