The impact of targeted mathematics/numeracy tutorials on maths anxiety, numeracy and basic drug calculation exam marks

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The impact of targeted mathematics/numeracy tutorials on maths anxiety, numeracy and basic drug calculation exam marks

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Numeracy skills are the foundation of drug calculation skills and are indispensable for practicing nurses. According to teachers and researchers, lack of numeracy skills, maths anxiety, and/or lack of confidence are among factors associated with drug calculation errors (Bull, 2009; McMullan, Jones, & Lea, 2012). This paper reports on a small-scale project to evaluate the impact of voluntary supplementary maths tutorials, delivered by maths learning development lecturers from the Learning Cent...

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2017-01-09

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Choudhary, R. / Malthus, Caroline

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4104

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maths anxiety / numeracy skills / nurses / drug calculation / maths learning / diagnostic maths test / maths support / learning development / Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy

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