First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics

Zeger-Jan Kock; Birgit Pepin

First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics

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In this study we have investigated engineering students’ selection and use of resources in their first year university mathematics courses (Calculus; Linear Algebra). We report on the results of a survey in a technical university in the Netherlands, in which students indicated the most important resources they used for their learning of mathematics. Preliminary results indicate that traditional resources (textbook, teacher explanations) were important at secondary school and at university, and that selected digital resources and peer conversation gained importance at university. Moreover, the resources differed in terms of importance for the mathematics courses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the fifth ERME topic concference (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA)
Editors	Hans-Georg Weigand, Alison Clark-Wilson, Ana Donevska-Todorova, Eleonora Faggiano, Niels Grønbæk, Jana Trgalova
Place of Publication	Copenhagen, Denmark
Publisher	University of Copenhagen
Pages	317-318
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Fifth ERME TOPIC CONFERENCE (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA2018) - University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 5 Sept 2018 → 7 Sept 2018 https://www.math.ku.dk/english/research/conferences/2018/meda/

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Conference	Fifth ERME TOPIC CONFERENCE (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA2018)
Abbreviated title	MEDA2018
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	5/09/18 → 7/09/18
Internet address	https://www.math.ku.dk/english/research/conferences/2018/meda/

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Student use of resources
Calculus and Linear Algebra
Survey

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Kock, Z.-J., & Pepin, B. (2018). First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics. In H.-G. Weigand, A. Clark-Wilson, A. Donevska-Todorova, E. Faggiano, N. Grønbæk, & J. Trgalova (Eds.), Proceedings of the fifth ERME topic concference (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA) (pp. 317-318). University of Copenhagen.

Kock, Zeger-Jan ; Pepin, Birgit. / First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics. Proceedings of the fifth ERME topic concference (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA). editor / Hans-Georg Weigand ; Alison Clark-Wilson ; Ana Donevska-Todorova ; Eleonora Faggiano ; Niels Grønbæk ; Jana Trgalova. Copenhagen, Denmark : University of Copenhagen, 2018. pp. 317-318

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Kock, Z-J & Pepin, B 2018, First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics. in H-G Weigand, A Clark-Wilson, A Donevska-Todorova, E Faggiano, N Grønbæk & J Trgalova (eds), Proceedings of the fifth ERME topic concference (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA). University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 317-318, Fifth ERME TOPIC CONFERENCE (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA2018), Copenhagen, Denmark, 5/09/18.

First year engineering students’ selection and use of resources to learn mathematics. / Kock, Zeger-Jan ; Pepin, Birgit.
Proceedings of the fifth ERME topic concference (ETC 5) on Mathematics Education in the Digital Age (MEDA). ed. / Hans-Georg Weigand; Alison Clark-Wilson; Ana Donevska-Todorova; Eleonora Faggiano; Niels Grønbæk; Jana Trgalova. Copenhagen, Denmark: University of Copenhagen, 2018. p. 317-318.

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