This film discusses the concept of functions in mathematics, emphasizing their importance and modern formulations. It explains how to create ordered pairs from a set of numbers and illustrates how ...

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Jul., 1999), pp. 362-389 (28 pages) Prototypes are used as references to cope with new examples in concept learning. Prototypes can, ...

William H. Doyle, Using an Advance Organizer to Establish a Subsuming Function Concept for Facilitating Achievement in Remedial College Mathematics, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 23, No.

To develop strong math skills, kids need to have experiences rooted in understanding the “why” behind a mathematical idea—otherwise known as conceptual understanding.