- Title
- How are we progressing with academic numeracy at regional universities? Perspectives from first-year undergraduate studies
- Creator
- Woolcott, Geoff; Galligan, Linda; Whannell, Robert; Marshman, Margaret; Sultanova, Nargiz
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/178558
- Identifier
- vital:15456
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00312-3
- Identifier
- ISBN:1033-2170 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study provides an overview of the support provided for academic numeracy for first-year students across six Australian regional universities. Survey analysis of university academics provided an overview of the approaches used in academic numeracy in diverse cohorts. Further investigations via semi-structured interviews and secondary data were performed, providing details of the level of academic numeracy required in the subjects offered, identification of at-risk students and strategies for student support, and student responses to service provision. A case study at one university provided a more detailed view of the factors influencing attrition in first-year academic numeracy subjects. This case study highlighted issues related to a one-size-fits-all approach and findings argue for a more nuanced cohort-based approach that combines conventional statistical analysis with analysis that provides a more detailed view of complex scenarios. The study suggests that while support services are not responding well to the issue of attrition, better targeting individual student support may lead to improvements. © 2020, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Nargiz Sultanova ” is provided in this record** Sultanova, Nargiz
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
- Relation
- Mathematics Education Research Journal Vol. 33, no. 3 (2021), p. 451-468
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2020, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc.
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Academic numeracy; Attrition and retention; Regional universities; Student support services; Undergraduate mathematics
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Research for this article was funded by the Australian Government through the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program, National Priorities Pool–2015 as part of the project Bite size maths : Building mathematics capability of low SES students in regional/remote Australia .
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