Identifying emergent themes of students’ transition to university mathematics: a qualitative inquiry with a focus on affective factors

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1093/teamat/hrad006

Seyda Uysal, Kathleen Michelle Clark

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Abstract We present the findings from our inquiry conducted between spring 2019 and spring 2020. It focused on women and students from underrepresented or marginalized populations as they navigated moments in their transition from school to university mathematics, or the secondary-tertiary transition (STT) in mathematics. We draw on Di Martino & Zan’s (2010) three-dimensional model of attitude (TMA), in which they reify the role of various affective factors of the STT. We used this model to capture the three affective dimensions of the STT: students’ vision of mathematics, their perceived competence in mathematics and their emotional disposition toward mathematics. Our qualitative data included participant interviews, surveys, seminar reflection diaries, seminar recordings and other student artifacts gathered from seminar sessions. In our research, we found differences and commonalities with regard to these three dimensions of the TMA between students who pursued a pure mathematics (PM) degree and those who pursued a combined degree in PM and secondary mathematics teaching (SMT) in the USA. We discuss future directions that can aid women and other historically marginalized students in navigating during STT.

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确定学生向大学数学过渡的紧急主题:一项关注情感因素的定性调查

我们介绍了2019年春季至2020年春季进行的调查结果。它关注的是女性和来自代表性不足或边缘化群体的学生，他们正在从中学数学过渡到大学数学，或数学的中学到大学过渡(STT)。我们借鉴了Di Martino &Zan(2010)的三维态度模型(three-dimensional model of attitude, TMA)，他们将各种情感因素在STT中的作用具体化。我们使用这个模型来捕捉STT的三个情感维度:学生的数学视野、他们的数学感知能力和他们对数学的情感倾向。我们的定性数据包括参与者访谈、调查、研讨会反思日记、研讨会录音和其他从研讨会中收集的学生文物。在我们的研究中，我们发现在美国攻读纯数学(PM)学位的学生和攻读PM和中学数学教学(SMT)联合学位的学生之间，TMA的这三个维度存在差异和共同点。我们讨论了未来的方向，可以帮助女性和其他历史上被边缘化的学生在STT期间导航。

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.40

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25.00%

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期刊介绍： The journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences which contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning for students from upper secondary/high school level through to university first degree level. A distinctive feature of the journal is its emphasis on the applications of mathematics and mathematical modelling within the context of mathematics education world-wide. The journal"s readership consists of mathematics teachers, students, researchers and those concerned with curriculum development and assessment, indeed anyone concerned about the education of users of mathematics.