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Post-Primary Students' Images of Mathematics: Findings from a Survey of Irish Ordinary Level Mathematics Students
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Lane, Ciara; Stynes, Martin; O'Donoghue, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
A questionnaire survey was carried out as part of a PhD research study to investigate the image of mathematics held by post-primary students in Ireland. The study focused on students in fifth year of post-primary education studying ordinary level mathematics for the Irish Leaving Certificate examination--the final examination for students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Student Surveys, Secondary School Students
Factors Associated with Success in a Calculus Course: An Examination of Personal Variables
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Ubuz, Behiye – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
This study examined relationships between students' personal variables (gender, prior achievements, age and academic major) and their success in the first year undergraduate calculus course. The study sample consisted of 59 first year undergraduate students taking Math 154 Calculus II course. A written test about integral, sequence and series…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Calculus