Some reasons for change in undergraduate mathematics enrolments

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-15

  Holton, Derek ^a   Muller, Eric ^b   Oikkonen, Juha ^c   Sanchez Valenzuela, Oscar Adolfo ^d   Zizhao, Ren ^e  

^a Department of Mathematics and Statistics ^*  (New Zealand)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^e University of Tartu   (China)

Author keywords

Changes in enrolments; Mathematics teaching; Outreach recruitment; Technology mathematics centres; Undergraduate mathematics enrolments

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849122866     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207390802597621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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