Maths Support provision through embedded classes at LSBU

Mohamed Mehbali, Lesley Roberts

Abstract


The present report summarises the communications presented at the sigma Network event on Maths Support through Embedded Classes held at London South Bank University (LSBU). Two keynote speakers Professor Jon Warwick, from the LSBU Business School and Dr Lesley Roberts, Head of Skills for Learning, contributed valuable presentations. They outlined how maths support went through various stages and demonstrated the experience of embedded classes at LSBU. Five other delegates communicated their experiences of Maths Support through an embedded approach in their respective institutions.


Keywords


Maths support, embedded classes, learning development.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v16i1.632

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