Widening participation in subjects requiring data handling skills: the MathsAid Project

MathsAid was established in 2001 as a university-wide resource for students enrolled on programmes at Kingston University that contain a mathematics or statistics component. Its broad aims are to provide a set of non-threatening remedial and motivational opportunities in maths and statistics through...

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Published inJournal of further and higher education Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 353 - 365
Main Authors Atkins, Nigel, May, Steve, Marks-Maran, Di
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Routledge 01.11.2005
Taylor & Francis Group Journals
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
College Mathematics
Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods
Educational sciences
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Information Technology
Management Systems
Mathematics Skills
Peer Teaching
Program Effectiveness
Teaching methods
Tutoring
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Learning Strategy
Teaching method
Mathematics
University
Peer Teaching
Statistics
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ISSN0309-877X
1469-9486
DOI10.1080/03098770500353607

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Summary:MathsAid was established in 2001 as a university-wide resource for students enrolled on programmes at Kingston University that contain a mathematics or statistics component. Its broad aims are to provide a set of non-threatening remedial and motivational opportunities in maths and statistics through one-to-one tutorial support, peer-assisted learning (PAL) and ICT products managed through the BlackBoard learning management system. An evaluation of the MathsAid program has found it to aid some students in both their short- and long-term learning objectives but has raised questions of whether it could be adjusted to reach more of the most vulnerable students. This article outlines the MathsAid programme and the evaluation results.
ISSN:0309-877X
1469-9486
DOI:10.1080/03098770500353607