Mathematics and Science Education

Focus
Transition from school to university
Motivation
Metacognition
Academic achievement
Quantitative literacy
Engagement
STEM in schools

Group leader
A/Prof. Mary Coupland

Members of this group conduct research in undergraduate mathematics and science teaching and learning, with some cross over into schools. Funding has been received from the Federal government for the Maths Inside project, and from internal sources such as the First Year Experience project of UTS. We aim to understand and to promote the learning of our students by researching motivation and engagement. We also investigate learning in the new large collaborative learning spaces at UTS. We maintain links with the School of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.