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Sheridan Reilly; Lynn Sheridan; Elise van der Jagt – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2025
Pre-university mathematics enabling courses can potentially change adult learners' perceptions and beliefs around mathematics, enhance self-efficacy, personal confidence, motivation, and enable achievements that support future study and career goals. Enabling courses, however, often require highly individualised curricula and approaches that can…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Mathematics Instruction, Adult Learning, Self Esteem
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Ahl, Linda Marie – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2019
In the Swedish Prison Education Program only two out of ten reach a passing grade in their mathematics courses. Large variation in prior knowledge makes it difficult to meet the students at their level. This paper reports on a project aiming to enhance students' possibilities to access mathematics through individualization. Research findings on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematical Concepts, Prior Learning, Mathematics Instruction