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Helena Johansson; Magnus Österholm; Liselott Flodén; Pia Heidtmann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Research has identified several aspects that influence students' transition to mathematics studies at university, but these aspects have often been studied separately. Our study contributes to the field's understanding of the transition between upper secondary and university mathematics by taking a multifaceted perspective not previously explored.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Mathematics, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education
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Persson, Inger; Kraus, Katrin; Hansson, Lisbeth; Wallentin, Fan Yang – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2019
Research on students' attitudes toward statistics has attracted many statistics instructors and statistics education researchers. In this study, we use confirmatory factor analysis to analyze data collected from an introductory statistics course using the Survey of Attitudes toward Statistics. The results suggest that the items and six factors are…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Statistics
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Jablonka, Eva; Ashjari, Hoda; Bergsten, Christer – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2017
Research under the key word 'secondary-tertiary transition problem' in mathematics education points to a range of difficulties students face when passing from learning mathematics at school to attending undergraduate mathematics courses. One of these problems concerns the change in criteria for what counts as a legitimate mathematical activity.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Majors (Students), Foreign Countries