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Sustainable student retention and gender issues in mathematics for ICT study (CROSBI ID 161868)

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Divjak, Blaženka ; Ostroški, Mirela ; Vidaček-Hainš, Violeta Sustainable student retention and gender issues in mathematics for ICT study // International journal of mathematical education in science & technology, 41 (2010), 3; 293-310. doi: 10.1080/00207390903398416

Podaci o odgovornosti

Divjak, Blaženka ; Ostroški, Mirela ; Vidaček-Hainš, Violeta

engleski

Sustainable student retention and gender issues in mathematics for ICT study

This article reports on the research whose specific objective is to improve student retention in mathematics included in the first-year ICT study programme by means of improving teaching methods, with an emphasis on gender issues. Two principal reasons for this research are, first, the fact that first-year mathematics courses are often viewed as an obstacle for retention in studying ICT, and second, the fact that female students are strongly underrepresented in ICT. Furthermore, according to recently introduced research, changes in pedagogy and the content of mathematics have been evaluated. Those changes are directed towards competency-based and student-centred education and are heavily supported by technology-based learning. Although only minor gender differences in different skills have been detected, the pass rate for female students is constantly higher than that for male students. Therefore, the reasons for the better performance of female students have been investigated taking into account both the motivation for study and learning styles. The primary sources of data used in the first year of research comprised questionnaires (n = 130) together with classroom and on-line assessment material for 263 students. In the next year, 160 students of Information Systems participated in the survey, the central topic of which was the motivation for study. Additionally, the research focused on finding out if the motivation factors are gender specific. The research was conducted in Croatia where no research on a similar topic had been previously available. In terms of the specific features of the socio-cultural environment, conducting such a research in Croatia proved to be worthwhile, particularly considering the possibility of comparing the obtained results with those arising from other environments.

pedagogical issues; gender studies; retention in mathematics; ICT study; e-learning

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Podaci o izdanju

41 (3)

2010.

293-310

objavljeno

0020-739X

10.1080/00207390903398416

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Matematika

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