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Record W4411170542 · doi:10.1201/9781003398547-23

Enhancement of Mathematics Learning through Novel Online Tools

2025· book-chapter· en· W4411170542 on OpenAlexaboutno aff
Zohreh Shahbazi

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typebook-chapter
Languageen
FieldMathematics
TopicMathematics Education and Pedagogy
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMathematics educationComputer scienceOnline learningMathematicsMultimedia

Abstract

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Abstract : First-year students often struggle to learn the material in university calculus courses. One of the reasons for this may be that students lack a solid grounding in the fundamental mathematical skills required to succeed in these courses. To address this issue, the Math & Statistics Learning Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough has developed 12 online modules for undergraduate students looking to improve their skills in mathematics fundamentals. Modules 1–8 cover foundational concepts, and Modules 9–12 cover advanced concepts. For upper-level mathematics courses, we have developed a journal called “Math In Action” which provides undergraduates with a platform to share their work. Math In Action could be used for research assignments in senior undergraduate and graduate mathematics courses. The journal will give researchers the opportunity to interact with students and inspire greater interest in mathematical research, with the hope of creating stronger generations of future researchers. This chapter outlines the design and implementation of the various components of these learning modules and Math In Action Journal.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.072
Threshold uncertainty score0.240

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.004
Open science0.0020.003
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0720.016

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.206
GPT teacher head0.402
Teacher spread0.196 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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