About Me
I am a lecturer in the department of Applied Mathematics in the chair of Applied Analysis. My teaching focus is on first-year courses, typically calculus and linear algebra. My research interests are in the field of mathematics education and engineering education. I run the Mathematics Education Reading Group in my department.
I taught and carried out research at the University of Cape Town 1998-2017 (mostly in the engineering academic development programme ASPECT) and joined the University of Twente in 2018.
From August 2021 to June 2023 I am an EEMCS Teaching and Learning Fellow. In this role, supported by 4TU-CEE, I take part in challenge-based educational initiatives.
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Research
Publications
Craig, T.S. (2017). Challenging assumptions of notational transparency: the case of vectors in engineering mathematics. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 48(sup1), S50-S66.
Craig, T.S. (2017). Enabling capabilities in an Engineering extended curriculum programme. In R. Kapp & B. Bangeni (Eds.) Negotiating Learning and Identity in Higher Education: Access, Persistence and Retention (pp. 133-154). Bloomsbury Press
Craig, T.S. (2016). The role of expository writing in mathematical problem solving. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(1), 57-66.
Craig, T.S., Cloete, T.J. (2015). Simple rule, hidden meaning: the scalar product in engineering mathematics. Proceedings of the Tenth Southern Hemisphere Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (Elephant Delta), Port Elizabeth, 22-27 November 2015,18-42.
Morgan, C., Craig, T.S., Schütte, M. and Wagner, D. (2014). Language and communication in mathematics education: an overview of research in the field. ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education 46(6), 843-853.
Craig, T.S. (2013). Conceptions of mathematics and student identity: implications for engineering education, International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology 44(7), 1020-1029.
Dunne, T., Long, C., Craig, T.S., Venter, E.J. (2012). Meeting the requirements of both classroom-based and systemic assessment: The potential of Rasch measurement theory. Pythagoras 33(3), Art.#19, 16 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/pythagorasv33i3.19 .
Craig, T.S. (2011) Categorisation and analysis of explanatory writing in mathematics, International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 42(7), 867-878
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Education
I teach calculus and linear algebra to first-year students in a variety of programmes, primarily Advanced Technology and Electrical Engineering. I also teach a premasters course in Fourier series and Laplace transforms.
I am also involved in the intercultural competence line in the Applied Mathematics Department.
The "courses" listed below are the modules including the calculus and linear algebra units I teach.
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
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Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling
(building no. 11), room 2078
Hallenweg 19
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Zilverling
2078
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands