Academic Numeracy and First Year Undergraduate Studies Across Six Regional Universities

Geoff Woolcott; Linda Gilligan; Robert Whannell; Margaret Marshman; Taryn Axelsen

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Academic Numeracy and First Year Undergraduate Studies Across Six Regional Universities

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Academic Numeracy and First Year Undergraduate Studies Across Six Regional Universities

Geoff Woolcott, Linda Gilligan, Robert Whannell, Margaret Marshman and Taryn Axelsen

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.779-786

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2019

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Specialist Studies in Education

This paper is a preliminary investigation into first year undergraduate students' progress in academic numeracy studies across six Australian regional universities. The paper analyses a survey of university teachers, follow-up interviews and secondary academic numeracy data. Initial findings are presented in terms of the nature of academic numeracy required in the subjects offered and support strategies provided. The study suggests that support services are not contributing well to attrition in subjects requiring academic numeracy. Some effects are due to the diversity of the student body and further research is needed on both localised and cross-university approaches that focus on student's goals and personal agency.

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Title: Academic Numeracy and First Year Undergraduate Studies Across Six Regional Universities
Authors: Geoff Woolcott (Author) - Southern Cross University
Linda Gilligan (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Robert Whannell (Author) - University of New England
Margaret Marshman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education - Legacy
Taryn Axelsen (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Contributors: G Hine (Editor)
S Blackley (Editor)
A Cooke (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.779-786
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2019
Copyright note: 2019 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450764602621
Output Type: Conference paper

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