The Bridging Project
Supporting a smooth transition to university mathematics
The Bridging Project is an educational initiative developed at the University of Twente to better prepare students for the academic demands of university-level mathematics. This project centers around the Bridging Course—a transition course specifically designed to support the move from secondary school to university. The Bridging Course is a fully online, modular program aimed at closing the gap between high school mathematics and the expectations of higher education.
Targeted at both incoming university students and their instructors, the course focuses on reinforcing essential secondary-level math skills that form the foundation for first-year university mathematics.
(This project is supported by 4TU.CEE, the Centre for Engineering Education of the 4TU Federation)
DISSEMINATION OF THE BRIDGING PROJECT
Scholarly Contribution
EVENT | DATE | CONTRIBUTION | AUTHORS |
Column | September 2024 | "The Prior Knowledge Problem" column on the Bridging Course to support the prior knowledge at Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde | Litvak, Nelly; Kula, Fulya |
Conference: INDRUM 2024 | 10-14 June 2024 | Lanting, Lavinia; Kula, Fulya; Ten Klooster, Linda ;Van der Zaag, Heleen (Presented by Kula, Fulya) | |
Conference: LAK 24 | 18-22 March 2024 Kyoto, Japan | Guiding the Transition to University Mathematics with Learning Analytics In LAK 24: The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge: Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities of Learning Analytics Adoption in Higher Education | van der Zaag, Heleen; Kula, Fulya (Presented by van der Zaag, Heleen) |
Conference: CERME 13 | 10-14 July 2023 Budapest, Hungary | Kula, Fulya; Akkaya, Tugce | |
Conference: SEFI 2023 | 11-14 September 2023 Dublin, Ireland | Kula, Fulya; Horstman, Erik M.; Lanting, Lavinia S.; ten Klooster, Linda R. (Presented by Lanting, Lavinia S. and ten Klooster, Linda R.) | |
Workshop: LAK 24 | 19 March 2024 Kyoto, Japan | Learning Analytics Adoption in Higher Education: A European Perspective | van der Zaag, Heleen; Kula, Fulya |
Knowledge Transfer
EVENT | CONTRIBUTION | DATE | ORGANIZED BY |
European Women in Mathematics - The Netherlands (EWM-NL) Workshop | 27 March 2025 | ||
Learning Analytics magazine II: Supporting students with learning analytics | November 2024 | ||
Unv. or Twente- EEMCS Faculty Networking Day 2024 | Presentation about the Learning Analytics use within the Bridging Course | 16 September 2024 | |
‘Eat-Meet-Teach' lunch meeting about the topic of formative assessment | Presentation about the Bridging Course by a means of formative assessment. | 11 April 2024 | |
Challenges and Opportunities of Learning Analytics Adoption in Higher Education Institutes: A Dutch Perspective | Presentation about the use of the learning analytics among the Bridging Course | 7 February 2024 |
