Chapter 3: The Pilot Study

Introduction

PART I Data Collection And Data Processing

Ia. Data Collection

Ib. Data Processing

PART II A Sample of Findings

IIa. Students' Topical Difficulties

IIb. Students' Logical Difficulties

IIc. Students' Symbolic Difficulties

IId. Miscellaneous but Significant Instances

PART III The Influence of the Pilot Study on the Main Study

IIIa. Confirming that tutorials are a rich source of evidence on mathematical cognition

IIIb. The emergence of potentially interesting foci for the Main Study

IIIc. The insufficiency of note-making; the need to obtain a detailed record of the tutorials

 

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