Blar i PhD theses in Engineering and Sciences på emneord "VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Matematikk: 410"
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The big slice phenomenon in Banach spaces. Diameter 2 properties, Daugavet- and delta-points
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 335, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Preliminary theory will be presented prior to each result. We begin, in Subsection 1.2.1, by discussing Müntz spaces, which is the focus of the two first papers, “Two properties of Müntz spaces” and “Octahedrality and ... -
The development of students’ mathematical competencies : The case of biology students
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 396, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This research focuses on the development of mathematical competencies of first-year university students in a Biology department as they engage in nonroutine open-ended mathematical tasks set in the context of biology. The ... -
Dynamics of undergraduate engineering students’ learning activities in mathematics in an online and in a blended environment
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 291, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis reports from a research study which investigates the role of technology rich environments in undergraduate engineering students’ processes of learning mathematics. The research is founded within a naturalistic ... -
An exploration of how social science students utilise an opportunity to learn about simulation-based research methods : A design-based study
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 326, Doctoral thesis, 2021)At the core of this thesis lies an exploration of how social science students utilise an opportunity to learn about Modeling and Simulation (M&S)-based research methods. The study is framed within the Cultural Historical ... -
Opportunities and Challenges when Students Work with Vocationally Connected Mathematics Tasks
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 309, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Students in vocational education in Norway take a compulsory mathematics course in the first year of their programme. This course offers opportunities for engaging with mathematics which can be highly relevant to practice ... -
The resource decisions and documents of undergraduate engineering students in mathematics courses
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 307, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis concerns a multiple case study, carried out at three Norwegian universities. The goal was to find similarities and differences between how engineering students from different university contexts used resources ... -
Teaching and learning for mathematical literacy
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 299, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This dissertation reports from research that investigates the nature of teaching and learning for mathematical literacy in three lower secondary schools in Norway. Mathematical literacy is a notion used to denote the ... -
Undergraduate students’ performance in mathematics : Individual and combined effects of approaches to learning, self-efficacy, and prior mathematics knowledge
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 312, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This dissertation concerns an exploration of factors that affect the learning outcomes of students in higher education mathematics. It is framed within a quantitative research paradigm in which the existence of personal ...