Provides an overview of current research on the nature of difficulties and students' thought processes in the context of learning linear algebra

Discusses the use of technology in teaching and learning linear algebra

Offers practical advice on how to improve student engagement in linear algebra courses

Klappentext

This book originated from a Discussion Group (Teaching Linear Algebra) that was held at the 13th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME-13). The aim was to consider and highlight current efforts regarding research and instruction on teaching and learning linear algebra from around the world, and to spark new collaborations. As the outcome of the two-day discussion at ICME-13, this book focuses on the pedagogy of linear algebra with a particular emphasis on tasks that are productive for learning. 

The main themes addressed include: theoretical perspectives on the teaching and learning of linear algebra; empirical analyses related to learning particular content in linear algebra; the use of technology and dynamic geometry software; and pedagogical discussions of challenging linear algebra tasks. 

Drawing on the expertise of mathematics education researchers and research mathematicians with experience in teaching linear algebra, this book gathers work from nine countries: Austria, Germany, Israel, Ireland, Mexico, Slovenia, Turkey, the USA and Zimbabwe. 

Inhalt

Part I. Theoretical Perspectives Elaborated through Tasks

The Learning and Teaching of Linear Algebra through the Lenses of Intellectual       

      Need and Epistemological Justification and Their Constituents

Guershon Harel 

       Learning Linear Algebra Using Models and Conceptual Activities 

** **María Trigueros 

       **Moving between the embodied, symbolic and formal worlds of mathematical **thinking with specific linear algebra tasks

            Sepideh Stewart****

** **Part II. Analyses of Learners' Approaches and Resources

Systems of linear equations a key element in the learning of Linear Algebra

Asuman Oktac** **

Rationale for Matrix Multiplication in Linear Algebra Textbooks

John Paul Cook and Dov Zazkis

 ** An Action Process Object Schema (APOS) analysis of the understanding of **determinants of matrices by Zimbabwean undergraduate mathematics students

Catherine Kazunga & Sarah Bansilal

Difficulties associated with understanding the concept of vector subspace: A case   

           study of Zimbabwean teachers

            Lillias H.N. Mutambara and Sarah Bansilal  

Stretch Directions and Stretch Factors: A Sequence Intended to Support Guided Reinvention of Eigenvector and Eigenvalue Stretch Directions and Stretch Factors: A Sequence Intended to Support Guided Reinvention of Eigenvector and Eigenvalue**     **

            David Plaxco, Michelle Zandieh, and Megan Wawro 

 Examining Students' Procedural and Conceptual Understanding of Eigenvectors   

 and  Eigenvalues in the Context of Inquiry-Oriented Instruction

 Khalid Bouhjar, Christine Andrews-Larson, Muhammad Haider, & Michelle Zandieh 

Part III. Dynamic Geometry Approaches

Mental Schemes of Linear Algebra Visual Constructs

Hamide Dogan 

**            **How DGS mediates students' reasoning on 3D linear transformations: a combined      

            analysis from thinking modes and semiotic perspectives

            Melih Turgut         

            Fostering Students' Competences in Linear Algebra with digital Resources

            Ana Donevska-Todorova** **

Part IV.  Challenging tasks with pedagogy in mind  

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