Beyond templates: exploring mathematical concepts through writing

This is the first of two articles on the Developing Students’ Learning through Mathematical Writing project at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) funded by the Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR Network). This project aims to evaluate he Mathematical Writing (MW) course at QMUL and the postgraduate course for teaching assistants which prepares post graduate teaching assistants (PGTAs) for tutoring and marking on the MW course…The evaluation is being carried out by the staff of the Thinking Writing (TW) initiative which works with academics at QMUL to explore ways of helping students learn through writing and become better writers. Further details can be found on the website: http://www.thinkingwriting.qmul.ac.uk...