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Fitzallen, Noleine; Barnes, Robin Katersky; Kilpatrick, Sue; Brown, Natalie – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
There is increasing pressure to make pathways to higher education more accessible to students from a wide range of backgrounds, including those from lower socioeconomic circumstances. Often, those students gain vocational qualifications but those qualifications do not always support them fully to articulate to higher education. This is, at least…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Articulation (Education)
McNaught, Keith – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
The implementation of a Post Entrance Numeracy Assessment (PENA) program at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) Fremantle campus, demonstrated that many Health Science students had inadequate mathematical skills on entry. The development of a support course, offered as a "strongly encouraged" option, resulted in only 4% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Health Sciences, College Students