August 2005, Vol. 99, Issue 1
Connecting Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge of Functions
Jon Davis
How teachers can promote both conceptual and procedural knowledge by connecting symbolic manipulation techniques with the real-world, tabular, and graphical representations of a linear function. Functions are used to demonstrate that students' understanding of the meaning of functions through real-world examples and other representations strengthens student ability to perform procedural operations.
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