Sigma, the national network for cross-university mathematics and statistics support has received £800,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The money will be used to help fund new mathematics support centres and related activities, encourage and support existing centres and practitioners, run workshops and conferences focusing on effective teaching and learning support… Continue Reading
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CETL MSOR 2013 Conference Presentations and Abstracts
Abstracts, conference presentations, associated resources and the Conference Programme from the CETL MSOR Conference 2013, Next Steps held at Coventry University on 10/11 September are now available to download from the CETL MSOR 2013 page. Click here to access the files.
DEWIS e-assessment formative questions available in mathcentre
DEWIS is a free-to-use open-source e-assessment web-based system developed at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). It uses an algorithmic approach to the generation (with random parameters), automated marking and feedback of the questions, all within a server based system. It is used both for formative and summative assessment in a wide… Continue Reading
Welsh language Fact & Formulae leaftlets available in mathcentre
Three Welsh language Fact & Formulae leaflets have been made available in mathcentre in both print and onscreen versions. They are: Ffeithiau a Fformwlâu – Facts & Formulae Ffeithiau a Fformiwlâu Mecaneg – Mechanics Facts & Formulae Ffeithiau Tebygoleg ac Ystadegaeth, Fformiwlâu a Gwybodaeth – Probability and Statistics Facts, Formulae and Information The mathcentre leaflets… Continue Reading
sigma Network Annual Report 2012/13
The sigma Network has published an Annual Report detailing the activities of the Network and individual Hubs during the academic year 2012/13.
“A resource in a day” – Mathematics Support Resources Workshop – 18 September 2013
The Midlands Hub of the sigma Network at Loughborough University held a one-day resource development workshop on Wednesday 18th September 2013 from 10am to 4.30pm. The aim of this event was to facilitate the production of new text based resources, for example Quick Reference (two A4 sides) or Facts & Formulae leaflets. Attendees were invited… Continue Reading
CETL-MSOR Conference 2013 – 10/11 September 2013
The keynote speakers at the CETL-MSOR Conference held at Coventry University on 10th and 11th September were Dr Chris Sangwin School of Mathematics University of Birmingham, Professor Jeff Griffiths Professor of Operational Research, Cardiff University and David Youdan IMA, There was also be a plenary session presented by students currently completing internships at 4 universities.… Continue Reading
Building online maths assessments using Numbas – 04 July 2013
The North East and Yorkshire sigma Hub supported a workshop on 4th July 2013 on Numbas, a web-based e-assessment system developed by a team at Newcastle University. Free to use and open-source with a user-friendly interface (see https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/), Numbas allows the authoring of questions which include randomised content throughout and LaTeX rendering of mathematical notation.… Continue Reading
Comprehending Mathematical Proofs – 24 July 2013
Supporting the specialist mathematician: A one-day event Comprehending Mathematical Proofs was held on Wednesday 24th July 2013 in the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University. Speakers included Lara Alcock (Loughborough), Matthew Inglis (Loughborough), Juan Pablo Mejia-Ramos (Rutgers) and Keith Weber (Rutgers). The event was of interest to those who teach proof-based undergraduate mathematics, and others… Continue Reading
CETL-MSOR 2013 Call for Abstracts
You can still submit abstracts for the CETL-MSOR 2013 Next Steps Conference to be held at Coventry University on 10th to 11th September. Choose from a 20 minute presentation, 60 or 90 minute workshop or a poster. Abstracts should be submitted by Monday 17th June. See here for further details