Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih Hsien Huang, MingChi University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

behavior domainsexplore the relation between attitude and its internal factors of calculus learning amongengineering students in Taiwan. This study used theory and related research to develop aquestionnaire research tool. The internal factors of calculus learning that we choose wereusefulness, self-efficacy, motivation, anxiety, and, learning habits. The contributions of thisstudy are as follows The findings show that a high percentage of students do not havepositive attitudes toward calculus. A statistical significant difference existed in the meanscores for males and females in the calculus attitudes scale. Specifically, statistical significantdifferences were detected between males and females in two attitude domains: cognitive andbehavior. The

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Peter Rich, Brigham Young University; Keith Leatham, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

mathematical self-efficacy and problem solving skills). The research project is in its second year of implementation. Last year 120 students were introduced into the course, and this year 80 more students are involved in the project. Thus far, the results of the project have shown a strong correlation between student engineering interest, aptitude, programming understanding, and an increased understanding of mathematics.IntroductionMathematics has long been regarded as an essential skill, as noted by the American Society forEngineering Education’s mathematics division (Selingo, 2008). The Cold-War era “space race”pushed engineering awareness, mathematical, and scientific ability to the fore of our educationalsystem. And