Simulating Real Analysis-Honors Calculus in a sociocultural context
Keywords:
Vygotsky, sociocultural theory, Cesaro summability, Cauchy property,Abstract
The sociocultural theory of learning has a tremendous clout in every branch of science, especially in mathematics .We try to reveal how a real analysis class experiences the benefits of a teaching approach based on the aforementioned learning theory. Predominant concepts that motivated us to do so are the fundamental Cauchy property and the Cesaro summabilityReferences
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