Ideas and results in teaching beginning maths students

• Autores: Juha Oikkonen
• Localización: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, Vol. 40, Nº. 1, 2009, págs. 127-138
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/00207390802582961
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• Resumen

  • At the University of Helsinki, special effort has been put to help beginning maths students to get started with their studies. This involves new ways of teaching a lecture course and new ways of giving peer support to the students. The results have been promising: the number of students passing certain important courses has been at least doubled compared to the earlier prevailing level. The present article describes the work done in connection to a lecture course and the thinking that lies behind it. A paper on peer support is planned.