In order to complete studies successfully in a STEM field (mathematics, computer sciences, natural sciences, technology), students need to acquire mathematical knowledge and skills, as well as a basic understanding of mathematics. Nevertheless, students interested in entering these fields often have very different knowledge and skill levels due to differences in the types of school and in the ways mathematics is taught at school. By validating, developing, and establishing a method to more flexibly and deeply measure and more precisely assess these basic knowledge and skills, it will be possible to document the students’ individual and varying abilities and, in turn, to offer appropriate support by providing supplementary and more extensive teaching and learning offers.

The project has been designed to facilitate and standardise access to STEM subjects (mathematics, computer sciences, natural sciences, technology) by providing prospective students with support in the form of in-depth teaching and learning offers. This increases the chance that they can successfully complete their studies and improves the public perception of STEM subjects.

In this project, Danube University Krems is cooperating with Johannes Kepler University Linz.

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PUBLICATION

Aral N.; Oppl,S. (2021). A Community-Approach to Item Calibration for Testing Math-Skills in Engineering. In: Springer, International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021): 10.1007/978-3-030-93904-5_46, Springer in the series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Dresden, Germany

NEWS ARTICLE

Danube University Krems - News - Mathematikförderung nach Maß, 26.01.2022 (in German)