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Direct linkParsons, Sarah; Croft, Tony; Harrison, Martin – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2009
Research was conducted into first year engineering students' learning of mathematics in a university college during 2005-2007. The aims were to understand better students' confidences and explore which factors affected performance and how these were inter-related. Questionnaires were administered which posed questions regarding previous…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering, Higher Education, College Freshmen
Pell, Godfrey; Croft, Tony – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2008
Mathematics Support Centres are to be found in various forms in the majority of UK higher education institutions. They have been established in order to ease widespread and serious difficulties that a significant number of students have with mathematics, particularly at the school-university transition. They usually offer mathematics and/or…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Support Services, Mathematics Instruction, College Students
Bamforth, Sarah E.; Robinson, Carol L.; Croft, Tony; Crawford, Adam – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2007
There are increasing concerns about the mathematics ability of students entering higher education. This situation appears to be as a result of the perceived lowering standards of A Levels, a reduction in entry requirements on some courses with a strong mathematical component and the wide-ranging educational backgrounds of many of the students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
