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The concept of integration: a fundamental approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

David Hobbs  and
Simon Relf
David Hobbs
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Exeter EX1 2LU
Simon Relf
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Exeter EX1 2LU
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According to Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins writing more than fifty years ago in their classic book What is Mathematics? (which is still in print)

‘... today the calculus can be taught without a trace of mystery.’

Sadly for many students entering university with A level Mathematics, and for some leaving university with a degree in Mathematics, this is not so. As was noted by John Smith, for some students there appears to be little understanding of the principles.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 494 , July 1998 , pp. 167 - 182
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1998

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