Name that function!
| dc.contributor.author | Terranova, Michelle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-24T18:34:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-22T14:27:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-24T18:34:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-22T14:27:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-01-24 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/152 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores the ability of students to produce the algebraic representation of a function given in various other representations. It is hypothesized that when tested on function recognition, mathematics majors will perform better than non-mathematics majors; however, both will perform poorly, that is below 75%. Students in four classes, two lower-level mathematics courses composed of non-mathematics majors and two upper-level mathematics courses composed of only mathematics majors, were given an eight-problem test that asked them to determine the algebraic representation of functions shown pictorially, in tables, in sequences, and graphically. This study provided evidence that mathematics majors outscored non-mathematics majors as the mean scores were 2.93/8 and 0.49/8, respectively. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Function algebras. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Algebraic functions. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Test of Memory and Learning. | en_US |
| dc.title | Name that function! | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | An examination of function recognition between mathematics majors and non-mathematics majors. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2020-06-22T14:27:17Z | |
| dc.description.institution | SUNY at Fredonia |
