Development and Implementation of MathBench for Australian Universities to Improve the Quantitative Skills of Science and Mathematics Students : Final Report.
There is international agreement that quantitative skills (QS), the ability to apply mathematical and statistical thinking and reasoning within a given external context, are an essential graduate competence in science. However, recent studies in Australia of science students' perceptions of the...
| Institutions: | Deakin University Griffith University James Cook University Monash University University of Maryland University of Queensland University of Sydney Western Sydney University |
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Office for Learning and Teaching
2016
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| Online Erişim: | /resources/ID13_3016_Suphioglu_Report_2016.pdf |
| Özet: | There is international agreement that quantitative skills (QS), the ability to apply mathematical and statistical thinking and reasoning within a given external context, are an essential graduate competence in science. However, recent studies in Australia of science students' perceptions of their graduate learning outcomes reveal that while they acknowledge QS as important, they hold low levels of confidence in their QS, perceive QS will be of little future use to them, and report that QS are not emphasised in the science curricula. MathBench, a suite of online modules, has proved to be effective in improving QS among university students in USA. This project brings together an impressive team, from the cross-disciplinary areas of mathematics and science, to modify and implement MathBench as an innovative online resource to improve QS of science students at seven Australian universities, and evaluate and disseminate the findings by appropriate means, which form the overall aims of this project. |
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| ISBN: | 9781760288778 (PDF) 9781760288785 (DOCX) 9781760288761 (print ed) 9781760288778 (PDF) 9781760288785 (DOCX) 9781760288761 (print ed) |
