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dc.contributor.authorRensaa, Ragnhild Johanne
dc.contributor.authorHogstad, Ninni Marie
dc.contributor.authorMonaghan, John David
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-28T12:48:04Z
dc.date.available2020-10-28T12:48:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents ‘expert opinions’ on what should be taught in a first-year linear algebra course at university; the aim is to gain a generic picture and general guiding principles for such a course. Drawing on a Delphi method, 14 university professors—called ‘experts’ in this study—addressed the following questions: What should be on a first-year linear algebra undergraduate course for engineering and/or mathematics students? How could such courses be taught? What tools (if any) are essential to these two groups of students? The results of the investigation, these experts’ opinions, mainly concern what should be in a linear algebra course (e.g. problem-solving and applications) and what students should be able to do. The experts also emphasized that certain theoretical aspects (e.g. proofs, abstract structures, definitions and relationships) were more important to mathematics students. There was no real consensus among the experts on teaching methods or the use of digital tools, but this lack of consensus is interesting in itself. The results are discussed in relation to extant research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRensaa RJ, Hogstad NM, Monaghan JD. Perspectives and reflections on teaching linear algebra. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1817345
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/teamat/hraa002
dc.identifier.issn0268-3679
dc.identifier.issn1471-6976
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/19688
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalTeaching Mathematics and its Applications
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Matematikk: 410en_US
dc.titlePerspectives and reflections on teaching linear algebraen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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