Overview of the rules of partial differentiation and methods of optimization of functions in Economics and Business Studies. This leaflet has been contributed to the mathcentre Community Project by Morgiane Richard (University of Aberdeen) and reviewed by Anthony Cronin (University College Dublin).

Overview of differentiation and its applications in Economics. This leaflet has been contributed to the mathcentre Community Project by Morgiane Richard (University of Aberdeen) and reviewed by Anthony Cronin (University College Dublin).

In this unit we start to explain how differentiation works. The process is known as differentiation from first principles. (Mathtutor Video Tutorials) This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.

In this unit we explain how to differentiate powers of x from first principles. (Mathtutor Video Tutorials) This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.

This unit gives details of how logarithmic functions and exponential functions are differentiated from first principles. (Mathtutor Video Tutorials) This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.

A Quick Reference leaflet on direct proof. This Quick Reference leaflet is contributed to the mathcentre Community Project by Katy Dobson and reviewed by Alan Slomson, University of Leeds.

This leaflet explains how graphs can be used to describe mathematical models of motion.

This mobile phone video explains how to divide complex numbers. Sigma resource Unit 7. This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by mathcentre.

Nilsson, Galina and Luchinskaya, Elena. (2012) Do We Deliver Effective Maths Support for Students? The European Conference on Educational Research 2012: Cadiz, 18-21 September 2012 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-4860. This study analyses the efficiency of maths support provision in two universities: Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and University West, Sweden and is part of an ongoing research collaboration between the two universities. The present work reflects the first stage of this research and is focused on evaluating the efficiency of the maths support in these two institutions from the perspectives of academic staff. The next stage of our research will include the analysis of this provision from the students' perspectives.

This study examined levels of mathematics and statistics anxiety, as well as general mental health amongst undergraduate students with dyslexia (n?=?28) and those without dyslexia (n?=?71). Students with dyslexia had higher levels of mathematics anxiety relative to those without dyslexia, while statistics anxiety and general mental health were comparable for both reading ability groups. In terms of coping strategies, undergraduates with dyslexia tended to use planning-based strategies and seek instrumental support more frequently than those without dyslexia. Higher mathematics anxiety was associated with having a dyslexia diagnosis, as well as greater levels of worrying, denial, seeking instrumental support and less use of the positive reinterpretation coping strategy. By contrast, statistics anxiety was not predicted by dyslexia diagnosis, but was instead predicted by overall worrying and the use of denial and emotion focused coping strategies. The results suggest that disability practitioners should be aware that university students with dyslexia are at risk of high mathematics anxiety. Additionally, effective anxiety reduction strategies such as positive reframing and thought challenging would form a useful addition to the support package delivered to many students with dyslexia. Jordan J.-A., McGladdery G. and Dyer K. (2014), Dyslexia in Higher Education: Implications for Maths Anxiety, Statistics Anxiety and Psychological Well-being, Dyslexia, 20 (3), pages 225–240, doi: 10.1002/dys.1478

An electronic version of the Facts and Formulae leaflet for economics designed to be viewed onscreen. A higher resolution print version is available in mathcentre.

This leaflet introduces eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a 2x2 matrix. It is contributed to the mathcentre Community Project by Tony Croft and reviewed by Leslie Fletcher.

The Engineering Maths First Aid Kit is a set of 75 photocopiable double-sided free-standing A4 sheets designed for use in mathematics support centres. The First Aid Kit has been made available on the mathcentre site with the kind permission of the publishers, Pearson Education Ltd. (www.pearsoneduc.com). The material presented here can be reproduced for student handouts but for no other purposes. The resources may be downloaded as a zip file. Select Save to download the zip file to your computer.