TY  - JOUR
T1  - Improving the Learning of Engineering Mathematics via. Lab Session
AU - Lohgheswary, N. AU - Nopiah, Z.M. AU - Zakaria, E. AU - Aziz, A.A. AU - Salmaliza, S. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 19
SP  - 6964
EP  - 6970
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.6964.6970
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.6964.6970
KW  - Engineering Mathematics innovation
KW  -learning
KW  -lab session
KW  -pre-post test
KW  -innovation
KW  -experimental
group
AB  - Engineering Mathematics is a compulsory and core subject for any engineering disciplines. Students
face problem in applying the Engineering Mathematics concepts in engineering application problems. Thus,
an innovation in learning Engineering Mathematics is needed to satisfy the student’s need and further to
improve student’s grades in the examination. A pre-test was designed based on the difficult and very difficult
course outcome obtained from the previous preliminary tests. Sixty students from Electrical Engineering
Department participated in the pre-test. The students were later divided into control group and experimental
group. Control group students underwent 8 weeks of tutorial while the experimental group students studied
the same materials in the lab using Mathematica Software. The following week, both groups of students
participated in a post-test. Pre-post test results were combined and run against the Rasch analysis. Pre-post
test result categorized the difficulties of the questions into four groups. They are very difficult, difficult, easy
and very easy. The experimental group students did well compared to their control group counterparts. This
study showed a significant improvement between the control group and the experimental group. Engineering
Mathematics lab should be embedded in the Engineering Mathematics curriculum to improve the learning of
Engineering Mathematics.
ER  -