Blog refresh and relaunch
A fresh start for 2025. New theme, structure and posts from now!
Effective feedback in mathematics: provision and student engagement (DEADLINE Fri 7 June 2019)
The following workshop (details below) is taking place in Cardiff as part of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications HE Teaching and Learning Series 2018 If you are interested in attending the event, please email wilsonrh@cardiff.ac.uk by midday, Friday…
SUMS discussion group formed
A number of colleagues, interested in scholarship of teaching and learning of mathematics, have formed a discussion group. This arose from conversations among a few of us in Dundee, and then with colleagues in St Andrews. So far, we are:…
Annual Meeting of the Scottish Maths Support Network
Friday 7 June Annual Meeting of the Scottish Maths Support Network Abertay University.
Thinking about group work?
A talk by Anne Tierney in St Andrews 29 April 2019 Abstract: Working in groups is a skill sought by many employers. However, some disciplinary areas may lend themselves more readily to group work than others. It is possible to…
Transforming Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics via Primary Historical Sources (TRIUMPHS)
Daniel Otero – 11 Feb 2019 Daniel Otero is an Associate Professor at Xavier University, Cincinatti (). He is visiting the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews until early April, as one of their Visiting Fellows…
Why don’t students use effective learning strategies?
Dr Flavia Shechtman-Belham (Seneca Learning) – 22 Feb 2019 Flavia gave a TILE (@TILEnetwork) talk about some of the most effective learning strategies – Dual Coding, Spacing and Interleaving, and Retrieval Practice. She also discussed reasons why students don’t tend to…
Lecture Capture – Moving towards ‘opt-out’ at Edinburgh
Dr Melissa Highton – 2 May 2018 A talk at LCS2018 (search for this tag in the blog). Speaking from a dual role as Edinburgh University’s Director of IT and Vice-Principal of Online Learning, Melissa discussed how Edinburgh is moving…
Lecture Capture Symposium
University of St Andrews – 2 May 2018 I attended “LCS2018” in St Andrews. This afternoon-long symposium featured presentations by academics from a number of Scottish HEIs on the topic of Lecture Capture (LC). Various aspects were considered, including policy, implications,…
BCME – Celebrating Mathematics Education
Conference April 3-6, 2018 Two members of the Maths Division, Rachael Carey and John McDermott, attended the ninth British Congress of Mathematical Education (BCME) in Warwick. BCME 9 is described as “a celebration of mathematics education attracting delegates from every phase (early…
What makes examples exemplary for students? – John Mason
Mathematics Division Seminar 19 February 2018 Prof Mason has been teaching university mathematics for 40 years and during this time he has extensively investigated how to teach and learn mathematics effectively. He led the Open University’s Centre for Mathematics Education…
Using Cognitive Science to Teach Mathematics in Higher Education – Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel
Mathematics Division Seminar 16 October 2017 Abstract: Cognitive Science has revealed a number of learning and memory phenomena that have direct, practical implications for learning and teaching. I will highlight the most promising strategies alongside their original research findings and will…
Automatic Assessment of Reasoning by Equivalence – Chris Sangwin
Mathematics Division seminar Monday 27 February 2017 Abstract: Deductive reasoning and proof is one of the hallmarks of mathematics, and is an important factor in distinguishing mathematics from empirical sciences. Fluency in calculation, including symbolic manipulation in algebra and calculus, sit…
Hard Sums blog started!
This blog will provide a platform for publication and discussion of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) activities in the Division of Maths at the University of Dundee. Hard Sums is in part an acronym: SUMS standing for Scholarship…