Volume 31, Number 1, January-February 2000

Foreword        1
Factors influencing first-year students' success in mathematics
G. Anthony      3
MATLAB in first-year engineering mathematics
L. Colgan       15
On a research programme concerning the teaching and learning of linear algebra in
the first-year of a French science university
J. - L. Dorier, A. Robert, J. Robinet and M. Rogalski   27
Perceptions of the tertiary learning environment: is mathematics worth the effort?
H. J. Forgasz and G. C. Leder   37
The history of mathematics as a coupling link between secondary and university
teaching
F. Furinghetti  43
The student experience of mathematical proof at university level
K.Jones 53
The visibility of models: using technology as a bridge between mathematics and
engineering
P. Kent and R. Noss     61
Redesigning the calculus sequence at a research university: issues, implementa-
tion, and objectives
H. B. Keynes and A. M. Olson    71
Mathematical reasoning and familiar procedures
J. Lithner      83

Asking mathematical questions mathematically
J. Mason 97
A reform in undergraduate mathematics curriculum: more emphasis on social and pedagogical skills
M. E. Pesonen and T. Malvela 113
Assessment of learning in university mathematics
G. Smith and L. Wood 125
Policy issues in the teaching and learning of the mathematical sciences at university level
J. Thomas 133
A metacognitive intervention in mathematics at university level
R. Zan 143

Classroom Note
A Capstone Course for pre-service secondary mathematics teachers
M. M. Shoaf 151