Kontinuitetsbegrepet : En lærebokanalyse om behandlingen av kontinuitet i videregående skole

2019

Masteroppgave matematikkdidaktikk MA502 – Universitetet i Agder 2019 The theory on complex numbers is often considered too complicated for upper secondary students.Because of that, students are told that it is not possible to calculate the square root of negative num-bers. For a similar reason, the formal definition of limits and continuity are not introduced in uppersecondary school. I believe it is not beneficial to withhold knowledge that may be concidered to be “toocomplicated”. On the contrary, I believe that students can become curious and motivated, if given anuncensored view into the world of mathematics.This thesis deals with the notion of continuity and will attempt to answer the …