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Tiêu đề
Beliefs of liberal arts mathematics students regarding the nature of mathematics
Tác giả
Szydlik S.D.
Năm xuất bản
2013
Source title
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
Số trích dẫn
4
DOI
10.1093/teamat/hrt002
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Tóm tắt
This studycompared general education students'beliefs about the nature ofmathematical behaviour with those of mathematics majors and mathematics faculty at both at the start and at the completion of an inquiry-based mathematics course.The course was designed to provide students with authentic experiences in doing mathematics. Results from an initial survey were consistentwith findings fromearlier studies of similar groups (e.g. prospective elementary teachers): participants viewed the subject as a body of facts and procedures that were at best loosely connected. However, data showed dramatic changes in general education students' mathematical beliefs by the end of the course; on the post-survey, general education students scored on par with mathematics majors. This work suggests that themathematical beliefs of these students can be changed. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. All rights reserved.
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Oxford University Press
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