| Title | Project leads | Year of completion | Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| A transitional course for students prior to university entry | Hooper, Alison; Golden, Kevin | 2004 |
Students are recruited to university from a wide variety of backgrounds ranging from vocational secondary education and experiential learning offered by mature students, through to the more traditional A-... |
| Accessibility in MSOR: LaTeX and Braille | Rowlett, Peter; Rowlett, Emma; Whapples, Michael | 2011 |
Students with visual impairments frequently encounter problems accessing materials produced in the teaching and learning context in MSOR. The solutions for converting LaTeX to Braille had limitations. BrlTex... |
| Action research on diagnostic testing and student support (ARDTS) | Quinney, Doug; Haßler, Björn; Atkinson, Richard; Barry, Mike | 2004 |
During autumn 2002, a total of 13 English and Scottish universities were visited in a miniproject survey of ‘The experience of fresher students in mathematics diagnostic testing’. A wide range of procedures... |
| An investigation into common student errors in first year Calculus and Algebra | Lylah Haynes Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, L.Haynes@shu.ac.uk Dirk F M Hermans School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, D.F.M.Hermans@bham.ac.uk | 2011 |
We have developed a taxonomy of common errors made by mathematics students at the school-university transition. The purpose of this study is to highlight key areas of misunderstanding and to influence future teaching and assessment in Calculus and Algebra in order to reduce such... |
| An investigation into the causal link between conceptual and methodological understanding of mathematics in first year undergraduates | Quinney, Doug; Miller, David | 2009 |
This miniproject attempted to provoke an open discussion of the link between need for deep understanding (conceptual understanding) as opposed to surface learning (methodological understanding). This debate... |
| Developing students written communication within MSOR | Wylde, Allison | 2007 |
This pilot miniproject analysed students’ written work in the MSOR subject areas to identify gaps in their understanding. These gaps were used to inform the development of content for reusable learning... |
| Developing students' learning through mathematical writing | Vivaldi, Franco; Mitchell, Sally | 2008 |
Prior to this miniproject, the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) had been developing approaches to the learning of mathematics that involved the use of short writing... |
| Development of a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach to facilitate the acquisition of statistics knowledge by non-statistics undergraduates: a case study in medical education | Freeman, Jenny; Sedgwick, Philip; Hamilton, Fergus; Segwagwe, Molebedi; Kok Shun, Claire; Crossley, James | 2011 |
Doctors need statistical skills. These skills matter for interpreting research data critically and for understanding and explaining statistical information to patients. However, historically statistical... |
| E-learning statistics modules for modern regression methods and design of experiments | Woods, David | 2007 |
This miniproject helped existing modules to develop into websites to provide e-delivery of exemplars of statistical methods and best practice, to showcase effective teaching and active learning tools. The... |
| Enhancing a study skills website, with specific reference to MSOR students and staff | Greenhow, Martin | 2010 |
At the outset of this miniproject there were several factors that pointed to the need for increased attention to be paid to study skills. Certainly there was a perception that students from a more diverse... |
| Establishing the effectiveness of learner generated examples as a teaching strategy | Iannone, Paola; Inglis, Matthew; Siemons, Johannes | 2010 |
This miniproject investigated, through direct experimental testing, the claims being made by several education researchers that asking learners to generate their own examples of mathematical concepts... |
| Evaluating a computer-based approach for improving proof comprehension | Alcock, Lara; Inglis, Matthew | 2010 |
The purpose of this miniproject was to conduct research to investigate whether study of an e-Proof results in better proof comprehension than an equal amount of time studying an ordinary written proof, and... |
| Evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of mathematics support centres | Lawson, Duncan; Croft, Tony; Halpin, Margaret | 2001 |
This miniproject investigated the issues around developing support centre strategy to counter the declines of mathematical skills displayed by many students on entry to university. It aimed to determine how... |
| Evaluating the role of R-books within guided learning | Hewson, Paul | 2008 |
This miniproject aimed to develop and evaluate an extensible support resource to encourage independent learning of statistical topics. ... |
| Exploring technology-based continuous assessment in mathematics and its applications | Retkute, Renata | 2009 |
The miniproject investigated the introduction of an electronic voting system into lectures of MSOR in order to transform the lecture experience from a one-way transmission of information in to a two-way... |
| Further development of a web portfolio system within the undergraduate mathematics curriculum | Challis, Neil; Walldock, Jeff | 2009 |
The proposed activity for this project built upon work that was already being carried out in embedding an electronic, web-based progress file and web portfolio system into the learning and teaching strategy... |
| Groupwork reluctance in mathematics education | MacBean, Judith; Graham, Ted; Sangwin, Chris | 2001 |
This miniproject undertook research into group work reluctance in mathematics education. The primary aim of this project was to gain a better understanding of both lecturers’ and students’ attitudes towards... |
| How do students think about proof?: a professional development DVD for mathematicians | Alcock, Lara | 2009 |
This miniproject aimed to create a unique DVD resource for mathematicians who, as part of their professional development, want to understand more about how students think as they try to construct... |
| In-service teacher training of mathematics lecturers in HE | Mond, David; Hawkes, Trevor | 2007 |
This miniproject helped the University of Warwick investigate the growing need for formalised in-service training for mathematics academic staff to support them in their teaching duties, complementing the... |
| Independent study: the use and effectiveness of an individualised study module | Parramore, Keith; Taylor, John | 2008 |
This miniproject aimed to investigate independent study, through active research of the use and effectiveness of delivering an individualised study module to enhance students’ high-level mathematics learning... |
