dc.contributor.author | Kremmer, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Brimble, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Freudenberg, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Cameron, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:38:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:38:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-02-10T01:14:33Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1447-9494 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/32190 | |
dc.description.abstract | Literacy and numeracy have become important global educational issues. Numeracy has been shown to impact on the performance of first year tertiary students and evidence suggests that students without recent maths studies are underprepared for programs such as science, IT, economics and accounting (Belward et al., 2007; Alcock et al., 2008). This paper uses a maths aptitude test developed by Ballard and Johnson (2004) to measure commencing commerce student maths abilities. Participating students are then offered a place in a maths workshop to assist with their basic maths skills. We find that the maths skills test is predictive of students' performance in the first year statistics course. Qualitative evidence suggests that students benefited from the workshop in terms of skills development and confidence. We therefore suggest that commencing student attributes will influence graduate attributes and hence demand further attention. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 609556 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Common Ground | |
dc.publisher.place | Champaign | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.Learning-Journal.com | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 13 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | The International Journal of Learning | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 17 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Information and computing sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Education | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Human society | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 46 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 39 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 390114 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 44 | |
dc.title | Numeracy of First Year Commerce Students: Preliminary Analysis of an Intervention | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2010. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the authors. | |
gro.date.issued | 2010 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Freudenberg, Brett D. | |
gro.griffith.author | Brimble, Mark A. | |