The Relationships Between Students’ Underachievement in Mathematics Courses and Influencing Factors

Eng, Tang Howe; Li, Voon Li; Julaihi, Nor Hazizah

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.019

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“…8, we find that all the topics that students were lacking has been taught in Additional Mathematics SPM. This finding indirectly shows the real skills of ed by [8] Pre-Calculus. By listing two main objectives and four research questions, we aims to help improve the students' performance in Calculus courses.…”

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“…This finding indirectly shows the real skills of students during secondary school. Besides, this result was supported by[8] that find SPM Additional Mathematics is a good predictor to the bad performance of underachieved Mathematics courses. It is because SPM Additional Mathematics content is actually an introduction to the knowledge of Pre-Calculus, which served as preparatory fundamentals to the other Calculus courses offered in UiTM, such as Calculus I, Calculus II, Discrete…”

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“…The study mentioned that Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and Calculus II are courses that had been identified as critical Calculus courses. Therefore, a lot of researches conducted in UiTM with regard to this issue such as [7][8]. With relevance to the situation, UiTM Perak Branch, Tapah Campus also faced similar situation where the poor performance of students in Calculus courses have create dilemma among the educators.…”

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Teaching and learning of pre-calculus: an insights of educators

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Omar

Sarudin

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J. Fundam and Appl Sci.

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The high-failure of Calculus courses has bring dilemma to the educators worldwide. This study has focus on teaching and learning of Pre level Calculus courses. A well-d find the difficulties faced by both lecturers and students from the insights of the educators. From the survey, we find that lecturers confronted difficulties in teaching Pre by the lack of basic and visualization skills among students. They performance are moderate since they tend to memorize, instead of understand the concept. Indeed, most of them agree that the major problem of students is the poor foundation Calculus. Therefore, they have suggested three ideas which are changes of mindset among students, consult lecturers whenever students have problems and remedial class for the weak students.

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“…Therefore, finding the causes of this phenomenon will help engineering students overcome this issue. In this context, many studies confirmed that a student's attitude towards mathematics is one of the main causes of this phenomenon (Eng, Li, & Julaihi, 2010;Kafata & Mbetwa, 2016;Syam & Salim, 2014).…”

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“…In engineering programs, students must register for many mathematics courses. Therefore, many of the students consider mathematics and the math professors' teaching style to be an academic hurdle, especially during their freshman year (Eng, Li, & Julaihi, 2010;Goold, 2012;Harris et al, 2015;Prakash, Jerlin & Fernandes, 2014;Prakash, Kannan, & Jerlin, 2014). Many engineering students fail or get low grades in their first mathematics courses, such as Calculus I (Mwavita, 2005;Kafata & Mbetwa, 2016;Varela, 2014).…”

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Factors Affecting Freshman Engineering Students’ Attitudes Toward Mathematics

Alibraheim

2021

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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Students' attitudes toward mathematics play a key role in their academic achievements. Still, concerns regarding the low grades in mathematics tests of engineering students have raised questions about the reasons for their poor performance. Prior research has mentioned the impact of engineering students' attitudes on their grades. Few studies have attempted to explore the factors that influence and form engineering students' attitudes toward mathematics. The current study aims to investigate the factors that affect freshman engineering students' attitudes toward mathematics using a qualitative research design. Interviews with 26 participants enrolled at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) in Saudi Arabia provided insight into the students' experiences through survey questions. Thematic content analysis was used in this study to analyze the interviews. The results of the interview indicate that the freshman engineering students' attitudes are most affected by their fathers and their teachers. The causes that form students' attitudes toward mathematics can be divided into two parts: internal and external. The internal causes result from the students themselves, which include practice and preparation, assessments and grades, effect of English proficiency, and time management. The external causes include teachers' characteristics and parental support.

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