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Anastasakis, Marinos; Zakynthinaki, Maria; Trujillo-González, Rodrigo; García-Alonso, Israel; Petridis, Konstantinos – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
In this paper we explore the difficulties engineering undergraduates encounter with tertiary mathematics. Results from our survey (N = 71) show that students in our sample face issues mostly related to the challenging nature of university mathematics, the absence of worked examples during lectures and the discontinuity of school and university…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
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Aristidou, Michael – Athens Journal of Education, 2020
As it is already observed by mathematicians and educators, there is a discrepancy between the formal techniques of mathematical logic and the informal techniques of mathematics in regards to proof. We examine some of the reasons behind this discrepancy and to what degree it affects doing, teaching and learning mathematics in college. We also…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, College Students