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Engineering Further Education (EFE)
Contextualised Maths Resources
It is widely known that
students in the transition phase from school to
engineering studies in further education struggle
with maths in terms of both their understanding of
the core principles and of why they need to know the
maths they are being taught. To this end the Academy
is working with Mathematics in Education and
Industry (MEI) to develop a suite of resources to
support the teaching and learning of mathematics on
Level 3 engineering courses.
These resources cover the four
main areas of mathematics; algebra, trigonometry,
statistics and elementary calculus, and also add
engineering contextualisation; posing an engineering
problem and showing where maths is used to solve
that problem. By putting the maths into an
engineering context students are able to make the
connection and can better understand why they need
to know it; thus increasing their engagement in the
subject.
A total of 36 contextualised
maths resources have already been developed and
these are currently being trialled before being
disseminated nationwide. The resources take the form
of a teacher pack and a student pack and various
forms of video and animation.
If you work in a sixth form
college or a general further education college,
teach Level 3 mathematics and would like to trial
some of the resources and provide feedback then
please visit
www.mei.org.uk
where you can freely download trial versions of the
resources. In order to obtain feedback on the
resources before making them “final” and
disseminating them please complete and submit the
relevant electronic feedback questionnaire which is
also on the website.
Once the trial versions of the
resources become final they will be available for
free download on this webpage and also on MEI’s
website.
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