The effectiveness of support for students with non-traditional mathematics backgrounds

Teaching Mathematics and its Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-144

  Symonds, R J ^a   Lawson, D A ^b   Robinson, C L ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; NON-TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICS BACKGROUND; PASS RATE; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING STYLES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77953921781     PISSN: 02683679     EISSN: 14716976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrm009     Document Type: Article

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