Students and software: tales of anxiety, songs of support

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Cretchley, Patricia. 2005. "Students and software: tales of anxiety, songs of support." Chick, Helen L. and Vincent, Jill L. (ed.) PME29: Learners and Learning Environments. Melbourne, Australia 10 - 15 Jul 2005 Melbourne, Australia.
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Students and software: tales of anxiety, songs of support

Presentation TypePresentation
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AuthorCretchley, Patricia
EditorsChick, Helen L. and Vincent, Jill L.
Journal or Proceedings TitleProceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME29)
Journal Citation1, pp. 235-235
Number of Pages1
Year2005
Place of PublicationMelbourne, Australia
Web Address (URL) of Paperhttp://www.emis.de/proceedings/PME29/PME29SOPPDGWS/PME29ShortOrals.pdf
Conference/EventPME29: Learners and Learning Environments
Event Details
PME29: Learners and Learning Environments
Event Date
10 to end of 15 Jul 2005
Event Location
Melbourne, Australia
Abstract

This report offers insights into the views of students facing their first experience of using professional scientific software (MATLAB) for doing and learning mathematics.

Keywordsmathematical software; undergraduates
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020460806. Human-computer interaction
390405. Educational technology and computing
390109. Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
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Byline AffiliationsDepartment of Mathematics and Computing
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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