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Investigating newman's error in integral calculus

The main objective is to investigate the types of difficulties and errors faced by polytechnic students when solving integral calculus problem in Engineering Mathematics. The types of error selected in this study were motivation, understanding, transformation, process skills, coding, and negligence....

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Main Authors: Shida, N., Ismail, N., Ahyan, N. A. M., Osman, S., Abdullah, A. H.
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Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019
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spelling my.utm.889032020-12-29T04:42:45Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88903/ Investigating newman's error in integral calculus Shida, N. Ismail, N. Ahyan, N. A. M. Osman, S. Abdullah, A. H. L Education (General) The main objective is to investigate the types of difficulties and errors faced by polytechnic students when solving integral calculus problem in Engineering Mathematics. The types of error selected in this study were motivation, understanding, transformation, process skills, coding, and negligence. The study respondents consisted of 128 Semester 2 students from Diploma in Electrical Engineering and Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Ibrahim Sultan. Data analysis revealed that mostly students made errors in understanding and processing skills. The results verified that there were serious difficulties among polytechnic students in learning integral calculus through problem solving. The input from this study is expected to be a guideline for additional mathematics lectures, especially in planning and implementing better teaching so that mistakes made by students can be minimised. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed Shida, N. and Ismail, N. and Ahyan, N. A. M. and Osman, S. and Abdullah, A. H. (2019) Investigating newman's error in integral calculus. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 8 (6). pp. 1114-1117. ISSN 2278-3075 https://www-scopus-com.ezproxy.utm.my/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066738133&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=
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topic L Education (General)
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Shida, N.
Ismail, N.
Ahyan, N. A. M.
Osman, S.
Abdullah, A. H.
Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
description The main objective is to investigate the types of difficulties and errors faced by polytechnic students when solving integral calculus problem in Engineering Mathematics. The types of error selected in this study were motivation, understanding, transformation, process skills, coding, and negligence. The study respondents consisted of 128 Semester 2 students from Diploma in Electrical Engineering and Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Ibrahim Sultan. Data analysis revealed that mostly students made errors in understanding and processing skills. The results verified that there were serious difficulties among polytechnic students in learning integral calculus through problem solving. The input from this study is expected to be a guideline for additional mathematics lectures, especially in planning and implementing better teaching so that mistakes made by students can be minimised.
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author Shida, N.
Ismail, N.
Ahyan, N. A. M.
Osman, S.
Abdullah, A. H.
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Ismail, N.
Ahyan, N. A. M.
Osman, S.
Abdullah, A. H.
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title Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
title_short Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
title_full Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
title_fullStr Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
title_full_unstemmed Investigating newman's error in integral calculus
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