摘要：AbstractCourses directly related to mathematics in _rst years in university studies concentrate a high percentage of failures in new students. In recent years, Spanish University have planned and developed different kind of activities with students and teachers in order to reduce these failure rates, and, on the other hand, to provide students those mathematical skills which are necessary in the new grade studies. The aim of this work is to present an analysis carried out over all Spanish Universities about several important activities. We focus this work in two activities: warming-up/foundation courses and collaborative work between university and secondary school. Using questionnaires we have collected information about their results, and also the costs both in materials and in teaching staff. Moreover, we have made a comparison among universities focusing on the type of participation, characteristics of the activities, and the mathematical skills programmed in those activities and the evaluation of them. The most relevant results are presented in this communication.
