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International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

2015 Volume 46, Number 8

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Number of articles: 8

  1. Identifying and Exploring Relationships between Contextual Situations and Ordinary Differential Equations

    M Camacho-Machín & C Guerrero-Ortiz

    The aim of this paper is to present and discuss some of the evidence regarding the resources that students use when they establish relationships between a contextual situation and an ordinary... More

    pp. 1077-1095

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  2. Formative Questioning in Computer Learning Environments: A Course for Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers

    Hatice Akkoç

    This paper focuses on a specific aspect of formative assessment, namely questioning. Given that computers have gained widespread use in learning and teaching, specific attention should be made when... More

    pp. 1096-1115

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  3. Teaching of Real Numbers by Using the Archimedes-Cantor Approach and Computer Algebra Systems

    Evgenii M. Vorob'ev

    Computer technologies and especially computer algebra systems (CAS) allow students to overcome some of the difficulties they encounter in the study of real numbers. The teaching of calculus can be ... More

    pp. 1116-1129

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  4. Seeking Mathematics Success for College Students: A Randomized Field Trial of an Adapted Approach

    Taras Gula, Carolyn Hoessler & Wes Maciejewski

    Many students enter the Canadian college system with insufficient mathematical ability and leave the system with little improvement. Those students who enter with poor mathematics ability typically... More

    pp. 1130-1148

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  5. Discursive Positionings and Emotions in Modelling Activities

    Wajeeh Daher

    Mathematical modelling is suggested as an activity through which students engage in meaningful mathematics. In the current research, the modelling activity of a group of four seventh-grade students... More

    pp. 1149-1164

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  6. Explanation, Motivation and Question Posing Routines in University Mathematics Teachers' Pedagogical Discourse: A Commognitive Analysis

    Olov Viirman

    This paper investigates the teaching practices used by university mathematics teachers when lecturing, a topic within university mathematics education research which is gaining an increasing... More

    pp. 1165-1181

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  7. Trends in Basic Mathematical Competencies of Beginning Undergraduates in Ireland, 2003-2013

    Páraic Treacy & Fiona Faulkner

    Deficiencies in beginning undergraduate students' basic mathematical skills has been an issue of concern in higher education, particularly in the past 15 years. This issue has been tracked and... More

    pp. 1182-1196

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  8. An Investigation of Assessment and Feedback Practices in Fully Asynchronous Online Undergraduate Mathematics Courses

    Sven Trenholm, Lara Alcock & Carol Robinson

    Research suggests it is difficult to learn mathematics in the fully asynchronous online (FAO) instructional modality, yet little is known about associated teaching and assessment practices. In this... More

    pp. 1197-1221

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