MA30344: Communicating mathematics
[Page last updated: 22 May 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mathematical Sciences |
| Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWPF 50%, PRPR 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Practical 01 (PRPR 25%)
- Practical 02 (PRPR 25%)
- Evaluation portfolio (CWPF 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of different learning approaches for mathematics.
- Demonstrate a variety of communication and presentation techniques and know when they are appropriate.
- Show critical evaluation skills.
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| Synopsis: | You will develop practical and theoretical ideas to better understand how maths is learnt and communicated for educational and enrichment purposes. You will compare different presentation and communication styles and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. You will deliver content, working as an individual and/or in a group. You will explore different approaches to presenting working online or in person to a variety of audiences.
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| Content: | Critically evaluate a range of existing mathematical communication interactions (e.g., in the form of videos, articles, or lesson/workshop/event).
Reflect on how to inspire, engage, and motivate an audience when delivering mathematical content.
Develop understanding of the pedagogy of mathematics.
Deliver two Mathematical Interactions, with at least one of these live, which are typically:
- a workshop/masterclass, delivered as a small group, to a live audience, and
- a piece of content, created for a specific audience (e.g., a video, an article, a lesson, a website).
Critical evaluation of the Mathematical Interactions, with reflections on success and ways to improve outcomes.
Lectures during the course will cover a range of examples and advice for how to plan, deliver, and evaluate mathematical communication, alongside regular mentoring tutorials with course leaders.
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| Course availability: |
MA30344 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Mathematical Sciences
- USMA-AFM14 : MMath(Hons) Mathematics (Year 4)
- USMA-AAM15 : MMath(Hons) Mathematics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USMA-AKM15 : MMath(Hons) Mathematics with Year long work placement (Year 5)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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