Do first-year university students understand the language of mathematics?
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Title: | Do first-year university students understand the language of mathematics? |
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Authors: | Sastre Vázquez, Patricia | D'Andrea, Rodolfo | Villacampa, Yolanda | Navarro-González, Francisco J. |
Research Group/s: | Modelización Matemática de Sistemas |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada |
Keywords: | The language of mathematics | Register | Difficulties | Symbol |
Knowledge Area: | Matemática Aplicada |
Issue Date: | 21-Oct-2013 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2013, 93: 1658-1662. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.097 |
Abstract: | The aim of the project is to determine if the understanding of the language of Mathematics of students starting university is propitious to the development of an appropriate cognitive structure. The objective of this current work was to analyse the ability of first-year university students to translate the registers of verbal or written expressions and their representations to the registers of algebraic language. Results indicate that students do not understand the basic elements of the language of Mathematics and this causes them to make numerous errors of construction and interpretation. The students were not able to associate concepts with definitions and were unable to offer examples. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/36061 |
ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.097 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Copyright © 2013 The Authors |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.097 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - MMS - Artículos de Revistas |
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