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Resource type Mathematical transitions: a report on the mathematical and statistical needs of students undertaking undergraduate studies in various disciplines
Mathematics and Statistics are essential to the university curricula of many disciplines. The purpose of the Higher Education Academy STEM project was to investigate the mathematical and statistical requirements in a range of discipline areas including: Business and Management, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Sociology and Psychology. Reports were commissioned from discipline experts to provide a strong evidence base to inform developments within the disciplines and dialogue between the higher education and pre-university sectors. This report by Jeremy Hodgen, Mary McAlinden and Anthony Tomei summarises the findings of these project reports and of similar work in other disciplines. It introduces some high-level contextual evidence from the pre-university sector, in particular data about trends in public examinations, and highlights important policy developments in pre-university Mathematics education. The report also includes high level recommendations regarding Mathematics and Statistics within the context of other disciplines, with a particular focus on the point of transition into higher education. (2014)
Resource type Mathematics for Chemistry Facts & Formulae - Onscreen version
An electronic version of the Mathematics for Chemistry Facts & Formulae leaflet designed to be viewed onscreen. A higher resolution print version is available in mathcentre.
Resource type Mathematics for Chemistry Facts & Formulae - Print version
This is a high resolution electronic copy of the Chemistry Facts & Formulae Leaflet. It is designed to be printed on A3 as a double-sided folded leaflet. Print quality is printer dependant. An onscreen version is available in mathcentre.
Resource type Mathematics for Chemistry Facts and Formulae - Large Print version
A large print version of the Chemistry Facts & Formulae Leaflet. This zip file contains separate pdf files for each of the 11 sides of the leaflet reformated to A4 so that they are more accessible for students with visual impairments.
Resource type Mathematics for Computer Science Facts & Formulae - Large Print Version
A large print version of the Mathematics for Computer Science Facts & Formulae Leaflet. This zip file contains separate pdf files for each of the 11 sides of the leaflet reformated to A4 so that they are more accessible for students with visual impairments.
Resource type Mathematics for Computer Science Facts & Formulae - Onscreen version
An electronic version of the Facts & Formulae leaflet for computer science designed to be viewed onscreen. A higher resolution print version is available in mathcentre.
Resource type Mathematics for Computer Science Facts & Formulae - Print version
This is a high resolution electronic copy of the Mathematics for Computer Science Facts & Formulae Leaflet. It is designed to be printed on A3 as a double-sided folded leaflet. Print quality is printer dependant. An onscreen version is available in mathcentre.
Resource type mathematics learning support in UK higher education - the extent of provision in 2012 (sigma)
This sigma guide reports on a survey conducted in 2012 to deteremine the number of UK universities that offer some form of mathemathics support and the nature of their provision.
Resource type Mathematics Summer School at Bell College of Technology
The Mathematics Summer School was run for the first time in September 2001, lasting one week immediately prior to the start of term. Many students admitted to courses in the School of Science and Technology are perceived to have major weaknesses in the type of fundamental algebra that underpins much of their analytical work, both in mathematics units per se and in other units. This development represents one strand of additional support given to such students; the fledgling Mathematics Support Unit can give such support as the course progresses. This initiative is not funded in any direct way and depends on the availability of already heavily committed staff.
Resource type Mathematics Support - support for all ?
FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS PAPER MAY BE UNAVAILABLE. Mathematics Support - support for all ? Godfrey Pell & Tony Croft, published in the journal Teaching Mathematics and its Applications (2008) doi: 10.1093/teamat/hrn015. This research paper describes and analyses data from a cohort of engineering students. Some made good use of a mathematics learning support centre; others didn't. Many frequent users are quite competent and simply want to do better. The authors conclude, that in their particular study, mathematics support improved the pass rate by about 3%.
Resource type Mathematics Support - support for all ?
FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS DIRECT ACCESS TO THIS PAPER MAY BE UNAVAILABLE. Mathematics Support - support for all ? Godfrey Pell & Tony Croft, published in the journal Teaching Mathematics and its Applications (2008). This research paper describes and analyses data from a cohort of engineering students. Some made good use of a mathematics learning support centre; others didn't. Many frequent users are quite competent and simply want to do better. The authors conclude, that in their particular study, mathematics support improved the pass rate by about 3%.
Resource type MathinSite: Maths Insight from a Maths Website
During the early 1990s, mathematics software was written using Visual Basic for students at Bournemouth University. With the advent of the Java programming language, this software was translated and extended into MathinSite, a website containing mathematics applets (small programs that can be run through a web browser). The primary aim of these applets is to help deepen mathematical insight through dynamic, interactive visualisations. Use of the Internet not only ensures that the content can be delivered within a student�¢??s own educational surroundings, but also that any user can access the content any time of day or night from any computer in the world with an Internet connection.
Resource type Maths Arcade website
The Maths Arcade is an innovative activity involving playing and analysing strategy games which aims to simultaneously support struggling learners, stretch more confident learners and encourage the development of a staff-student mathematical community. This page on the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications website gives details about the Maths Arcade and provides a point of contact for different institutions running Maths Arcades to interact. This website is not made available under a Creative Commons licence.
Resource type Maths Arcade: stretching and supporting mathematical thinking
The Maths Arcade is an innovative activity involving playing and analysing strategy games which aims to simultaneously support struggling learners, stretch more confident learners and encourage the development of a staff-student mathematical community. This booklet contains details of the original Maths Arcade at Greenwich, including some discussion of the advantages of running an Arcade, and case studies from seven other Maths Arcades since established at Manchester, Salford, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, Bath, Nottingham and Keele. This report was edited by Noel-Ann Bradshaw and Peter Rowlett. This report is not made available under a Creative Commons licence but is freely available to UK universities for non-commerical educational use.
Resource type Maths E.G.
An e-assessment system containing almost 2000 mathematics questions with random parameters and feedback spanning topics from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. Each question in the database will generate thousands of examples, each with fully-worked solutions. The MSOR Network supported the development of questions in elementary discrete mathematics (sets, logic and graph theory) as part of the National HE STEM Programme. Maths E.G. is delivered under a Creative Commons BY-SA licence.
Resource type Maths EG
Computer-aided assessment of maths, stats and numeracy from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. These resources have been made available under a Creative Common licence by Martin Greenhow and Abdulrahman Kamavi, Brunel University.
Resource type Maths EG Teacher Interface
The teacher interface for Maths EG which may be used for computer-aided assessment of maths, stats and numeracy from GCSE to undergraduate level 2. These resources have been made available under a Creative Common licence by Martin Greenhow and Abdulrahman Kamavi, Brunel University. Teachers need to register (top right of screen) and thereafter login to use the system, after which they may use it to compose their own tests by selecting (specifically or randomly) questions from the entire database of questions. Instructions are available from the title page.
Resource type MATLAB-Based Minimal-Mathematics Introduction to Engineering Topics
The problem of declining mathematical skills and appetite amongst university entrants is well known. In order to soften the impact that this makes on student recruitment and retention in the School of Electronics at the University of Glamorgan, it became necessary to explore a 'minimal-math' or 'engineering-first' teaching approach. MATLAB-based graphical user interfaces, simulations and animations are employed to give students an unclouded insight into the engineering concept and the underlying physical considerations, and a clear appreciation of the interplay of the parameters involved. This type of first encounter helps to stimulate the students' interest in the subject, erects crucial knowledge pegs, and lays a solid foundation to support a more mathematically rigorous approach during later encounters with the topic when any deficiencies in math skills will have been remedied.
Resource type Matrices - what is a matrix ?
Matrices 1: This leaflet explains what is meant by a matrix, explains the notation used to describe matrices, and introduces some special types of matrix. There is an accompanying video tutorial.
Resource type Matrices - what is a matrix ?
Matrices 1: This video tutorial explains what is meant by a matrix, explains the notation used to describe matrices, and introduces some special types of matrix. There is an accompanying help leaflet.
Resource type Matrices - what is a matrix ?
Matrices 1: This video tutorial explains what is meant by a matrix, explains the notation used to describe matrices, and introduces some special types of matrix. There is an accompanying help leaflet.
Resource type Matrices Test 01 (DEWIS)
Five questions on matrix arithmetic testing matrix addition, scalar multiplication, transpose of a matrix and matrix multiplication. DEWIS resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Rhys Gwynllyw & Karen Henderson, University of the West of England, Bristol.
Resource type Maxima and Minima
In this unit we show how differentiation can be used to find the maximum and minimum values of a function. Because the derivative provides information about the gradient or slope of the graph of a function we can use it to locate points on a graph where the gradient is zero. We shall see that such points are often associated with the largest or smallest values of the function, at least in their immediate locality. In many applications, a scientist, engineer, or economist for example, will be interested in such points for obvious reasons such as maximising power, or profit, or minimising losses or costs. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial) This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.
Resource type Maxima and Minima
In this unit we show how differentiation can be used to find the maximum and minimum values of a function. Because the derivative provides information about the gradient or slope of the graph of a function we can use it to locate points on a graph where the gradient is zero. We shall see that such points are often associated with the largest or smallest values of the function, at least in their immediate locality. In many applications, a scientist, engineer, or economist for example, will be interested in such points for obvious reasons such as maximising power, or profit, or minimising losses or costs. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial) The video is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.
Resource type Measuring angles
Video for iPod. This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.
Resource type Mechanics Facts & Formulae - Onscreen version
An electronic version of the Facts & Formulae leaflet for mechanics designed to be viewed onscreen. A higher resolution print version is available in mathcentre.