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Tackling the difficulties of the transition from school to university mathematics

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This paper reports on a study that investigates the difficulties encountered by first year undergraduate mathematics students during their transition from school to university mathematics. The research is a case study of five students who were followed regularly from the beginning until the end of the semester through questionnaires and interviews while they were attending a Calculus course. The results of the research revealed difficulties faced by undergraduate students regarding the content of the module and the social and academic context. In addition, the research suggests a categorization according to the approaches that students adopted in order to tackle these problems.
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hal-01288658 , version 1 (15-03-2016)

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Eirini Kouvela, Irene Biza, Theodossios Zachariades. Tackling the difficulties of the transition from school to university mathematics. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2287-2288. ⟨hal-01288658⟩
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