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Kizito, Rita; Munyakazi, Justin; Basuayi, Clement – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2016
In spite of sustained efforts tertiary institutions implement to try and improve student academic performance, the number of students succeeding in first-year mathematics courses remains disturbingly low. For most students, the gap between their mathematical capability and the competencies they are expected and need to develop to function…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Student Surveys
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Ubuz, Behiye – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
This study examined relationships between students' personal variables (gender, prior achievements, age and academic major) and their success in the first year undergraduate calculus course. The study sample consisted of 59 first year undergraduate students taking Math 154 Calculus II course. A written test about integral, sequence and series…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Calculus