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An Activity Theory approach in explaining engineering students' difficulties with university mathematics

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Author
García Alonso, IsraelULL authority; Anastasakis, Marinos; Zakynthinaki, Maria; Trujillo González, Rodrigo FranciscoULL authority; Petridis, Konstantinos
Date
2020
URI
http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/37176
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.
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