The Rechenbrücke – A project in the introductory phase of studies

Ronja Kürten (1) , Gilbert Greefrath (1)

1 WWU - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster

In the transition from secondary to tertiary mathematics education, major difficulties occur for many students. To respond to this situation, the University of Applied Sciences Münster started the Rechenbrücke project with the object to alleviate the transition from school to university for engineering students through various support measures in the area of mathematics. In this article, we present the preliminary course which is part of the support measures of the Rechenbrücke and aims at refreshing basic calculating skills. The initial results of the pilot study presented indicate the potentially positive effect of these measures.

Mots clés: bridging courses; Secondary-tertiary transition; preliminary courses

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Ronja Kürten, Gilbert Greefrath. The Rechenbrücke – A project in the introductory phase of studies. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2166-2172. ⟨hal-01288605⟩