Scaffolding in Mathematics Education

Abstract

The transition from secondary to tertiary education is the process experienced by students leaving secondary school and entering different kinds of postsecondary institutions: universities, engineering schools, etc. Most of the studies in mathematics education concerning this transition focus on the first year of postsecondary education. These studies identify changes and difficulties of the students linked with these changes (EMSCommittee of Education 2013). Some of them propose and implement teaching devices to address the difficulties identified. The situation depends on the country concerned, but some results seem very international. The secondarytertiary transition entails (probably necessarily) discontinuities, which impact the teachinglearning phenomena at this level.