| dc.contributor.author | García Alonso, Israel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Anastasakis, Marinos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zakynthinaki, Maria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trujillo González, Rodrigo Francisco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Petridis, Konstantinos | |
| dc.contributor.other | Análisis Matemático | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-14T20:05:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-14T20:05:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/37176 | |
| dc.description | Marinos Anastasakis , Maria Zakynthinaki , Rodrigo Trujillo-González , Israel García-Alonso & Konstantinos Petridis (2020): An Activity Theory approach in explaining engineering students¿ difficulties with university mathematics, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2020.1834156 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper we explore the difficulties engineering undergraduates encounter with tertiary mathematics. Results from our survey (N = 71)showthatstudentsinoursamplefaceissuesmostlyrelated to the challenging nature of university mathematics, the absence of workedexamplesduringlecturesandthediscontinuityofschooland university mathematics curricula. By using third generation Activity Theory, we were able to interpret the identified difficulties as contradictions emerging between the school and university activity systemsaswellaswithintheuniversityactivitysystem,andweargue that these difficulties can be treated as stemmingfromthestructural characteristics the two activity systems have. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology | |
| dc.title | An Activity Theory approach in explaining engineering students' difficulties with university mathematics | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0020739X.2020.1834156 | |
