caa a22 4500 463246489 CHVBK 20180405153327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10763-006-9059-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10763-006-9059-2 Undergraduate Students' Conceptions of Mathematics: An International Study [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Petocz, Anna Reid, Leigh Wood, Geoff Smith, Glyn Mather, Ansie Harding, Johann Engelbrecht, Ken Houston, Joel Hillel, Gillian Perrett] In this paper, we report on an international study of undergraduate mathematics students' conceptions of mathematics. Almost 1,200 students in five countries completed a short survey including three open-ended questions asking about their views of mathematics and its role in their future studies and planned professions. Responses were analysed starting from a previously-developed phenomenographic framework (Reid et al., 2003) which required only minor modification. Students' conceptions of mathematics ranged from the narrowest view as a focus on calculations with numbers, through a notion of mathematics as a focus on models or abstract structures, to the broadest view of mathematics as an approach to life and a way of thinking. Broader conceptions of mathematics were more likely to be found in later-year students (p<0.001) and there were significant differences between universities (p<0.001). The information obtained from the study not only confirms previous research, but also provides a basis for future development of a monitoring questionnaire. National Science Council, Taiwan, 2007 conceptions of mathematics nationallicence mathematics in careers nationallicence mathematics in tertiary study nationallicence Petocz Peter Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, 2109, North Ryde, NSW, Australia aut Reid Anna Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia aut Wood Leigh University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut Smith Geoff University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut Mather Glyn University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut Harding Ansie University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut Engelbrecht Johann University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut Houston Ken University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, United Kingdom aut Hillel Joel Concordia University, H3G 1M8, Montreal, QC, Canada aut Perrett Gillian Universiti Brunei Darussalam, BE1410, BSB, Brunei Darussalam aut International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(2007-09-01), 439-459 1571-0068 5:3<439 2007 5 10763 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-006-9059-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-006-9059-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Petocz Peter Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, 2109, North Ryde, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reid Anna Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wood Leigh University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Geoff University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mather Glyn University of Technology, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harding Ansie University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Engelbrecht Johann University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Houston Ken University of Ulster, BT52 1SA, Coleraine, United Kingdom aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hillel Joel Concordia University, H3G 1M8, Montreal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perrett Gillian Universiti Brunei Darussalam, BE1410, BSB, Brunei Darussalam aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(2007-09-01), 439-459 1571-0068 5:3<439 2007 5 10763 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer