An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with
Students who start university coming from secondary school commit some common conceptual errors. This paper presents a study developed in the subject of Numerical Methods taught in the second term of the Industrial Engineering Degrees of Oviedo University (Spain). The study was comprised of several...
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| author | Manuel José Fernandez Gutiérrez Fernando Sánchez Lasheras Juan Antonio Trevejo Alonso |
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| description | Students who start university coming from secondary school commit some common conceptual errors. This paper presents a study developed in the subject of Numerical Methods taught in the second term of the Industrial Engineering Degrees of Oviedo University (Spain). The study was comprised of several activities, with two main objectives. Firstly, detecting over time the main deficiencies in mathematical knowledge presented by students in the first year of their university degrees and secondly, overcoming these shortcomings. The activities carried out involved preparing teaching materials to be uploaded to a shared folder and made available to the students of the subject, the preparation of a questionnaire and the performance of a task group by the students and then giving them feedback about the shortcomings identified. These activities have been well-received by the students and the results obtained have been positive. Our intention, for later courses, is to continue developing this work with some supplementary activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a71eab0269041709f3fbcf53039f1b62023-11-21T00:43:04ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902020-12-01812222010.3390/math8122220An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties withManuel José Fernandez Gutiérrez0Fernando Sánchez Lasheras1Juan Antonio Trevejo Alonso2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Oviedo, 33007 Oviedo, SpainDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Oviedo, 33007 Oviedo, SpainDepartment of Mathematics, IES Universidad Laboral, 33203 Gijón, SpainStudents who start university coming from secondary school commit some common conceptual errors. This paper presents a study developed in the subject of Numerical Methods taught in the second term of the Industrial Engineering Degrees of Oviedo University (Spain). The study was comprised of several activities, with two main objectives. Firstly, detecting over time the main deficiencies in mathematical knowledge presented by students in the first year of their university degrees and secondly, overcoming these shortcomings. The activities carried out involved preparing teaching materials to be uploaded to a shared folder and made available to the students of the subject, the preparation of a questionnaire and the performance of a task group by the students and then giving them feedback about the shortcomings identified. These activities have been well-received by the students and the results obtained have been positive. Our intention, for later courses, is to continue developing this work with some supplementary activities.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/12/2220conceptual errors in mathematicssecondary educationfirst year university students |
| spellingShingle | Manuel José Fernandez Gutiérrez Fernando Sánchez Lasheras Juan Antonio Trevejo Alonso An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with Mathematics conceptual errors in mathematics secondary education first year university students |
| title | An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with |
| title_full | An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with |
| title_fullStr | An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with |
| title_short | An Intervention Based on Identifying Topics That Students Have Difficulties with |
| title_sort | intervention based on identifying topics that students have difficulties with |
| topic | conceptual errors in mathematics secondary education first year university students |
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