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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
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Schubert, Claus; Gfeller, Mary; Donohue, Christopher – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
This study explores the use of Group Explorer in an undergraduate mathematics course in abstract algebra. The visual nature of Group Explorer in representing concepts in group theory is an attractive incentive to use this software in the classroom. However, little is known about students' perceptions on this technology in learning concepts in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra
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Tariq, Vicki N.; Durrani, Naureen – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2012
This empirical study explores factors influencing undergraduates' self-evaluation of their numerical competence, using data from an online survey completed by 566 undergraduates from a diversity of academic disciplines, across all four faculties at a post-1992 UK university. Analysis of the data, which included correlation and multiple regression…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Multiple Regression Analysis