Difficulties and Errors of 1st Grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department Students on Discontinuity Types of Partial Functions and Some Certain Functions

Melis Minisker

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Difficulties and Errors of 1st Grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department Students on Discontinuity Types of Partial Functions and Some Certain Functions

Melis Minisker

Published in Pure and Applied Mathematics Journal (Volume 4, Issue 3)

Received: 2 April 2015 Accepted: 10 April 2015 Published: 18 April 2015

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The aim of this study is to investigate difficulties and errors of 1st grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department students on discontinuity kinds of partial functions and some certain functions. The data is gathered by the questionnaire containing 10 open ended questions. The answers of students are categorized according to 0-3 points’ schema. Based on the results and detailed analysis of students’ responses it is observed that students have many difficulties on finding the right and left hand side limit of partial functions on specific points. So it leads errors on determining the discontinuity types of these functions. Moreover, the results of analysis show that students have some difficulties on determining the discontinuity of some specific functions.

Published in	Pure and Applied Mathematics Journal (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.pamj.20150403.11
Page(s)	66-69
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Partial Function, Questionnaire, Discontinuity

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Melis Minisker. Difficulties and Errors of 1st Grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department Students on Discontinuity Types of Partial Functions and Some Certain Functions. Pure Appl Math J. 2015;4(3):66-69. doi: 10.11648/j.pamj.20150403.11

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Mustafa Kemal University, Department of Mathematics, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

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Melis Minisker. Difficulties and Errors of 1st Grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department Students on Discontinuity Types of Partial Functions and Some Certain Functions. Pure Appl. Math. J. 2015, 4(3), 66-69. doi: 10.11648/j.pamj.20150403.11

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Melis Minisker. Difficulties and Errors of 1st Grade Computer Teaching and Technology Department Students on Discontinuity Types of Partial Functions and Some Certain Functions. Pure Appl Math J. 2015;4(3):66-69. doi: 10.11648/j.pamj.20150403.11

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