Answer each of the following questions based on your reading (attached below) of “Students’ understanding and application of the area under the curve concept in physics problems” by Nguyen.

1. What is your opinion on the methodology of this study? What are some of the advantages and challenges of an interview based study design?

2. How do the findings of this study relate to your experiences in your own classroom? Even if you do not use calculus in your classes, the findings may still have implications for how students use other mathematical techniques in physics.

3. Do you think describing definite integrals as the area under a curve is useful? Why or why not? What do you think is the most useful conceptual description of integrals for your students?