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Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning. Rationale T&L challenges Mixed intake of students on economics programmes Widening participation agenda Focus on interactive and inclusive learning. Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning. Aim

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Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

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  1. Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  2. Rationale T&L challenges • Mixed intake of students on economics programmes • Widening participation agenda • Focus on interactive and inclusive learning Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  3. Aim To maximise student attendance, engagement and participation in mathematics for economics through the provision of an accessible and fully interactive toolkit of varied and flexible resources Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  4. Project Objectives • online question bank • 50 video segments • 10 teaching and learning guides • Interactive website Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  5. Project Partners & Expertise • Consortium and Advisory Partners • Project Director/Project Managers • Authors (6) and Advisory Group (67) • Subject Centre (Economics Network) Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  6. Online Question Bank 200 – 300 question styles, many millions of question realisations • Diagnostic testing • Seminars/Tutorials • Problem Sheets • Video Support • Revision • Assessment Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  7. Question randomisation NB Random price Random item Currency (£,$,euro) Reverse engineered for integer Q Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  8. Part of the feedback Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  9. Multi-choice (decontexturalised) Random coeffs and degrees of polynomials Distracters generated by mal-rules Can be this Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  10. T,F or U (a harder question!) Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  11. Video Segments • 50 segments • For each concept: • Real world examples illustrating principles of economics • Formula/diagram/graph Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  12. T&L Guides • Present innovative and interactive approaches to teaching maths concepts • Structure: • Presentation of concepts • T&L activities • Incorporate video clips and question bank Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  13. Dissemination • Workshops, conferences, seminars (82) • One-to-one meetings (25) • Regional workshops (16) • Brochures, Posters • Marketing literature • Mailshots • Articles, project summaries • Feedback sessions (5) Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  14. FAME and SSSETL Projects • Additional dissemination and embedding • Extending the METAL project to statistics • Including additional subject areas • Capitalise on the expertise gained from the METAL project Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

  15. Mathematics for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning

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