A pre-sessional course: Retaining engineering students through mathematical and transferable skills support

International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-87

  Bamforth, Sarah ^a   Crawford, Adam ^a   Croft, Anthony ^a   Robinson, Carol ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Non traditional mathematics background; Pre sessional course; Retention

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ADDITIONAL STUDENT NUMBERS (ASN); NON-TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICS BACKGROUND; PRE-SESSIONAL COURSE; RETENTION; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; TRANSFERABLE SKILLS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 16444373058     PISSN: 00207209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/IJEEE.42.1.10     Document Type: Article

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4. The Mathematics Education Centre's Algebra Refresher Booklet, http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/exercisebooks/mathcentre/ final1001-ltsn-ukmlsc.pdf, accessed 2003.
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6. Jim Stevenson, Mathtutor CD-ROM, The EBS Trust, www.ebst.co.uk, 2003.