Community perspectives of mathematics and statistics support in higher education: building the infrastructure
Grove, Michael J, Croft, Tony, Lawson, Duncan and Petrie, Moira (2017) Community perspectives of mathematics and statistics support in higher education: building the infrastructure. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 37 (4). pp. 171-191. ISSN 0268-3679
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Abstract
Over the last two decades, mathematics support has, increasingly, been seen by higher education institutions as a vital mechanism for helping students enhance their mathematical and statistical skills, particularly as they make the transition to university study. Several studies have shown the growth of mathematics support across the higher education sector within the UK, Ireland and beyond. Others have demonstrated its impact upon learners. However, few have explored the extent to which mathematics support is embedded within institutions or the extent to which it is likely to be sustainable. Such analyses are important for both the institutions themselves and the many colleagues who are working to develop mathematics support into an area of study in its own right. Here we report on a survey of 47 institutions offering mathematics and statistics support within the UK. Findings show that, within many institutions, mathematics support is now embedded as part of student-focused institutional support provision. Further, its impacts are increasingly extending beyond those students who access the support: there is evidence that mechanisms are in place for feeding findings from mathematics and statistics support into mainstream teaching and learning and curriculum development. Significantly, the analysis shows that mathematics support offers good potential for sustainability such that the legacy of national endeavours to establish it more widely will continue to exist into the future.
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| Additional Information: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA following peer review. The version of record Grove, Michael J., Croft, Tony, Lawson, Duncan and Petrie, Moira (2017) 'Community perspectives of mathematics and statistics support in higher education: building the infrastructure', Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrx014 |
| Divisions: | Directorate > PVC Formative Education |
| Depositing User: | Jane Faux |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2017 14:53 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2018 11:25 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/16238 |
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