A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities

Jackie Nicholas; Leanne Rylands; Carmel Coady; Lyn Armstrong; Harkirat Dhindsa; Susan McGlynn; John Nicholls; Jim Pettigrew; Don Shearman

A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities

Jackie Nicholas, Leanne Rylands, Carmel Coady, Lyn Armstrong, Harkirat Dhindsa, Susan McGlynn, John Nicholls, Jim Pettigrew, Don Shearman

School of Computer, Data & Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

Participation in the higher levels of senior secondary school mathematics courses has fallen alarmingly in Australia over the past twenty years resulting in many students enrolling in degrees for which they are mathematically under-prepared. Students who do so are at risk of failing their university mathematics and statistics units. In this paper we discuss how student support in mathematics is provided in two large but very different universities in Sydney, Australia and the various measures we use to assess the success of the mathematics support provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners, 10-12 June 2015, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Publisher	Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. Conference - Duration: 10 Jun 2015 → …

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Conference	Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. Conference
Period	10/06/15 → …

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mathematics
student support
universities, Australian

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Nicholas, J., Rylands, L., Coady, C., Armstrong, L., Dhindsa, H., McGlynn, S., Nicholls, J., Pettigrew, J., & Shearman, D. (2015). A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities. In Proceedings of IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners, 10-12 June 2015, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.

Nicholas, Jackie ; Rylands, Leanne ; Coady, Carmel et al. / A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities. Proceedings of IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners, 10-12 June 2015, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, 2015.

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A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities. / Nicholas, Jackie; Rylands, Leanne; Coady, Carmel et al.
Proceedings of IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners, 10-12 June 2015, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, 2015.

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Nicholas J, Rylands L, Coady C, Armstrong L, Dhindsa H, McGlynn S et al. A tale of two very different mathematics support centres at two very different universities. In Proceedings of IMA International Conference on Barriers and Enablers to Learning Maths: Enhancing Learning and Teaching for All Learners, 10-12 June 2015, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. 2015

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