Rhys Gwynllyw's Outputs (31)

Diagnosing and remediating mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (A case study) (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mistakes and misconceptions in mathematics are as prevalent as those in any real-life situation. The errors frequently made by myriad students, known as Common Student Errors (CSEs), heavily influence their ability to learn and retain mathematics. Id... Read More about Diagnosing and remediating mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (A case study).

Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (2023)
Journal Article

Students may arrive at an incorrect answer when answering a mathematical question due to several reasons, such as random errors, calculation errors or misreading the question. Such errors are sometimes referred to as Common Student Errors (CSEs). Thi... Read More about Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions.

Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Students may arrive at an incorrect answer when answering a mathematical question due to several reasons, such as random errors, calculation errors or misreading the question. Such errors are sometimes referred to as Common Student Errors (CSEs).
Se... Read More about Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions.

Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification (2022)
Journal Article

This article gives an overview of the interactive book called ‘Collection of Taxonomically Classified Mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments (CSE Book)’ which has been produced as a result of the Common Student Errors Project (CSE Projec... Read More about Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification.

Students’ perceptions of enhanced e-assessment feedback addressing common student errors in mathematics (2021)
Journal Article

The Common Student Errors Project (CSE Project) has been running at the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol) since 2017. The main aim of this project is to introduce a method to detect CSEs and to provide tailored feedback in Engineering... Read More about Students’ perceptions of enhanced e-assessment feedback addressing common student errors in mathematics.

The effectiveness of remediating mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Common Student Errors Project (CSE Project) has been running at the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol) since 2017. The main aim of this project is to introduce a method to detect CSEs and to provide tailored feedback in Engineering... Read More about The effectiveness of remediating mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments.

A case study in the e-assessment of statistics for non-specialists (2021)
Journal Article

The need to be able to choose, perform and interpret the results from appropriate statistical tests is ubiquitous in many STEM disciplines and beyond. In this case study, we illustrate a learning and assessment approach that has been used successfull... Read More about A case study in the e-assessment of statistics for non-specialists.

Case study using Python in the teaching of numerical analysis (2020)
Journal Article

In this case study we describe the rationale, methodology and results of teaching Python as part of a third year optional Numerical Analysis module taken by undergraduate BSc Mathematics students at the University of the West of England, Bristol. In... Read More about Case study using Python in the teaching of numerical analysis.

Using e-assessment to address mathematical misconceptions in engineering students (2020)
Journal Article

Students, when answering a mathematical question, may make a mistake in their answer for a variety of reasons. For example, not reading the question properly, making a mistake due to carelessness or due to a mathematical misconception. It is this l... Read More about Using e-assessment to address mathematical misconceptions in engineering students.

Diagnostic tool and online resource providing mathematics support for non-specialists (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We report on the development of a diagnostic tool to provide support for non-mathematics students. This tool has been designed to aid the transition onto university courses where mathematics is required during the course, but is not a pre-requisite.... Read More about Diagnostic tool and online resource providing mathematics support for non-specialists.

Using e-assessment to address mathematical misconceptions in engineering students (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Detecting common students errors and improving feedback in e-assessment systems for engineering mathematics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Detecting Common Students Errors and Improving Feedback in Engineering Mathematics using Dewis e-Assessment System (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

E-assessment of computer programming (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper demonstrates how we have used Dewis, an algorithmic open source e-assessment system, to automatically assess programming skills, in particular, in the C programming language. Teaching and assessing programming skills is challenging; prior... Read More about E-assessment of computer programming.

Use of technology enhanced teaching rooms to support flipped teaching (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper we report on our experiences of flipping the classroom for three modules delivered to first and second year Mathematics students at the University of the West of England, Bristol. In particular we focus on how using collaborative teach... Read More about Use of technology enhanced teaching rooms to support flipped teaching.

In-class e-testing of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We report on our experience of running in-class e-Tests for a new Level 1 Business Decision Making module taken by 800 Business School students at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). The module comprises a one semester course coverin... Read More about In-class e-testing of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability.

Open access statistics resources (2016)
Journal Article

In this paper we illustrate an open access statistics resource related to the statistical activities involved in choosing and carrying out an appropriate one sample test for location (mean or median) on a randomly generated data set. The development... Read More about Open access statistics resources.

Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author 2015. We demonstrate how the DEWIS e-Assessment system may use embedded R code to facilitate the assessment of students' ability to perform involved statistical analyses. The R code has been written to emulate SPSS output and thus the st... Read More about Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments.

Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code (2016)
Journal Article

We report on the creation of statistics e-assessments using the Dewis system with embedded R code. Dewis is a fully algorithmic open-source e-assessment system designed and developed at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). Dewis’ abi... Read More about Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code.

Using electronic exams to provide engineering mathematics students with rapid feedback (2016)
Book Chapter

With increased sophistication and capabilities of e-Assessment systems it would seem that online examinations will become standard practice, particularly for numerate subjects, in the near future. We have gained valuable experience in this area thro... Read More about Using electronic exams to provide engineering mathematics students with rapid feedback.

Using technology to inspire and enhance the learning of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability (2015)
Book Chapter

In this paper we illustrate how we have used technology to teach and efficiently assess statistics within a Level 2 research skills module delivered to Business School students. The student cohort was a large diverse group of non-mathematicians and t... Read More about Using technology to inspire and enhance the learning of statistics in a large cohort of diverse ability.

Using e-assessment to improve numeracy in pre-registration nurses and midwives (2015)
Book Chapter

Numeracy is a core requirement for all pre-registration nursing programmes studying in the U.K. At present each nursing discipline at the University of the West of England, Bristol provides their students with a numeracy booklet which they are expect... Read More about Using e-assessment to improve numeracy in pre-registration nurses and midwives.

Using e-assessment to promote engagement in engineering mathematics (2015)
Book Chapter

The number of engineering students at the University of the West of England has increased substantially over the last few years and this has in part led to challenges in the delivery and monitoring of students taking the Engineering Mathematics modul... Read More about Using e-assessment to promote engagement in engineering mathematics.

Diagnosing student errors in e-Assessment questions (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author 2015. We demonstrate how the re-marker and reporter facility of the DEWIS e-Assessment system facilitates the capture, analysis and reporting of student errors using two case studies: logarithms and indices for first-year computing stude... Read More about Diagnosing student errors in e-Assessment questions.

Intelligent marking in summative e-assessments (2012)
Journal Article

This paper describes our experiences of employing the algorithmic e-assessment approachto summative assessments in a large cohort first year engineering module at the Universityof the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The philosophy of this approach, w... Read More about Intelligent marking in summative e-assessments.

Interactive, evolutionary search in upstream Object-oriented class design (2010)
Journal Article

Although much evidence exists to suggest that early life cycle software engineering design is a difficult task for software engineers to perform, current computational tool support for software engineers is limited. To address this limitation, intera... Read More about Interactive, evolutionary search in upstream Object-oriented class design.

Limiting behaviour of particles in Taylor-Couette flow (2010)
Journal Article

Negatively buoyant inertial particles are tracked in a steady Taylor vortex background flow with gravity acting along the axis of the cylinders. Particles are found to either fall through the apparatus due to gravity or to be within retention zones.... Read More about Limiting behaviour of particles in Taylor-Couette flow.

Developments to DEWIS - a computer aided assessment system for mathematics and statistics (2010)
Journal Article

DEWIS: a computer aided assessment system for mathematics and statistics (2009)
Book Chapter

Particle tracking in Taylor-Couette flow (2007)
Journal Article

The paths of small inertial particles are computed in a steady Taylor vortex background flow. When buoyancy effects are neglected we find that particles denser than the background fluid tend to a limit orbit in the meridional plane. The difference in... Read More about Particle tracking in Taylor-Couette flow.

Collection of taxonomically classified mathematical common student errors in e assessments - (CSE Book)
Report

This book presents Common Student Errors (CSEs) that have been made by first year students taking Engineering Mathematics e-examinations at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE Bristol). The CSEs presented in this document were collec... Read More about Collection of taxonomically classified mathematical common student errors in e assessments - (CSE Book).