The construction of the ‘transition problem’ by a group of mathematics lecturers

• This paper presents views of university staff about what has become called the ‘transition problem’ when students start studying mathematics at university. The data are from a focus group interview with eight experienced university lecturers at a Swedish university department that offers mathematics courses for engineering students. We use the portrayal of the problem in the literature as an axis for the discussion.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

undergraduate mathematics

lecturers

transition problem

focus group

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