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Promoting student engagement with mathematics support

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posted on 2011-09-06, 11:49 authored by Ria Symonds, Duncan Lawson, Carol Robinson
This article reports the findings of qualitative research undertaken to seek to identify the key reasons why some students are not engaging with mathematics support provided by Loughborough University. The research involved a number of focus groups and ‘on the spot’ interviews with ‘non-users’ from across the campus. Barriers identi¢ed include a lack of awareness of the location of support and a fear of embarrassment. Further interviews were conducted with regular users of the support in an attempt to understand how some of these barriers to usage might be overcome. The article will discuss actions that may be taken to improve student engagement with mathematics support and the issue of how student motivation may affect such action.

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  • Science

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  • Mathematics Education Centre

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SYMONDS, R., LAWSON, D. and ROBINSON, C.L., 2008. Promoting student engagement with mathematics support. Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 27 (3), pp. 140-149

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Oxford University Press on behalf of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications © The Author

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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2008

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This article was accepted for publication in the journal, Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications [Oxford University Press on behalf of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications © The Author]. The definitive version is available at: http://teamat.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/3.toc

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0268-3679

Language

  • en

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