Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments

Jennifer Hall; Travis Robinson; Jennifer Flegg; Jane Wilkinson

Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments

Jennifer Hall, Travis Robinson, Jennifer Flegg, Jane Wilkinson

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Abstract

Declining numbers of undergraduate students, particularly women, graduating in mathematics impact national innovation. In this paper, we report on findings from an Australian study about undergraduate students’ conceptions of the supports and challenges that they experience in mathematics departments. Specifically, we discuss findings from our analysis of the visual representations (photographs) provided by the participants and discussed in focus group interviews. We provide insight into students’ lived experiences – related to gender issues and peer support in particular – that may contribute to attrition from mathematics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Editors	Samuel Otten, Amber G. Candela, Zandra de Araujo, Cara Haines, Charles Munter
Place of Publication	St Louis MO USA
Publisher	University of Missouri
Pages	1494-1498
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780578577913
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019 - St Louis, United States of America Duration: 14 Nov 2019 → 17 Nov 2019 Conference number: 41st https://www.pmena.org/pmenaproceedings/PMENA%2041%202019%20Proceedings.pdf (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019
Abbreviated title	PME-NA 2019
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	St Louis
Period	14/11/19 → 17/11/19
Internet address	https://www.pmena.org/pmenaproceedings/PMENA%2041%202019%20Proceedings.pdf (Proceedings)

Cite this

Hall, J., Robinson, T., Flegg, J., & Wilkinson, J. (2019). Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments. In S. Otten, A. G. Candela, Z. de Araujo, C. Haines, & C. Munter (Eds.), Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1494-1498). University of Missouri.

Hall, Jennifer ; Robinson, Travis ; Flegg, Jennifer et al. / Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments. Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. editor / Samuel Otten ; Amber G. Candela ; Zandra de Araujo ; Cara Haines ; Charles Munter. St Louis MO USA : University of Missouri, 2019. pp. 1494-1498

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Hall, J, Robinson, T, Flegg, J & Wilkinson, J 2019, Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments. in S Otten, AG Candela, Z de Araujo, C Haines & C Munter (eds), Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. University of Missouri, St Louis MO USA, pp. 1494-1498, Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2019, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America, 14/11/19.

Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments. / Hall, Jennifer; Robinson, Travis; Flegg, Jennifer et al.
Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. ed. / Samuel Otten; Amber G. Candela; Zandra de Araujo; Cara Haines; Charles Munter. St Louis MO USA: University of Missouri, 2019. p. 1494-1498.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other › peer-review

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Hall J, Robinson T, Flegg J, Wilkinson J. Visual representations of undergraduate students' experiences of university mathematics departments. In Otten S, Candela AG, de Araujo Z, Haines C, Munter C, editors, Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. St Louis MO USA: University of Missouri. 2019. p. 1494-1498