Exploring differential engagement with mathematics support from an engineering student focus

Farhana Gokhool; Duncan Lawson; Mark Hodds; Farzana Aslam

doi:10.1093/teamat/hrab033

Exploring differential engagement with mathematics support from an engineering student focus

Farhana Gokhool
, Duncan Lawson
, Mark Hodds
, Farzana Aslam

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Abstract

This paper explores the differential engagement of engineering students with mathematics support at Coventry University. Mathematics support is additional help in mathematics which is offered to all students at the University, and engagement with such support is voluntary. Attendance records show that whilst many students do engage with mathematics support, there are others who do not, even though their results indicate that they might benefit from so doing. Previous studies of engagement with mathematics support have either treated the student cohort as a whole or explored the effect of a single demographic factor such as age or gender. This paper investigates the effect of a range of demographic factors on the engagement of engineering students with mathematics support.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	292–304
Number of pages	13
Journal	Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
Volume	41
Issue number	4
Early online date	23 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrab033
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 23 Dec 2021

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Keywords

Mathematics Support
Differential Engagement
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Engineering

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