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Learner errors and misconceptions in elementary analysis: A case study of a grade 12 class in South Africa

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dc.creator Kakoma Luneta
dc.creator Paul J. Makonye
dc.date 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:18:24Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:18:24Z
dc.identifier 2065-1430
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/9c5c28d2a8274b519b08ec50cb80c167
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26891
dc.description The paper focuses on analysing grade 12 learner1 errors and the misconceptions incalculus at a secondary school in Limpopo Province, South Africa. As part of the analysis thepaper outlines the nature of mathematics errors and misconceptions. Coding of learners’ errorswas done through the lens of a typological framework. The analysis showed that most of theerrors and misconceptions were due to knowledge gaps in basic algebra. Also noted was thaterrors and misconceptions in calculus were related to learners’ over-dependence on proceduralknowledge which had no conceptual basis. On the other hand, learners sometimes had soundconceptual knowledge for which they had not acquired allied procedural knowledge needed toperform in particular questions. Implications of the study to the wider mathematics educationcommunity are highlighted.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
dc.relation http://adn.teaching.ro
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2065-1430
dc.source Acta Didactica Napocensia, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 36-46 (2010)
dc.subject Errors
dc.subject misconceptions
dc.subject differential calculus
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Learner errors and misconceptions in elementary analysis: A case study of a grade 12 class in South Africa
dc.type article


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