Links between students’ goals and their choice of educational resources in undergraduate mathematics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2017-06-01 DOI:10.1093/teamat/hrx003

Marinos Anastasakis;Carol L. Robinson;Stephen Lerman

引用次数: 16

Abstract

Currently, there is a dearth of studies exploring the kind of tools that undergraduates use when studying mathematics with previous approaches focusing mostly on digital or institutionally provided resources. In this article, we present and discuss the results from our investigations into the different types of tools that a cohort of second year engineering undergraduates uses. Our survey (N = 201) showed that although to some extent students use resources external to their university, their practices are dominated by tools that their institution provides to them. Analysis of six follow-up interviews revealed that when students use the most popular resources they aim mostly for exam-related goals. This suggested that students in our sample choose to use certain tools because these enable them to pursue their exam-driven goals.

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大学生数学目标与教育资源选择的关系

目前，很少有研究探索本科生在学习数学时使用的工具，以前的方法主要侧重于数字或机构提供的资源。在这篇文章中，我们展示并讨论了我们对一组二年级工程本科生使用的不同类型工具的调查结果。我们的调查（N=201）表明，尽管在一定程度上学生使用大学外部的资源，但他们的实践主要由学校提供给他们的工具决定。对六次后续访谈的分析显示，当学生使用最受欢迎的资源时，他们的目标大多是与考试相关的目标。这表明，我们样本中的学生选择使用某些工具，因为这些工具使他们能够追求考试驱动的目标。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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