TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Decker, Eva
A1  - Meier, Barbara
ED  - Mirola, Tuuli
T1  - Preparatory course in mathematics using the mobile app TeachMatics.
T2  - UPDATE 2017 on Higher Education : International week 25.-29.9.2017
N2  - Gaps in basic math knowledge are among the biggest obstacles to a successful start in university. Students starting their studies in STEM disciplines display significant diversity, “math anxiety” is a widespread phenomenon, and the transition to a self-determined way of studying presents a huge challenge. Universities offer support measures such as preparatory courses. Over the years, Offenburg University realized that with increased diversity, traditional ways of teaching in front of the class have become inefficient. The majority of the students remained inactive and just listened to the teachers’ explanations and the few active participants’ answers.
Since 2013 our new course concept fosters a shift from teaching to active learning on a large scale, involving several hundred participants of our on-site preparatory math courses. This switch to broad active practicing, however, must go hand in hand with providing individual support for an increasingly diverse student body. Meanwhile students bring along their mobile devices, and the training App TeachMatics serves as a facilitator. The course concept has been very well received by both students and teachers.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/133680/KV%20viikko%202017%20julkaisu%20VALMIS.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
SN  - 1797-7266
SS  - 1797-7266
SN  - 978-952-7055-46-5
SB  - 978-952-7055-46-5
SP  - 133
EP  - 140
PB  - Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Publications
CY  - Saimaa, Finnland.
ER  -