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TeStED Project- Transitioning without A2 level mathematics

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posted on 2016-10-28, 11:07 authored by Stephanie ThomasStephanie Thomas, Eugenie Hunsicker, Clare Trott
The research presented is the first stage of a project to support students entering STEM degrees. The study aims to investigate and address the mathematical difficulties that many students present transitioning to undergraduate Engineering courses. To this end data were collected to identify how age, gender, mathematical background, and preferred learning styles relate to outcomes on a mathematics diagnostic test. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis were used to analyse the data. Our findings complement findings from previous research. We compared students with BTEC, GCSE and A/AS level qualifications, and related qualifications to study habits.

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Funding was provided by Loughborough University, School of Science Teaching Innovation Fund.

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  • Science

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  • Mathematics Education Centre

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The 18th SEFI Mathematics Working Group seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education

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THOMAS, S., HUNSICKER, E. and TROTT, C., 2016. TeStED Project- Transitioning without A2 level mathematics. IN: Alpers, B. ...et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 18th SEFI Mathematics Working Group seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education, Gothenburg, Sweden, 27-29th June. pp. 224-9.

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European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI),

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2016

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This is a conference paper

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9782873520137

Language

  • en

Location

Gothenburg, Sweden

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