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Assessment, development and consolidation of advanced skills in engineering mathematics

Carr, Michael, Murphy, Eoin and Ní Fhloinn, Eabhnat ORCID: 0000-0002-3840-2115 (2011) Assessment, development and consolidation of advanced skills in engineering mathematics. In: SEFI Annual Conference 2011: Global Engineering Recognition, Sustainability, Mobility, 27-30 Sept 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Abstract

In the Dublin Institute of Technology there are two routes to obtaining an Honours Degree in Engineering. The first is direct entry onto a four year Honours degree. To qualify for this route students must have achieved a grade of 55% or higher in Higher Level Mathematics at second level. For many students who do not have this level of mathematics they may enter a three year ordinary degree and then have the option of transferring into year 3 of the Honours degree. Many of our students struggle with this transition, in particular with the level of Maths. In a survey of almost 300 Engineering students, it was shown that a large percentage struggled with key skills in maths and tended to avoid questions on differentiation and integration. Here, we have developed an Advanced Mathematics Diagnostic exercise for students entering into 3rd year of the Honours degree. In addition, we have set up an online test that encourages students to revise (or perhaps learn for the first time) many of the key skills required for later years of an Honours Engineering degree.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Mathematical Competencies;Engineering Mathematics
Subjects:Mathematics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Mathematical Sciences
Published in: Proceedings of the EFI Annual Conference 2011: Global Engineering Recognition, Sustainability, Mobility. .
Official URL:http://www.sefi.be/wp-content/papers2011/T4/234.pdf
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21683
Deposited On:27 Jan 2017 13:51 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 30 Jul 2018 10:16

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