Changing patterns of transition from school to university mathematics
Changing patterns of transition from school to university mathematics
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从学校数学到大学数学过渡模式的变化
DOI：
10.1080/00207390110067635
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
R. Noss
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文献类型：
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作者：
C. Hoyles;Kate Newman;R. Noss
人们普遍担心学生在从中学到大学数学的过渡中缺乏准备，高等教育中数学学科新生的变化已经有了很好的记录。在本文中，使用文献分析和非正式案例研究的数据，我们在所有科目向更功利的高等教育的普遍转变中找到了这种变化的前兆，同时在a -level数学课程中更具体的变化在很大程度上是由市场驱动的。我们的结论表明，具有讽刺意味的是，为了使数学更广泛地发挥作用而进行的改变，可能会导致数学失去那些使其具有市场价值的特征。
There has been widespread concern over the lack of preparedness of students making the transition from school to university mathematics and the changing profile of entrants to mathematical subjects in higher education has been well documented. In this paper, using documentary analysis and data from an informal case study, we locate the antecedents of this changed profile in the general shift across all subjects to a more utilitarian higher education, alongside the more specific changes in A-level mathematics provision which have been largely market driven. Our conclusions suggest that, ironically, changes put in place to make mathematics more widely useful may result in it losing just those features that make it marketable.