2021 Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Reports
2021
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Exploring Affective Dimensions of Women’s Experiences in the Secondary-Tertiary Transition in Mathematics
Page: 349
This report describes a pilot study conducted in Spring 2019. We set out to accomplish two tasks. First, through semi-structured interviews, we sought to understand characteristics of women and underrepresented minority (WURM) undergraduate mathematics majors’ experiences pertaining to the secondary-tertiary transition (STT) in mathematics. Second, we designed and implemented a supportive intervention to address aspects of the STT that emerged from the outcome of the interviews. We draw upon Di Martino and Zan’s (2010) three-dimensional model of attitude, which reifies the role of affect in the STT, and focuses on students’ vision of mathematics, perceived competence in mathematics, and emotional disposition towards mathematics. In this report, we present data from three WURMs’ perspectives to document three related dimensions in the STT and discuss whether and how our intervention supported these students’ transition