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Identifying common thresholds in learning for students working in the 'hard' discipline of Science
Identifying common thresholds in learning for students working in the 'hard' discipline of Science
dc.contributor.author | LeBard, Rebecca | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Rachel | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Micolich, Adam | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Quinnell, Rosanne | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T14:45:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T14:45:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Biglan (1973) divides academic disciplines into hard and soft, with subcategories of pure and applied, and life and non-life. We have conducted a study spanning these sub-categories in the ‘hard’ discipline of science, focused on looking for common factors that impede student learning. A survey of second year undergraduate courses in Thermal Physics, Quality of Medical Practice and Molecular Biology was conducted. A common theme identified was the students’ struggle with numeracy skills. Our survey results suggest this has less to do with a real weakness in mathematics, the students in these courses generally have strong mathematical backgrounds, and is more related to two factors – lack of relevance, which reduces their willingness to engage with the challenging aspects of the mathematics, and difficulties in transforming their ‘pure’ mathematical training into a form that allows them to use it effectively in their chosen courses. | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-74210-149-1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/43283 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.publisher | Uniserve Science | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.title | Identifying common thresholds in learning for students working in the 'hard' discipline of Science | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
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dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
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unsw.description.notePublic | Original inactive link: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/images/content/2009_papers/LeBard.pdf | en_US |
unsw.description.publisherStatement | © 2009 Rebecca LeBard, Rachel Thompson, Adam Micolich and Rosanne Quinnell The authors assign to UniServe Science and educational non-profit institutions a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The authors also grant a non-exclusive licence to UniServe Science to publish this document on the Web (prime sites and mirrors) and in printed form within the UniServe Science 2009 Conference proceedings. Any other usage is prohibited without the express permission of the authors UniServe Science reserved the right to undertake editorial changes in regard to formatting, length of paper and consistency. | en_US |
unsw.publisher.place | Sydney, Australia | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Science | |
unsw.relation.faculty | Medicine & Health | |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation | Sydney, Australia | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName | Uniserve Science | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceProceedingsTitle | Motivating Science Undergraduates: Ideas and Interventions | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceYear | 2009 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto | 72-77 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | LeBard, Rebecca, Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Thompson, Rachel, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Micolich, Adam, Physics, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Quinnell, Rosanne, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences | * |
unsw.relation.school | School of Physics | * |