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| - | === Examinations are online === | ||
| - | + | === There is now an easy way to be better prepared for your university studies.=== | |
| - | + | This course is meant for those of you whose studies at university will include mathematics and who wish to be well prepared before the start of the degree course. | |
| + | It is designed as a bridging course between secondary school and university. We recommend it to you even if you have done well in mathematics at secondary school. It is eligible for student financial assistance and can be followed entirely on the Internet. | ||
| + | The course is a cooperation between Imperial College and the Centre MATH.SE. | ||
| - | + | You make your own timetable for your studies, so you can easily adapt them to fit in with any other plans you may have. | |
| - | For each section of the course, there is both a basic and a final test. Links to the tests can be found in the "Student Lounge" that you arrive at when you log in with your personal user name. You cannot be failed on these tests, as if you do not succeed in passing a test, you can just take it again until you get all the questions right. | ||
| + | '''Registration and access to forums, support, examination and a personal mentor''' | ||
| + | The course literature is open and accessible via the Internet. You can register on the course anytime during the year by means of the electronic form on www.math.se and you will be given a user name and password that provides access to all course materials, discussion forums, support, monitoring and tests. You will also be assigned a personal mentor to help you do well in your studies. | ||
| - | + | '''Supervision and examination''' | |
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| - | + | You may at any time take part in online discussions with fellow students, ask questions and receive guidance from teachers. Examination is via the Internet as you work on the course. | |
| - | If you give the wrong answer for any question, you can make a new attempt. You will now be presented with three new versions of the questions you're meant to solve, (even if you passed any of the previous questions, you start from scratch and have to pass all three questions again). However keep in mind that it is your final performance that is recorded in the statistics of the course. | ||
| + | [[Image:pussel.jpg|thumb|250px|Fun puzzles with speech can be found for example at [http://www.puzzles.com/puzzleplayground/Numbers.htm Puzzle Playground ]]] | ||
| + | '''Please note that the course has been designed on the assumption that calculators are not used.''' | ||
| - | + | Calculator use in University mathematics varies from course to course; some Departments do not allow it at all, while others permit calculators some of the time. For most tasks, there is in any case no advantage in using a calculator. | |
| - | Assignments make up Part 5 of the course.Via a link on the home page of the course for assignments, you will be able to download your individual assignment when you are halfway into the course. When you have passed three-quarters of all the test you may submit your solution to the assignments. | ||
| - | In the assignments, you are expected to be able to present an idea or an argument in your own words and not just give an answer or choose an alternative. Your individual assignment need not be perfect, but it is only in the next step — together with other participants — that the final solutions should be complete. | ||
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| + | '''How to get the most out of this course''' | ||
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| + | <li> In any given section, start by reading the review of the theory and then work through the examples. | ||
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| - | + | Then, work through the practice problems and try to solve them without using a calculator. Check whether you have got the right answer by clicking on the answer button. If you do not have the right answer, you can click on the solution button to see how the problem is done. | |
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| + | <li>Go on to answer the questions in the basic test. </li> | ||
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| + | If you get stuck, see if this particular topic has been discussed in the forum. Pose a question if you have any queries. Your teacher (or a student) will respond to it within a few hours. | ||
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| - | + | When you have finished with the exercises and the basic test belonging to a section, you must do a final test to obtain a pass for the section. Here the requirement is answering correctly three questions one after the other in order to move on. | |
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| + | If you have answered correctly in both the basic and the final test, you have passed that particular section and may advance to the next part of the course. | ||
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| + | P.S. If you feel that you are familiar with the contents of a section you can go directly to the basic and final tests. To pass, you must get all the answers right, but you may redo the test several times if you do not succeed at first attempt. It is your final results that appear in the course statistics. | ||
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Current revision
There is now an easy way to be better prepared for your university studies.
This course is meant for those of you whose studies at university will include mathematics and who wish to be well prepared before the start of the degree course.
It is designed as a bridging course between secondary school and university. We recommend it to you even if you have done well in mathematics at secondary school. It is eligible for student financial assistance and can be followed entirely on the Internet.
The course is a cooperation between Imperial College and the Centre MATH.SE.
You make your own timetable for your studies, so you can easily adapt them to fit in with any other plans you may have.
Registration and access to forums, support, examination and a personal mentor
The course literature is open and accessible via the Internet. You can register on the course anytime during the year by means of the electronic form on www.math.se and you will be given a user name and password that provides access to all course materials, discussion forums, support, monitoring and tests. You will also be assigned a personal mentor to help you do well in your studies.
Supervision and examination
You may at any time take part in online discussions with fellow students, ask questions and receive guidance from teachers. Examination is via the Internet as you work on the course.
Please note that the course has been designed on the assumption that calculators are not used.
Calculator use in University mathematics varies from course to course; some Departments do not allow it at all, while others permit calculators some of the time. For most tasks, there is in any case no advantage in using a calculator.
How to get the most out of this course
- In any given section, start by reading the review of the theory and then work through the examples.
- Then, work through the practice problems and try to solve them without using a calculator. Check whether you have got the right answer by clicking on the answer button. If you do not have the right answer, you can click on the solution button to see how the problem is done.
- Go on to answer the questions in the basic test.
- If you get stuck, see if this particular topic has been discussed in the forum. Pose a question if you have any queries. Your teacher (or a student) will respond to it within a few hours.
- When you have finished with the exercises and the basic test belonging to a section, you must do a final test to obtain a pass for the section. Here the requirement is answering correctly three questions one after the other in order to move on.
- If you have answered correctly in both the basic and the final test, you have passed that particular section and may advance to the next part of the course.
P.S. If you feel that you are familiar with the contents of a section you can go directly to the basic and final tests. To pass, you must get all the answers right, but you may redo the test several times if you do not succeed at first attempt. It is your final results that appear in the course statistics.
