SoTL

  • Scholarship and Resources: Mathematical Sciences

    Scholarship and teaching related sources relating to mathematical sciences, recommended by colleagues at the University of Bath. Contributions welcome. Overview Mathematics Education is an established field with a large amount of research and theoretical work, as well as a large...

  • Motivation

    Motivation may be a major factor in the approach taken to learning by students. Changing attitudes within the student body, increasing diversity amongst the student population, widening participation, outreach work, fees, and national policy and debates may all mean that...

  • Scholarship of Learning and Teaching: First Steps

    Collected below are suggested example sources for ideas from the scholarship of learning and teaching. These are not the only sources, but some places to start that might be useful. Included are examples from different types of resources - textbooks, websites,...

  • Transition to University Mathematics 2: Maths at University

    This is the second of two posts introducing some of the background ideas to consider when looking at the transition to university mathematics. The first post focused on the transition and the specific problems and issues frequently noted for mathematics....

  • Transition to University Mathematics 1: Transition

    This is the first of two posts shared to introduce some of the background and theoretical ideas to consider regarding the transition to university mathematics, as well as provide an insight and links to some of the literature and scholarship in this area....