One thing that may affect the students’ perception of mathematics is the attitude of the students towards the subject. This study was conducted to assess the attitude of students towards integral calculus. The subjects of this study were the 94 second year students of the College of Engineering taking up BSAE, BSCE, BSEE and BSME who were enrolled in Integral Calculus. This group of students were a combination of the first timer and repeaters in Integral Calculus. This were the students who were not screened out from the screening examination conducted by the researcher. It employed the descriptive correlational method using the frequency counts, weighted means and analysis of variance.The instrument used in this study was the attitude scale. This instrument was administered to the students before the first screening examination and after the last screening examination.Results revealed that students have favourable attitudes towards integral calculus before and after the screening examination strategy. However, results also revealed that the profile of the students in terms of gender, number of times the student took the subject and the students’ performance on the prerequisite subject has nothing to do or did not influence the attitudes of the students towards the subject. Merewina Llanie A. Tapong | Benjamin D. Varela "Attitude of Students towards Integral Calculus through the Screening Examination Strategy" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37935.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/agricultural-engineering/37935/attitude-of-students-towards-integral-calculus-through-the-screening-examination-strategy/merewina-llanie-a-tapong
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Attitude of Students towards Integral
Calculus through the Screening Examination Strategy
Merewina Llanie A. Tapong1, 2, Benjamin D. Varela2
1Graduate Studies, University of Eastern Philippines, Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines
2Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering,
University of Eastern Philippines, Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines
ABSTRACT
One thing that may affect the students’ perception of mathematics is the
attitude of the students towards the subject. This study was conducted to
assess the attitude of students towards integral calculus. The subjects of this
study were the 94 second year students of the College of Engineering taking
up BSAE, BSCE, BSEE and BSME who were enrolled in Integral Calculus. This
group of students were a combination of the first timer and repeaters in
Integral Calculus. This were the students who were not screened out from the
screening examination conducted by the researcher. It employed the
descriptive correlational method using the frequency counts, weighted means
and analysis of variance.
The instrument used in this study was the attitude scale. This instrument was
administered to the students before the first screening examination and after
the last screening examination.
Results revealed that students have favourable attitudes towards integral
calculus before and after the screening examination strategy. However, results
also revealed that the profile of the students in terms of gender, number of
times the student took the subject and the students’ performance on the
prerequisite subject has nothing to do or did not influence the attitudes of the
students towards the subject.
Keywords: Screening examinatio