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> Most studies show that students DO NOT RETAIN limit concepts Is that so ? I would not have guessed. I am not being sarcastic. Going by experiences of my own
by srean 2mo ago
> Most studies show that students DO NOT RETAIN limit concepts
Is that so ? I would not have guessed. I am not being sarcastic. Going by experiences of my own high school cohort I would have claimed that limits had a more lasting impression.
BTW I enjoyed your arxiv paper on 2nd order derivatives.
- johnnyb_61820 2mo agoHere's an interesting paper on the topic for epsilon-delta proofs: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.05187 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.05187 Also see Table 2 of this older paper for limit thinking in general: https://u.math.biu.ac.il/~katzmik/sullivan76.pdf https://u.math.biu.ac.il/~katzmik/sullivan76.pdf
- srean 2mo agoThanks.