Overall aim :
Overall aim …….......to support students making the transition from school/college to university mathematics
Support offered :
Support offered drop-in sessions….......... main focus
- Mon 12.00 – 14.00 (vectors, mechanics & gen. maths)
- Tues 13.00 – 15.00 (general maths)
- Wed 14.00 – 16.00 (general maths)
- Thu 14.00 – 16.00 (statistics & gen. maths)
these are………..
- free
- confidential and no appointment needed
- for students of all disciplines and ……
You’ll always get a friendly reception!
On-line help :
On-line help On ISS student cluster machines………
- find ‘departmental resources’ icon on desktop
- scroll to ‘Physics’
- click ‘mathtutor’
mathtutor :
mathtutor ……resources designed to bridge the gap between school and university mathematics
video tutorials, diagnostics, summary text and exercises
80 topics
7 DVDs or on-line www.mathtutor.ac.uk
mathtutor – 7 maths areas :
mathtutor – 7 maths areas arithmetic
algebra
functions and graphs, sequences and series
geometry and vectors
trigonometry
integration
differentiation
mathtutor - arithmetic :
mathtutor - arithmetic fractions - basic ideas
fractions – adding and subtracting
fractions – multiplying and dividing
decimals
percentages
ratio
rules of arithmetic
surds and other roots
Other on-line help :
Other on-line help For the maths help you need to support your course.
Go to www.mathcentre.ac.uk