Difficulties in secondary students' learning and initial use of functions.


Authors

  • Eduar Miguel Gómez Guerra Universidad de Sucre.
  • Hernán Emilio Hernández Patermina Universidad de sucre
  • Alfonso Eduardo Chaucanés Jácome Universidad de Sucre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.10141

Keywords:

funciones, patrón de regularidad, registros, representación semiótica.

Abstract

In this article it reports the findings of an investigation that aimed to analyze the difficulties of students the do transformations between records of representation of a function. Was made a descriptive study of cases with a group of students from an educational institution of the Colombian rural sector. It is concluded that students have difficulty with the identification and use of the elements of the function, with the attainment of steadiness and growth pattern, the development of a model of the situation and in the use of the concept of equation to find unknown.

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Author Biography

Eduar Miguel Gómez Guerra, Universidad de Sucre.

Estudiante de Maestría en Educación

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Published

2015-09-30

How to Cite

Gómez Guerra, E. M., Hernández Patermina, H. E., & Chaucanés Jácome, A. E. (2015). Difficulties in secondary students’ learning and initial use of functions. Scientia Et Technica, 20(3), 278–285. https://doi.org/10.22517/23447214.10141

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Ciencias Básicas

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