July 2009, Vol. 40, Issue 4
Collapsing Dimensions, Physical Limitation, and Other Student Metaphors for Limit Concepts
Michael Oehrtman
This study investigated introductory calculus students’ spontaneous reasoning about limit concepts guided by an interactionist theory of metaphorical reasoning developed by Max Black. Students’ reasoning had significant implications for the images they formed and the claims and justifications they provided about multiple limit concepts.
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