Concordance between introductory university mathematics courses and the program of pre-university studies.

 

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Autores: Castillo Sánchez, Mario, Gamboa Araya, Ronny Wilson, Hidalgo Mora, Randall
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción:This article reports data about academic achievement in introductory university level mathematics courses taught by the Department of Mathematics at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica and the concord-ance between the contents of these courses and those of pre-university (secondary education) programs. Information was collected by analyzing grades from introductory university mathematics courses for all programs of study in the period 2011-2016, the courses offered, and the program of studies in mathemat-ics in secondary education. This was done to determine academic performance and to make comparisons between introductory mathematics courses at university level and the program of mathematics studies in secondary education, to stimulate revision and updating of the courses and generate recommenda-tions. The results show that there are high failure and dropout rates in most introductory university-level mathematics courses, and that there are differences between the content that students study in secondary education and the content of introductory mathematics courses offered by the Universidad Nacional; prior knowledge is therefore relevant for academic achievement in introductory university mathematics courses. In addition, the data collected on content and aspects of methodology and evaluation show important differences in the way mathematical contents are addressed at each level. This implies that analysis of the contents of these courses should be carried out and strategies should be created, to guarantee a minimum level of prior knowledge in students when beginning the study of these subjects at university level.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/22386
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/22386
Palabra clave:MATEMATICAS
ENSEÑANZA DE LAS MATEMÁTICAS
UNIVERSITIES
ENSINO DA MATEMÁTICA