%0 Conference Paper %1 kidron2003sse %A Kidron, Ivy %D 2003 %I Imperial College Press %J Challenging the Boundaries of Symbolic Computation: Proceedings of the 5th International Mathematica Symposium Imperial Collegege, London 7-11 July 2003 %K convergence learning limit mathematica mathematics mythesis %P 145-152 %T Is Small Small Enough? Conceptualisation of the Continuous by Means of the Discrete %X In this paper, we analyze the influence of applying the double strand discrete-continuous on College students' conceptual understanding of central notions in analysis such as limit and derivative. The research is done in the context of a course on differential equations. Our aim is to analyze how using Mathematica, while iterating the simplest mathematical expression such as quadratic functions, the students are introduced to the great beauty of the field of dynamical systems and to a better understanding of convergence problems.

@inproceedings{kidron2003sse, abstract = {In this paper, we analyze the influence of applying the double strand discrete-continuous on College students' conceptual understanding of central notions in analysis such as limit and derivative. The research is done in the context of a course on differential equations. Our aim is to analyze how using Mathematica, while iterating the simplest mathematical expression such as quadratic functions, the students are introduced to the great beauty of the field of dynamical systems and to a better understanding of convergence problems.}, added-at = {2008-05-28T03:29:01.000+0200}, author = {Kidron, Ivy}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2328b4a65e866d52258bfced5d4c15080/yish}, interhash = {0c475288076b31ccd0cfba261df285cc}, intrahash = {328b4a65e866d52258bfced5d4c15080}, journal = {Challenging the Boundaries of Symbolic Computation: Proceedings of the 5th International Mathematica Symposium Imperial Collegege, London 7-11 July 2003}, keywords = {convergence learning limit mathematica mathematics mythesis}, pages = {145-152}, publisher = {Imperial College Press}, timestamp = {2008-05-28T03:29:01.000+0200}, title = {Is Small Small Enough? Conceptualisation of the Continuous by Means of the Discrete}, year = 2003 }