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King, Deborah; Varsavsky, Cristina; Belward, Shaun; Matthews, Kelly – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions mathematics students have of the knowledge and skills they develop throughout their programme of study. It addresses current concerns about the employability of mathematics graduates by contributing much needed insight into how degree programmes are developing broader learning outcomes for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
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Rylands, Leanne; Simbag, Vilma; Matthews, Kelly E.; Coady, Carmel; Belward, Shaun – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2013
There is general agreement in Australia and beyond that quantitative skills (QS) in science, the ability to use mathematics and statistics in context, are important for science. QS in the life sciences are becoming ever more important as these sciences become more quantitative. Consequently, undergraduates studying the life sciences require better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, College Science, College Mathematics
Belward, Shaun; Balatti, Jo – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
Peer group learning is the name we have given to a particular type of collaborative learning that has been implemented as part of an action research project designed to improve teaching and learning of first year university mathematics at James Cook University. Using an innovation-decision process model we analysed the response of academics to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Cooperative Learning, Action Research