Understanding the concept of continuity within the framework of Pirie and Kieren’s theory
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.unipluri.18631Keywords:
socratic interview, descriptors, function, understanding, limit, infinitesimalAbstract
Our objective was to design and implement a semi-structured interview of Socratic nature to describe how the concept of continuity is understood by four students of differential calculus courses in secondary and higher education institutions in the city of Medellín. It was a qualitative type of research including a case study in order to achieve the objective; the Socratic semi-structured interview was strategy to improve the students’ understanding, in accordance with the framework of Pirie and Kieren’s theory, which served as a theoretical support.
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