A leaflet showing how to calculate the freezing point depression of a solution. The resource is contributed to the mathcentre Community Project by Abigail Francis and reviewed by Bob Morris, Liverpool John Moores University

Pettigrew, J., & Shearman, (2014) D. Piloting an online mathematics and statistics tutoring service. 30th ascilite Conference 2013 Proceedings, http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney13/program/papers/Pettigrew.pdf. In early 2013 the Mathematics Education Support Hub at the University of Western Sydney launched a tutoring service to support students’ mathematical and statistical learning in an online environment. Until the end of its pilot implementation in mid 2013, the service operated at all times as a moderated question and answer forum located within the University’s Learning Management System (a version of Blackboard Learn known as vUWS). It also featured a ‘virtual classroom’, which allowed students to interact with mathematics and statistics support staff in a web conferencing space equipped with a wide range of digital communication tools. This paper refers to the service as it was offered in discussing a range of general issues and questions associated with its pilot implementation. Particular attention is given to the issues of pedagogy in a purely online teaching and learning context and communicating asynchronously and synchronously using mathematical language and notation.

The (x, y) co-ordinates of a point in the plane are called its Cartesian co-ordinates. But there is another way to specify the position of a point, and that is to use polar co-ordinates (r, theta). In this unit we explain how to convert from Cartesian co-ordinates to polar co-ordinates, and back again. (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.

3 questions. Finding modulus and argument of complex numbers. Use De Moivre's Theorem to find powers of complex numbers. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by the School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.

In order to simplify certain sorts of algebraic fraction we need a process known as polynomial division. This unit describes this process. (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.

2 questions. First question divides a cubic by a linear polynomial. The second divides a degree 4 polynomial by a degree 2 polynomial. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by the School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.

In order to simplify certain sorts of algebraic fraction we need a process known as polynomial division. This unit describes this process. 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 order to simplify certain sorts of algebraic fraction we need a process known as polynomial division. This unit describes this process. This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by Skillbank Solutions Ltd.

Many common functions are polynomial functions. In this unit we describe polynomial functions and look at some of their properties.

Many common functions are polynomial functions. In this unit we describe polynomial functions and look at some of their properties. (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.

A knowledge of powers, or indices as they are often called, is essential for an understanding of most algebraic processes. In this section you will learn about powers and rules for manipulating them through a number of worked examples. (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.

We describe a course aimed at providing chemical engineering students with an understanding of the fundamental classes of equations which occur in chemical engineering, the mathematical basis of their numerical solution methods and the basic methods of implementing these in a high level computing language. The course thus integrates elements of both conceptual and practical mathematics and computing.

10 questions on the product rule in differentiation. Numbas resources have been made available under a Creative Commons licence by Bill Foster and Christian Perfect, School of Mathematics & Statistics at Newcastle University.