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Esteley, Cristina B.; Villarreal, Monica E.; Alagia, Humberto R. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2010
Over the past several years, we have been exploring and researching a phenomenon that occurs among undergraduate students that we called extension of linear models to non-linear contexts or overgeneralization of linear models. This phenomenon appears when some students use linear representations in situations that are non-linear. In a first phase,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts