Models of re-engaging adult learners with mathematics

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2017-06-01 DOI:10.1093/teamat/hrw027

Ciaran O’Sullivan;Paul Robinson;John Keogh;John O’Neill

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Abstract

So-called ‘Mathematics-anxiety’ can be a key inhibitor for some adult learners considering higher education. The Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT) in Dublin hosts the ‘Centre of Expertise for Adult Numeracy/Mathematics Education’ mathematics research group which is a hub of EPISTEM, formerly known as the National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning. Members of this group identified the key issues that informed the design of enabling-mathematics courses for adults returning to higher education; how to structure their re-engagement, and how to adapt the re-engagement process to practical time constraints. This article outlines how insights from the successful Primer Mathematics module for mature students taking the FLexible AccesS to Higher Education Higher Certificate in Electronic Engineering at ITT were used to identify the key elements of a model to shape such courses. How these key elements were used to design and implement a new module in preparatory mathematics for students entering all modules in ITT, as part of Certificate in Preparatory Study for Third Level, is explained. The positive impact of this new module on student learning is evaluated using student feedback. The article concludes with a discussion of the emergent strong, positive correlation between favourable progression rates for those who completed the module, compared with those who did not.

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让成年学习者重新参与数学学习的模式

所谓的“数学焦虑”可能是一些考虑接受高等教育的成年学习者的主要抑制因素。都柏林塔拉赫特理工学院（ITT）主办了“成人算术/数学教育专业知识中心”数学研究小组，该小组是EPISTEM的中心，前身为国家数学和科学教学卓越中心。该小组的成员确定了为重返高等教育的成年人开设数学课程的设计提供依据的关键问题；如何组织他们的重新参与，以及如何使重新参与过程适应实际的时间限制。这篇文章概述了如何利用ITT成功为参加高等教育电子工程高级证书的成熟学生提供的初级数学模块的见解来确定塑造此类课程的模型的关键要素。解释了这些关键要素是如何用于为进入ITT所有模块的学生设计和实施一个新的预备数学模块的，作为三级预备学习证书的一部分。这个新模块对学生学习的积极影响是通过学生的反馈来评估的。文章最后讨论了完成该模块的学生与未完成该模块学生的良好进展率之间出现的强烈正相关关系。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.