Bringing Reality into Calculus Classrooms: Mathematizing a Real-life Problem Simulated in a Virtual Environment
International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP). 2013;3(1):29-35 DOI 10.3991/ijep.v3i1.2337
Journal Title: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
ISSN: 2192-4880 (Print)
Publisher: International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press
LCC Subject Category: Education: Special aspects of education | Education: Theory and practice of education
Country of publisher: Germany
Language of fulltext: English
Full-text formats available: PDF
AUTHORS
Olga V. Shipulina
David Harris Smith
Peter Liljedahl
EDITORIAL INFORMATION
Time From Submission to Publication: 8 weeks
Abstract | Full Text
The study explores how students, who had completed the AP calculus course, mathematized the optimal navigation real-life problem simulated in the Second Life Virtual Environment. The particular research interest was to investigate whether/how students’ empirical activity in VE influences the way of their mathematizing.