1st Edition
Research and Development in University Mathematics Education Overview Produced by the International Network for Didactic Research in University Mathematics
Introduction
Viviane Durand-Gurrier, Reinhard Hochmuth, Elena Nardi and Carl Winsløw
Part I Achievements and current challenges
Chapter 1. Mathematics education research at university level: achievements and challenges
Michèle Artigue
Chapter 2. Lessons for mathematics higher education from 25 years of mathematics support
Duncan Lawson, Tony Croft
Chapter 3. Current interactions between mathematicians and researchers in mathematics
Caroline Bardini, Marianna Bosch, Chris Rasmussen, María Trigueros
Part II Teaching and learning of specific topics in university mathematics
Chapter 4. Education and professional development of University Mathematics Teachers
Carl Winsløw, Rolf Biehler, Barbara Jaworski, Frode Rønning and Megan Wawro
Chapter 5. Challenging issues in the teaching and learning of Calculus and Analysis
Maria Trigueros, Stéphanie Bridoux, Ann O’Shea, Laura Branchetti
Chapter 6. Task design in calculus and analysis
Fabrice Vandebrouck, Erik Hanke, Rafael Martínez-Planell
Chapter 7. Discrete mathematics, computer science, logic, proof, and their relationships
Faïza Chellougui, Viviane Durand-Guerrier, Antoine Meyer
Chapter 8. Abstract and Linear Algebra
Thomas Hausberger, Michelle Zandieh and Yael Fleischmann
Chapter 9. Mathematics for engineers, Modelling, Mathematics in other disciplines
Alejandro S. González-Martín, Ghislaine Gueudet, Berta Barquero and Avenilde Romo-Vázquez
Part III Teachers' and students' practices at university level
Chapter 10. Transitions to, across and beyond university
Reinhard Hochmuth, Laura Broley and Elena Nardi
Chapter 11. Students’ in-class and out-of-class mathematical practices
Chris Rasmussen, Helge Fredriksen, Emma Howard, Birgit Pepin and Johanna Rämö
Chapter 12. Mathematics teaching practices at university level
Nicolas Grenier-Boley, Pedro Nicolás, Heidi Strømskag and Theresia Tabchi
Biography
Viviane Durand-Guerrier is Professor Emeritus of Didactics of Mathematics at the University of Montpellier, France.
Reinhard Hochmuth is Professor of Didactics of Mathematics at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.
Elena Nardi is Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
Carl Winsløw is Professor of Didactics of Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
"In all, the book is a compendium of a host of issues that pervade university mathematics education and instruction. It is both an eye-opener and a way forward." - Firdous Ahmad Mala, Educational Studies in Mathematics
