Students' views on their transition from school to college mathematics: Rethinking 'transition' as an issue of identity

Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-130

  Hernandez Martinez, Paul ^a   Williams, Julian ^b   Black, Laura ^b   Davis, Pauline ^b   Pampaka, Maria ^b   Wake, Geoff ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Post compulsory education; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959494699     PISSN: 14794802     EISSN: 17540178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14794802.2011.585824     Document Type: Article

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