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Publication Date: 2020-Mar
Pages: 9
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University Students' Preferences for Application Problems and Pure Mathematics Questions
Klymchuk, Sergiy; Spooner, Kerri
Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, v39 n1 p29-37 Mar 2020
The paper presents results of two case studies with undergraduate students majoring in applied mathematics and engineering. The first case study deals with students' preferences for and difficulties with application problems and pure mathematics questions in their courses. The students were majoring in applied mathematics and taking a second-year course on ordinary differential equations. The second case study deals with students' preferences for application problems and pure mathematics questions. The students were majoring in engineering and taking first- and second-year engineering mathematics courses. Students' responses are presented and discussed in the paper.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Difficulty Level, Problem Solving, Majors (Students), Calculus, Mathematical Applications, Engineering Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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