Local Instruction Theories at the University Level: An Example in a Linear Algebra Course
Andrea Cárcamo 1 * , Claudio Fuentealba 1, Diego Garzón 2
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1 Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Austral de Chile, CHILE2 Instituto de Educación y Pedagogía, Universidad del Valle, COLOMBIA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

In order to promote the design of innovative instructional activities at the Linear Algebra, we perform a design-based research project to explore how to teach Linear Algebra at the university level. In this article, we present the results of three cycles of a teaching experiment that we carried out to design, try out, and improve a local instruction theory (LIT) on the teaching of the concepts of spanning set and span in Linear Algebra with first-year engineering students. In a retrospective analysis, we looked for patterns in the data set of all the experiments, and we identified key learning moment of the students. Based on these patterns, we formulated a LIT to support the construction of the concepts of spanning set and span.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2019, Article No: em1781

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108648

Publication date: 05 Jul 2019

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