algebra is the study of fundamental algebraic structures that occur throughout mathematics: groups, rings, modules, categories, and fields—as well as maps between them. A solid grasp of algebra can be useful to students of all mathematical stripes, and accordingly the suggested syllabus is a “strong core plus more” model: a student preparing for an oral qualifying exam in algebra should (1) fee...

This article reports on an action research project which investigated the value of systematically and explicitly incorporating a pronunciation sub-syllabus within the overall syllabus of a full-time post-intermediate level ESOL course. This pronunciation syllabus involved raising each individual learner’s awareness of their difficulties with pronunciation and of the main features of spoken Engl...

This paper reports the outcome of a quasi-longitudinal investigation into the effects on students’ performance of integrating technology facilitated learning (TFL) using MS Excel into the business statistics syllabus of a tourism management programme. By varying the magnitude of TFL applied in the syllabus of the subject across four consecutive cohorts, the impact on the students’ performance w...

We introduce a method for automatically selecting the path, or syllabus, that a neural network follows through a curriculum so as to maximise learning efficiency. A measure of the amount that the network learns from each data sample is provided as a reward signal to a nonstationary multiarmed bandit algorithm, which then determines a stochastic syllabus. We consider a range of signals derived f...

This workshop will cover the theory and practical work required for the new Elective unit, Quanta to Quarks. The structure of this paper will follow the headings and outline as set out in the syllabus. This paper will give some background information on areas of physics that are new to the HSC Syllabus. Some aspects of this unit which should be familiar to Physics teachers will not be covered, ...

In general, university student have to decide own course schedule via course syllabus. However, at a large number of classes, it is very exhaustive to manually generate the course schedule for the students, due to various constraint condition or criteria. This paper has formalized this problem as a constraint satisfaction/optimization problem, developed an automated tool for a student personal ...