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M. Sipovac, C. Modiz, S. Winkler, A. Körner:
"Three-Level System for Teaching Mathematics in Engineering Education";
Vortrag: The 20th SEFI Special Interest Group in Mathematics - SIG in Mathematics Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education, Virtuelle Tagung - Zoom / Kristiansand, Norwegen; 17.06.2021 - 18.06.2021; in: "The 20th SEFI Special Interest Group in Mathematics - SIG in Mathematics Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education", T. Gjesteland, L. Engelandsaa, M. Brekke (Hrg.); European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Brussels, 20 / Brussels (2021), ISBN: 978-2-87352-022-9; S. 94 - 99.

Mathematics is the foundation on which the engineering studies are built on. Therefore, it is important to transfer the skills and the understanding of mathematics to the students in engineering in the very beginning of their studies. These courses are commonly known as `service math courses´, and teaching these courses provides challenges. Selected educational approaches as solutions for these challenges will be presented in this paper. The teaching method is divided into three levels of weekly exercise material, as well as three tests that need to be covered.
Comparisons to the results of the same course a year before without the three-level system will be discussed. We will report on heuristics and show some results of the trail phase of this format.
Examples of each level will be presented. A statistical analysis of the results and the student´s engagement will be performed.
Introduction
In this contribution we present a new approach to constructing teaching and learning to increase student´s motivation and at the same time offer support for the needs of groups with different mathematical backgrounds. One of the most common obstacles lecturers
face while offering the so called `service courses´ is that the students of engineering discard the introduction to higher mathematics as not interesting, and partially unnecessary since the topics are not closely related to the subject of their studies. The
second obstacle is that these courses are bound to deliver very complex materials in a short time and make sure that the content is understandable for the undergraduate students, which can be challenging at times.

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