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Using knowledge from mechanics to solve a calculus task: a study through the lenses of mixed praxeologies

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In this paper, we examine the strategies and reasoning employed by students who have completed college-level calculus and mechanics courses as they undertake an unfamiliar graphing calculus task. Adopting a perspective based on the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD), we analyse students' techniques and justifications, paying particular attention to their use (or non-use) of praxeologies acquired in mechanics. Our findings reveal that students who employed either a praxeology rooted in mechanics or a mixed praxeology combining elements from calculus and mechanics were generally more successful in solving the task. We conclude by discussing the practical and theoretical implications of these results.

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hal-05237842 , version 1 (03-09-2025)

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Mathilde Hitier, Alejandro S González-Martín. Using knowledge from mechanics to solve a calculus task: a study through the lenses of mixed praxeologies. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano; ERME, Feb 2025, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. ⟨hal-05237842⟩

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