Journal article
Mathematics Support Program for Commencing Engineering Students between 1990 and 1996: an Australian Case Study
International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.15(6), pp.486-492
01/01/1999
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Abstract
For the last twenty years or more higher education institutions have been concerned about the participation of students in engineering studies. Much of this concern centres around the ability of students to perform appropriate mathematics. This paper reports on the level of mathematical skills of engineering students entering a regional Australian university. In the seven years of the study, students have continued to have difficulties with estimation, fractions, indices, order of operations, graphs and basic algebra. The paper further reports on an intervention strategy which was designed to address these difficulties which has improved the success of participants repeatedly over the seven years of the program.
Details
- Title
- Mathematics Support Program for Commencing Engineering Students between 1990 and 1996: an Australian Case Study
- Creators
- Janet A Taylor - University of Southern QueenslandMichael J Morgan - University of Southern Queensland
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.15(6), pp.486-492
- Publisher
- Dublin Institute of Technology * Tempus Publications
- Number of pages
- 7
- Identifiers
- 991012821976302368
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning; Office of the Vice Chancellor
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article