Third, there have been significant changes in the processes by which media components of OU courses are developed and produced. Kolb's model of academic disciplines is introduced. Greater insight into institutional problems can be achieved by applying mainline academic disciplines. Yet every academic discipline looks deficient when it is viewed from any other discipline. Mathematical Social Science is an attempt to overcome some of these parochial deficiencies.
Mathematical science is introduced via mathematical physics and mathematical biology.
A Mathematical Model of Dropout. My recent work looks at how assignment submission and assignment performance relates to dropout on one particular course. However the concepts and methods I have used have a more general relevance. An abstract model is offered of a population of individuals participating in and progressing through a multi-stage activity designed and controlled by an institution. Embedded in the activities is a knowledge structure.