MODERN OR TRADITIONAL TEACHING STRATEGY IN LEARNING ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS COURSE

First-year engineering students of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM are in the process of transition in the way they learn mathematics from pre-university level to the undergraduate level. It is essential for good engineers to have the ability to unfold mathematical problems in...

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Published in:Journal of engineering science & technology 2016-11, Vol.11 (Sp. Iss. on PEKA 2016), p.13-20
Main Authors: N. RAZALI, H. OTHMAN, N. A. ZAINURI, F. M. HAMZAH, I. ASSHAARI, F. H. M. ARIFF, Z. M. NOPIAH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooperative-learning
E-learning
Teaching strategies
Vector calculus
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Summary:First-year engineering students of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM are in the process of transition in the way they learn mathematics from pre-university level to the undergraduate level. It is essential for good engineers to have the ability to unfold mathematical problems in an efficient way. Thus, this research is done to investigate students preference in learning KKKQ1123 Engineering Mathematics I (Vector Calculus (VC)) course; either individually or in a team; using modern (e-learning) or traditional (cooperative-learning) teaching strategy. Questionnaires are given to the first year Chemical and Process Engineering students from academic year 2015/2016 and the results were analysed. Based on the finding, the students believed that the physical educators or teachers play an important role and that they have slightest preference in the traditional teaching strategy to learn engineering mathematics course.
ISSN:1823-4690