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Teaching Mathematics and its Applications Advance Access originally published online on July 9, 2008
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 2008 27(3):160-166; doi:10.1093/teamat/hrn006
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Helping engineers learn mathematics: a developmental research approach

Barbara Jaworski

Address for Correspondence: Professor Barbara Jaworski, Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1509 228254, Fax: +44 (0) 1509 228211, E-mail: B.Jaworski{at}lboro.ac.uk

Submitted May 2008; accepted June 2008

A mathematics module in the undergraduate programme for first year engineers aims to enable those with low mathematical qualifications to understand and use efficiently calculus and related topics. The teaching approach is designed to develop student's fluency, understanding and responsibility through creating an inquiry community, encouraging students to engage with materials and support opportunities and extending their thinking through investigative problems. Research is exploring the provision and outcomes of the module. Findings so far indicate highly variable patterns of attendance at sessions and scores on class tests. Attitudes to the module, relationships with students attending sessions and appreciation of materials and support are generally good. Achievement of the aims of the module, however, is relatively low.

Barbara Jaworski is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University where she teaches mathematics and mathematics education. Her research is into the development of mathematics teaching at university level, building on similar research at school level. She was formerly a mathematics teacher in secondary education and a secondary PGCE tutor. She has been editor of the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (JMTE) for six years and is currently president of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (ERME).


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