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Personalised Learning Framework For Enhancing Mathematics Ability, John Butler, Orla Cahill, Basel Magableh, Siobhan O'Regan
Personalised Learning Framework For Enhancing Mathematics Ability, John Butler, Orla Cahill, Basel Magableh, Siobhan O'Regan
Practitioner Research Projects
Mathematics is the cornerstone of many disciplines, including computer science, accounting and the sciences. However, over the past two decades in higher education institutes, it has become increasingly apparent that there is a decline in the basic numeracy skills of first year students entering third level programs (Tariq, 2002). This has been observed in numerous Irish institutes whereby unfortunately it can also be a huge impediment in student progression into second year. Research has shown that students are under-prepared for the challenges posed by third level mathematics (Hourigan & O’Donoghue, 2007). In addition, as lecturers we are not as informed …
Teaching Mathematics To Students With Neurodevelopmental Conditions, Milena Venkova, Sean Mcgarraghy
Teaching Mathematics To Students With Neurodevelopmental Conditions, Milena Venkova, Sean Mcgarraghy
Conference papers
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Mathematics: Creating Value For Engineering Students, Eileen Goold
Mathematics: Creating Value For Engineering Students, Eileen Goold
Conference Papers
While students’ attainment in mathematics and their attitudes about mathematics are strongly inter-related, value is an important concept in mathematics education. It is arguable that lecturers, especially in engineering faculties, know little about the relationships students form with mathematics; for example what value do engineering students place on mathematics learning? Mathematics is often perceived as a difficult subject and it is associated with certainty and with being able to get the right answer. However the narrowness of the assessment process overshadows predictors of achievement behaviour: expectancy (am I able to do the task?) and value (why should I do the …
Looking At The Workplace Through Mathematical Eyes, John Keogh
Looking At The Workplace Through Mathematical Eyes, John Keogh
Doctoral
This thesis is concerned with the idea that people may know more about mathematics than they think they do and rely on it more than they realize, especially in work. That they more readily account for what they ‘do’, dismissing what they ‘know’ as ‘commonsense’ or ‘part of the job’, seems to extend a self-perception of not ‘being a maths person’ and permits it to be transmitted within families, across generations and throughout communities. At the same time, the pervasiveness of modern technology, and the proliferation of information represented in mathematical shapes, patterns, relationships, quantities and chance, would seem to …
How Much Do Our Incoming First Year Students Know?:Diagnostic Testing In Mathematics At Third Level, Blathnaid Sheridan
How Much Do Our Incoming First Year Students Know?:Diagnostic Testing In Mathematics At Third Level, Blathnaid Sheridan
Teaching Fellowships
A continuing cause for concern in higher education institutions is the poor core mathematical skills of incoming students. Many institutions now offer mathematics support services such as drop-in centres, online resources and short “refresher courses” in an attempt to alleviate the problem. The majority of third level institutions in Ireland and internationally now make use of diagnostic testing of incoming first year students that both predict subsequent success and select groups for remediation. This project was developed to explore the issues around diagnostic testing and follow up support for incoming students in the College of Sciences and Health. A large …
Improving Core Mathematical Skills In Engineering Undergraduates, Michael Carr
Improving Core Mathematical Skills In Engineering Undergraduates, Michael Carr
Teaching Fellowships
A large number of engineering undergraduates being their third level education with significant deficiencies in their core mathematical skills. Every year, in the Technological University Dublin (DIT) , a diagnostic test is given to incoming first year students, consistently revealing problems in basic mathematics. It is difficult to motivate many students to seek help in the Maths Learning Centre to address these problems. As a result, they struggle through several years of engineering, carrying a serious handicap of poor core mathematical skills, as confirmed by exploratory testing of final year students
In order to improve these skills in engineering students …
Can Blending Face-To-Face Teaching With E-Learning Support The Development Of Phase 4 Apprentices In Mathematics? A Formative Evaluation Research Study., Peter Hinch
Theses
This thesis is a formative evaluation research study. Its purpose is to establish if blending face-to-face and e-learning delivery methods can support the development of Phase 4 apprentice plumbers in mathematics in the Department of Construction Skills in the Technologicl University Dublin. The study also included the design, development and evaluation of a mathematics web site called Plumatics 4 U which is grounded in established theoretical criteria for effective blended delivery within third level education. This web site is currently in use by Phase 4 apprentice plumbers and is delivered through WebCT. The CD accompanying this thesis contains a short …
Can Blending Face-To-Face Teaching With E-Learning Support The Development Of Phase 4 Apprentices In Mathematics: A Formative Evaluation Research Study, Peter Hinch
Theses
This thesis is a formative evaluation research study_ Its purpose is to establish if
blending face--to-face and e-leaming delivery methods can support the development of
Phase 4 apprentice plumbers in mathematics in the Department of Construction Skills in
the Technologicl University Dublin. The study also included the design, development
and evaluation of a mathematics web site called Plumatics 4 U which is grounded in
established theoretical criteria for effective blended delivery within third level
education. This web site is currently in use by Phase 4 apprentice plumbers and is
delivered through WebCT. The CD accompanying this thesis contains a short …