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Students’ Difficulties with Mathematics: Insights from Secondary-Tertiary Transition in a STEM Program

  • Chiara Andrà
  • , Domenico Brunetto
  • , Caterina Bassi*
  • , Alessia Pini
  • *Corresponding author
  • University of Eastern Piedmont
  • Polytechnic University of Milan

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Abstract

Drop out during the first year at university STEM courses is a plague spreading all around the world and research in Mathematics Education revealed that mathematics is one of its main causes: not only the students’ mathematical knowledge, but also affective issues such as attitudes towards learning mathematics, views about mathematics itself, as well as emotions determine the students’ success or failure in university career. We investigate the intertwining of cognitive and affective dimensions in freshmen Engineering students attending a bridge course in mathematics at the beginning of the first semester at the Politecnico di Milano.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages184-196
Number of pages13
Volume1779 CCIS
ISBN (Print)9783031297991
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

Keywords

  • Affect-related variables in mathematics education
  • Blended learning
  • Difficulties in mathematics
  • Engineering students
  • Quantitative nonparametric methods of data analysis
  • Secondary-tertiary transition

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