Mathematics for Economics:

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• Mathematics for Economics
• enhancing Teaching and Learning

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• RATIONALE
• TL challenges
• Mixed intake of students on economics programmes
• Widening participation agenda
• Focus on interactive and inclusive learning

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• 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

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• PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• Online question bank
• 5 interactive video units
• 10 teaching and learning guides
• Interactive website

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• ONLINE QUESTION BANK
• 200 300 question styles, many millions of
  question realisations
• Diagnostic testing
• Seminars/Tutorials
• Problem Sheets
• Video Support
• Revision
• Assessment

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• VIDEO UNITS
• 5 units covering 10 units of study
• Several short segments to each unit
• Video feedback and support
• For each concept
• Studio explanation
• Diagram/graph/formula
• Real world examples illustrating principles of
  economics

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• TL GUIDES
• Present innovative and interactive approaches to
  teaching maths concepts
• Topical Flow charts
• Presentation of concepts
• Incorporate question bank
• Incorporate video materials
• TL activities

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• QUESTION BANK UPDATE
• Completed over half of the question styles
• Have begun making questions subject specific
• Are working on the development of templates
  and build your own facilities

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Question randomisation
NB
Random price
Random item
Currency (,,euro)
Reverse engineered for integer Q
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Pedagogically different question
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Part of the feedback
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Multi-choice (decontexturalised)
Random coeffs and degrees of polynomials
Distracters generated by mal-rules
Can be this
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T,F or U (a harder question!)
NB Informality! Feedback e.g. You have the score
of an average baboon
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• VIDEO UNITS UPDATE
• All film scripts complete
• Two demo clips have been produced
• Completed the majority of on location filming
• Trialled all maths questions
• Studio work due to be complete by March 2006

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• TL GUIDES UPDATE
• Teaching activity portfolio complete
• Contracts and documentation for authoring of TL
  Guides complete
• Matching activities to mathematical concepts is
  ongoing

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• WEBSITE
• Website team in place
• Draft website to be presented on January 26, 2006
• Integration of resources to take place throughout
  2006/07

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• DISSEMINATION Year 1
• 21 conferences and workshops
• 7 articles
• Project brochure
• Formation of Economics Advisory Group
• Formation of Student Feedback Forum
• 8 Feedback groups (64 individuals)

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• MEETINGS AND EVALUATION
• 7 project management meetings
• 2 steering committee meetings
• 1 evaluation report and another due by January
  31, 2006. The end of year 1 evaluation will be
  based on a questionnaire distributed to all
  project team members

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