PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Marcel, ABAS TI - A NOTE ABOUT THE NORM OF GRADIENT DP - 2011 Jul 1 TA - Trends in education PG - 13--15 VI - 4 IP - 1 IS - 18058949 AB - If the gradient of a function is non-zero in a point, it can be interpreted as the direction in which the function changes most quickly. In this contribution we show that there is a possibility to establish the direction even if the gradient is zero and that this can be done with knowledge which students have it their stage of study.