期刊名称：International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning
电子版ISSN：1473-0111
出版年度：2014
出版社：Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching
摘要：This paper explores students’ personal meaning and interpretation of the vertex of a quadratic function in relation to their understanding of quadratic functions in two different representations, algebraic and word problem. Several categories emerged from students’ personal meaning of the vertex including vertex as maximum or minimum, vertex in relation to symmetry, vertex as a starting point or turning point, vertex as an intercept, vertex as an intersection, and miscellaneous
