From Classroom to Campus: Enhancing university onboarding by improving maths teaching in Europe
This initiative aims to facilitate smoother transitions into STEM fields and enhance university onboarding processes.
Continuing the successful seed funded project "Freshman Maths Skills and Anxiety Evaluation", this new initiative embarks on a new phase with new partners like KTH Stockholm. Its primary goal is to bridge the gap between higher education expectations and high school curricula by developing a comprehensive teaching toolkit.
Building on Previous Achievements
Building on the previous Unite! seed funded project “Freshman Maths Skills and Anxiety Evaluation”, the basis of this follow-up project is a Unite!-wide survey on maths anxiety and its evaluation.
Additionally, the project partners have built a network of motivated lecturers within the Unite! alliance, which has now been expanded to include KTH and even benefits from the expertise of the MIT in Boston who are very interested to create mathematical playgrounds with code. Now the partners aim to close the gap between Highschool and Higher Education by developing new teaching materials for students and facilitating the exchange of best practices for teachers.
Key Objectives and Implementation
The project partners from TU Graz, Wroclaw Tech, ULisboa and KTH want to achieve their aim by establishing a network of motivated lecturers and implementing two main tasks:
Asking the Students: The upcoming project will assess first-year students' maths skills to identify gaps between high school and university entry, aiming to enhance the onboarding process.
Asking the Lecturers: Local workshops will be organized with lecturers at Unite! partner universities to share best practices and innovative teaching methods, enhancing the understanding of maths education across Europe.