Chapter 3: The Pilot Study
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