Increasing the Success Rate in Mathematics at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (Czech Republic) as a Result of the Implementation of Support Measures

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Increasing the Success Rate in Mathematics at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (Czech Republic) as a Result of the Implementation of Support Measures

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article evaluates students’ success rate in Mathematics 1, and its main objective is to show that the success rate has been increasing over the last two years. The introduction of several support measures has been the impetus for the achieved improvement. First of all, it was decided to make students with insufficient level of mathematical knowledge enrol in a supporting course, called the Mathematical Seminar, before studying Mathematics 1. In Mathematical Seminar these students can complete and practice their knowledge and skills of secondary mathematics. A database of solved and unsolved exercises, a textbook, and an e-learning module were created to fit the purposes of the Mathematical Seminar. The characteristic feature of these introduced materials is the special emphasis that has been placed on their comprehensibility and complete clarity. The possibility to attend the winter and summer schools of mathematics represents yet another supportive measure. Research has shown that statistically significant improvements have been achieved by students in the programmes of Finance and Management, Applied Computer Science, and Travel and Tourism. On the contrary, no significant improvement has been demonstrated regarding the students in the Computer Systems programme. To assess the dependencies we used the analysis of contingency tables and correspondence analysis. In order to identify a statistically significant improvement in the students’ results in Mathematics 1 nonparametric two-sample tests of equality of means were applied.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Increasing the Success Rate in Mathematics at the College of Polytechnics Jihlava (Czech Republic) as a Result of the Implementation of Support Measures

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article evaluates students’ success rate in Mathematics 1, and its main objective is to show that the success rate has been increasing over the last two years. The introduction of several support measures has been the impetus for the achieved improvement. First of all, it was decided to make students with insufficient level of mathematical knowledge enrol in a supporting course, called the Mathematical Seminar, before studying Mathematics 1. In Mathematical Seminar these students can complete and practice their knowledge and skills of secondary mathematics. A database of solved and unsolved exercises, a textbook, and an e-learning module were created to fit the purposes of the Mathematical Seminar. The characteristic feature of these introduced materials is the special emphasis that has been placed on their comprehensibility and complete clarity. The possibility to attend the winter and summer schools of mathematics represents yet another supportive measure. Research has shown that statistically significant improvements have been achieved by students in the programmes of Finance and Management, Applied Computer Science, and Travel and Tourism. On the contrary, no significant improvement has been demonstrated regarding the students in the Computer Systems programme. To assess the dependencies we used the analysis of contingency tables and correspondence analysis. In order to identify a statistically significant improvement in the students’ results in Mathematics 1 nonparametric two-sample tests of equality of means were applied.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

ISSN

2146-7242

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

speccial issue

Stát vydavatele periodika

TR - Turecká republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

142-150

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85057638029