Students’ perception of infinity : Perception, obstacles, conception

2017

Master's thesis Mathematics Education MA502 - University of Agder 2017 Several studies in mathematics education have shown that students face significant difficulties for understanding the concept of infinity. The purpose of this study is to suggest an explanation of how students understand the concept of infinity and identify the difficulties for understanding it. Explanation will be given through an investigation on the following aspects of understanding and the implementation of the corresponding theoretical background: i) primary perception in terms of Singer and Voica’s(2008) categories and secondary perception in the context of comparison of infinite sets ii) obstacles in coming to un…