Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics

Leigh N. Wood; Geoff Smith; Glyn Mather; Ansie Harding; Johann Engelbrecht; Samuel Houston; Gillian Perrett; Joel Hillel; Peter Petocz; Anna Reid

Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics

Leigh N. Wood, Geoff Smith, Glyn Mather, Ansie Harding, Johann Engelbrecht, Samuel Houston, Gillian Perrett, Joel Hillel, Peter Petocz, Anna Reid

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Abstract

We report on an international study of students’ ideas about mathematics and how they view its relevance to their further studies and their careers. About 1200 students enrolled in mathematics subjects at five universities in different countries responded to three open-ended questions. The responses were coded using phenomenographic methods and grouped into a hierarchy of conceptions. We used a qualitative methodology in preference to a closed form survey in order to draw out the students’ ideas rather than imposing those of the researchers. We present the categorisations found and implications for learning and teaching.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level
Editors	Deborah Hughes-Hallet, I. Vakalis, H. Arikan
Place of Publication	Istanbul
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0471072709
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level (3rd : 2006) - Istanbul Duration: 30 Jun 2006 → 5 Jul 2006

Conference

Conference	International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level (3rd : 2006)
City	Istanbul
Period	30/06/06 → 5/07/06

Keywords

university
mathematics
international

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Wood, L. N., Smith, G., Mather, G., Harding, A., Engelbrecht, J., Houston, S., Perrett, G., Hillel, J., Petocz, P., & Reid, A. (2006). Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics. In D. Hughes-Hallet, I. Vakalis, & H. Arikan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level (pp. 1-6). John Wiley & Sons.

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Wood, LN, Smith, G, Mather, G, Harding, A, Engelbrecht, J, Houston, S, Perrett, G, Hillel, J, Petocz, P & Reid, A 2006, Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics. in D Hughes-Hallet, I Vakalis & H Arikan (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level. John Wiley & Sons, Istanbul, pp. 1-6, International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level (3rd : 2006), Istanbul, 30/06/06.

Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics. / Wood, Leigh N.; Smith, Geoff; Mather, Glyn et al.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level. ed. / Deborah Hughes-Hallet; I. Vakalis; H. Arikan. Istanbul: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. p. 1-6.

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