PolyU introduces PALMS to secondary schools to promote active learning

With an aim to promoting active learning pedagogies in mathematics in secondary school, a research team of PolyU has launched a two-year Pedagogic and Active Learning Mobile Solutions (PALMS) Project, expecting to benefit over 4,000 students from at least eight secondary schools. The project is led by Dr Fridolin Ting, Teaching Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics. Dr Ting says while traditional education are mainly led by the teachers where students have few chances to participate in, the PALMS Project aims at enhancing students' involvement in classes.

The PolyU research team has secured another funding from the Quality Education Fund (QEF), which amounted to approximately HK$2 million, to launch a new project targets to junior secondary school students in the coming academic year. Another team member Dr Raymond Sze, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, says their team shall meet with teachers of partaking schools every five to six months to gather their feedbacks and assess students' performance.