Undergraduate students' difficulties in conceptual understanding of derivation

• Main Authors: Hashemi, Nourooz, Abu, Mohd. Salleh, Kashefi, Hamidreza, Rahimi, Khadijeh
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63153/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.495

Derivation is one of the fundamental concepts in the learning of university mathematics. It is a prerequisite for other concepts in undergraduate level and its traces are visible in the majority of mathematical courses at university level. Students have difficulties in the learning of this concept w...