MATHEMATICS COURSE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR TRIGONOMETRY SUB-LEARNING AREA

Assessment in an Online Mathematics Course

We describe an assessment strategy that helped to ensure high participation levels together with a relevant certification in a MOOC Mathematics course. We report on the first running of the Markov Matrices course making emphasis on the preparation of exercises with random parameters for graded weekly tests. A brief description is given of forum interactions during self-assessment moments follow...

A Qualitative Needs Assessment of Biomedical Research Training Course

Introduction: The expansion and development of biomedical sciences and their complexity and specialization have brought about the need for training competent specialists to carry out research in this field. The present study aimed to perform a needs assessment and determine the objectives of biomedical research training course. Methods: This qualitative needs assessment was carried out through...

Painless Trigonometry: a tool-complementary school mathematics project

Since 2001-02, we have been working in our mathematics classrooms with the materials and digital tools provided by a government-sponsored national programme: the Teaching Mathematics with Technology programme (EMAT). The main computer tools of the EMAT programme are Spreadsheets (Excel), Dynamic Geometry (Cabri-Géomètre), and Logo (MSWLogo). At the beginning we used these tools independently, b...

Learning Needs Assessment in Bachelor of Nursing: a Qualitative Research

Introduction: One of the most important components of educational technology is educational needs assessment. This study tried to answer the question of, what the real needs of bachelor nursing students based on their experience? and what themes the refer to as their learning needs. Method: A phenomenology research was performed to study the experience of students regarding their learning nee...

What teachers’ want: Identifying mathematics teachers’ professional learning needs