Contradictions between and within school and university activity systems helping to explain students’ difficulty with advanced mathematics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI:10.1093/teamat/hrw014

Kamila Jooganah;Julian S. Williams

引用次数: 10

Abstract

This article explores how contradictions, as framed by activity theory (Engeström, 1987), can explain first-year undergraduate students’ experiences of learning advanced mathematics. Analysing qualitative interview and observational data of students and lecturers based in one university mathematics department, we argue that contradictions between the school and university activity systems, as well as those within the latter, help explain some of the difficulties, including the conflict in cognition and identity, students can experience when they encounter advanced mathematics at university. This helps us to adopt a critical stance towards the systems students are expected to learn in, and points to system developments that might better support student learning.

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学校和大学活动系统之间和内部的矛盾有助于解释学生的高等数学困难

本文探讨了以活动理论（Engeström，1987）为框架的矛盾如何解释一年级本科生学习高等数学的经历。通过分析一所大学数学系学生和讲师的定性访谈和观察数据，我们认为学校和大学活动系统之间以及后者内部的矛盾有助于解释一些困难，包括认知和身份的冲突，学生们可以在大学里体验高等数学。这有助于我们对学生期望学习的系统采取批评态度，并指出系统开发可能会更好地支持学生学习。

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来源期刊

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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