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The mathematical background of mathematics graduates and undergraduates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Michael Cornelius
Michael Cornelius*
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Durham
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After the publication of the Mathematical Association’s booklet on sixth-form work in pure mathematics in 1967, P. R. Buckland published the results of a short multiple-choice test, given to graduates training to teach mathematics, in the Gazette in 1969. He discovered what he called “alarming gaps” in students’ mathematical backgrounds. Is the situation any different 15 years later? In an attempt to obtain an answer, Buckland’s test (with a few changes and a new ‘historical’ section) was given to a group of graduates and undergraduates.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 68 , Issue 446 , December 1984 , pp. 261 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1984

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References

1. Mathematical Association, Suggestions for sixth-form work in pure mathematics. Bell (1967).Google Scholar
2. Buckland, P. R., The mathematical background of teachers in training. Math. Gaz. LUI, 357–62(1969).Google Scholar