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Reconciling Calculus Students’ Understanding Of Average Across Multiple Contexts, Franklin Yu
Reconciling Calculus Students’ Understanding Of Average Across Multiple Contexts, Franklin Yu
Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations
The idea of average is utilized in a variety of scenarios, yet the literature has indicated that students have multiple disconnected understandings for the concept of average. In this study, I provide an account of two students who reconciled their meanings for average by considering an average as a replacement with a constant value. This report discusses an intervention that teachers can leverage to help their students make their meanings for average coherent and conceptually based.