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Wood, Leigh N.; Mather, Glyn; Petocz, Peter; Reid, Anna; Engelbrecht, Johann; Harding, Ansie; Houston, Ken; Smith, Geoff H.; Perrett, Gillian – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
We report on an international study about mathematics students' ideas of how they will use mathematics in their future study and careers. This builds on our previous research into students' conceptions of mathematics. In this paper, we use data from two groups of students studying mathematics: those who participated in an in-depth interview and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education
Petocz, Peter; Reid, Anna; Wood, Leigh N.; Smith, Geoff H.; Mather, Glyn; Harding, Ansie; Engelbrecht, Johann; Houston, Ken; Hillel, Joel; Perrett, Gillian – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
In this paper, we report on an international study of undergraduate mathematics students; conceptions of mathematics. Almost 1,200 students in five countries completed a short survey including three open-ended questions asking about their views of mathematics and its role in their future studies and planned professions. Responses were analysed…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, College Mathematics
Reid, Anna; Wood, Leigh N.; Smith, Geoff H.; Petocz, Peter – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
In this paper, we describe and investigate three aspects of learning mathematics: intention, approach and outcome. These aspects have emerged from interviews with students where their experience of learning mathematics, their understanding of mathematics as a discipline field, and their perception of work as a mathematician were the objects of…
Descriptors: Intention, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, College Students