Evaluating the MEI 'Enabling Access to Further Mathematics' Project

Barmby, P.; Coe, R.

doi:10.1093/teamat/23.3.119

Evaluating the MEI 'Enabling Access to Further Mathematics' Project

Barmby, P.; Coe, R.

Authors

P. Barmby

R. Coe

Abstract

Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI), with funding from Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP), ran the ‘Enabling Access to Further Mathematics’ project from 2000 to 2003. This pilot project was designed to provide AS- and A-level students with additional opportunities to study Further Mathematics, through the use of distance-learning materials. This was in response to the dramatic decline in the numbers of students taking Further Mathematics over the last four decades. An independent evaluation of the project was commissioned by GTEP, and this paper describes the methodology of the evaluation and its findings. In addition to highlighting the benefits of the project for the students and institutions involved, the paper discusses how the project could be developed in the future, based on the issues and difficulties raised in the evaluation.

Citation

Barmby, P., & Coe, R. (2004). Evaluating the MEI 'Enabling Access to Further Mathematics' Project. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 23(3), 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/23.3.119

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2004
Deposit Date	Feb 4, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Feb 4, 2009
Journal	Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA
Print ISSN	0268-3679
Electronic ISSN	1471-6976
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	23
Issue	3
Pages	119-132
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/23.3.119
Keywords	Mathematics education, Distance education, Pilot projects, Program effectiveness, Program evaluation, Evaluation methods, Foreign countries.

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