How to strengthen today’s math skills of tomorrow’s engineers. Practical experiences with agile approaches to innovative university math lectures

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2021
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Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Materials II. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials (ICMEM 2020), 21–25 June, 2021
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Lectures notes in mechanical engineering
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3-11
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Springer
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Cham
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How can math lectures within the life sciences curriculum take into account student heterogeneity in terms of prior mathematical knowledge and learn ing pace? And how can they do this while combining the achievement of learning goals with elements of agile working, such as self-organization in heterogeneous teams or promotion of creativity and motivation? At the start of our new “BSc In Life Sciences” curriculum, the focus was on two approaches to address stu dent heterogeneity – eduScrum as an undergraduate math learning framework and the qualification of highly motivated students as tutors. This paper reports on the motivation and development process to adapt teaching settings and presents first insights into the acceptance and impact of both approaches. In addition to achiev ing the learning objectives, both the eduScrum framework and the qualification of tutors promote skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, IT skills and critical thinking - requirements that tomorrows’ employees will encounter in their carriers in the twenty-first-century.
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Mathematical skills, EduScrum, Agile university didactic, Qualification of tutors, Empowerment, Academic staff development
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370 - Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
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International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials
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21.06.2021
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25.06.2021
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978-3-030-71955-5
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English
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RAUSENBERGER, Julia, Lilian GILGEN, Oliver MÜLKEN, Stefanie FEILER, Roger BURKHARD, Nico ERB, Anna LUTHER, Meike HÖLSCHER, Silke BOCK und Frank PUDE, 2021. How to strengthen today’s math skills of tomorrow’s engineers. Practical experiences with agile approaches to innovative university math lectures. In: Sergej HLOCH, Dagmar KLICHOVÁ, Frank PUDE, Grzegorz M. KROLCZYK und Somnath CHATTOPADHYAYA (Hrsg.), Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Materials II. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials (ICMEM 2020), 21–25 June, 2021. Cham: Springer. 2021. S. 3–11. Lectures notes in mechanical engineering. ISBN 978-3-030-71955-5. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/45747