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Learning Difficulties in Undergraduate Mathematics

Eslami Mosallam, Behzad | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 39197 (02)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Mathematical Sciences
  6. Advisor(s): Zohuri Zanganeh, Bijan; Gholam Azad, Soheila
  7. Abstract:
  8. Study of learning di culties is one of the main research trends in mathematics education In such cases the researchers attempt to diagnose the origin of the di culties and to find a remedy for them. This study identifies some di culties that are experienced by students with learning the concept of the quotient groups in a course of Algebra in under graduate level For the purpose of this study I addressed research questions What are students conceptions of the quotient groups What is the origin of the students misconceptions regarding the concept of the quotient groups What methods can be e ective for removing those misconceptions And what are the learners examples for groups and the normal subgroups of them Participants in this study were the students enrolled in the course Algebra in the department of mathematical sciences at Sharif University of Technology in the spring semester of the year The learners generated examples were used as a tool to reach the students conceptions of the quotient groups The data of the study was collected from two sources a midterm exam and interviews with some of the students The theoretical framework of action process object schema APOS was adopted for analyzing the students performances The results of the study showed most of the participants conceptualized the quotient group as an action or process and just a few of them conceptualized it as an object
  9. Keywords:
  10. Learning Difficulties ; Undergraduate Algebra ; Quotient Groups ; Mathematical Examples ; Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS)Framework

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