A numeracy leaflet covering how to interpret bar charts. This is one of 24 numeracy resources created by by Eleanor Lingham, De Montfort University and reviewed by Julie Crowley, Cork Institute of Technology. Development. They were funded by a sigma Resource Development grant and contributed to the mathcentre Community Project.

In this unit we explore how the sum of two trigonometric functions can be expressed as a single trigonometric function.

Statistics Advisory Services (SASs) have recently been established at several UK HE institutions, offering statistics help and advice to students undertaking a final year undergraduate or masters project or engaged in postgraduate research. This report gives the findings of a project to identify the practical and pedagogical issues associated with sharing an on-line SAS resource, and to elicit the opinions of students using the service in order to understand their expectations and experience of using this type of on-line support. We believe that this type of shared service would offer universities a viable alternative means of providing a SAS without incurring the financial costs of resourcing a SAS solely dedicated to their own institution. This report was written by Alun Owen, Peter Samuels, Michele Wrightham, Bernadette Leckenby and Mollie Gilchrist. This report is not made available under a Creative Commons licence but is freely available to UK universities for non-commerical educational use.

Alcock, L., Attridge, N., Kenny, S., & Inglis, M. (2014). Achievement and behaviour in undergraduate mathematics: personality is a better predictor than gender. Research in Mathematics Education, 16 (1), 1-17. DOI:10.1080/14794802.2013.874094. We investigated two factors that predict students' achievement and behaviour in undergraduate mathematics: gender and personality. We found that gender predicted students' achievement and behaviour when considered in isolation, but ceased to be predictive when personality profiles were taken into account. Furthermore, personality accounted for significantly more variance in undergraduates' achievement and behaviour than did gender, but the converse was not the case. We therefore argue that personality provides the more productive lens through which to understand the behaviour of undergraduate mathematics students. We relate this finding to recent research emphasising gender differences in mathematics education, and suggest that researchers wishing to promote equity in participation at and beyond the undergraduate level should consider shifting their focus to individual differences in personality.

This leaflet explains how complex numbers can be added or subtracted. There are accompanying videos. Sigma resource Unit 4.

This mobile phone video explains how complex numbers can be added or subtracted. There is an accompanying leaflet. Sigma resource Unit 4. This resource is released under a Creative Commons license Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works and the copyright is held by mathcentre.

A report on an audit of 13 Irish institutions providing mathematics learning support and the various structure/types of mathematics support they offer conducted by CEMTL and compiled by Olivia Gill, John O'Donoghue and Paddy Johnson.

At the Times Higher Awards ceremony on 24th November 2011, it was announced that Loughborough and Coventry Universities had won the award for Outstanding Support for Students, in recognition of the work of sigma, Centre for Excellence in University-wide mathematics and statistics support. Whilst sigma at Coventry and Loughborough Universities received the award, the real winner was mathematics and statistics support across the country. In this booklet, we outline how sigma's work has contributed to the growing recognition of the importance of mathematics and statistics support and to the development of a national and international community of practitioners. Authors : Ciaran Mac an Bhaird and Duncan Lawson

This unit introduces sequences and series, and gives some simple examples of each. It also explores particular types of sequence known as arithmetic progressions (APs) and geometric progressions (GPs), and the corresponding series.

This unit introduces sequences and series, and gives some simple examples of each. It also explores particular types of sequence known as arithmetic progressions (APs) and geometric progressions (GPs), and the corresponding series. (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.

At a Glance - Pharmacy Calculations (Leaflet 2) covering the use of proportional sets to calculate equivalent amounts, strengths and substitutes. This resource has been contributed under a Creative Commons licence to the mathcentre Community Project by Dr Matthew Copping, University of Kent and reviewed by Dr Scott Wildman, Medway School of Pharmacy. It is one of a series of 17 resources funded by a sigma Resource Development grant.

At a Glance - Pharmacy Calculations (Leaflet 4) covering the calculation of the amount of substance in a concentration expressed as a ratio strength. This resource has been contributed under a Creative Commons licence to the mathcentre Community Project by Dr Matthew Copping, University of Kent and reviewed by Dr Scott Wildman, Medway School of Pharmacy. It is one of a series of 17 resources funded by a sigma Resource Development grant.

At a Glance - Pharmacy Calculations (Leaflet 6) covering the converting a strength expressed in one measure to another â?? parts, percentages and amounts.. This resource has been contributed under a Creative Commons licence to the mathcentre Community Project by Dr Matthew Copping, University of Kent and reviewed by Dr Scott Wildman, Medway School of Pharmacy. It is one of a series of 17 resources funded by a sigma Resource Development grant.