Browsing Øvrige samlinger by Journals "Teaching Mathematics and its Applications"
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Advancing engineering students’ conceptual understanding through puzzle-based learning: a case study with exact differential equations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Current views on the teaching of differential equations (DEs) are shifting towards the use of graphical and numerical methods. Motivated by recent research suggesting that puzzle-based learning (PzBL) can improve the ... -
Breaches of the didactic contract as a driving force behind learning and non-learning: A story of flaws and wants
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In agreement with the main tenets of the anthropological theory of the didactic (ATD), this study uncovers dependencies between what students can learn, the established curriculum and the current state of mathematicians’ ... -
Influence of computer-aided assessment on ways of working with mathematics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper is based on an on-going project for modernizing the basic education in mathematics for engineers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. One of the components in the project is using a computer-aided ... -
On Understanding in Mathematics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)It is often difficult to teach mathematics for understanding. Many students seem to prefer to learn computational skills by rote, and seem to remember very little of the course contents the following semester. The reasons ... -
Study programme driven engineering education: interplay between mathematics and engineering subjects
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper presents a report from an early phase of the project Mathematics as a Thinking Tool. The primary goal of this project is to increase engineering students’ perception of the relevance of mathematics by developing ... -
A transition to online teaching and learning of mathematics in Norwegian higher education institutions: the perspectives of lecturers and students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper reports a study of university lecturers’ and students’ experiences of teaching and learning mathematics following the abrupt requirement to switch to online teaching in 2020. A goal of the study is to share ...