Study of Some Mistakes from the Students in Calculus Course at Mathematics Department FMIPA Universitas Negeri Padang

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10.2991/icm2e-18.2018.15How to use a DOI?

Keywords

concepts, facts, mistake, principles, skills

Abstract

In Calculus the majority of students have not mastered the material well. To make improvements to the mastery of students it is necessary to analyze the mistakes that they do a lot. The purpose of this study is to find out the materials that are difficult to understand and the form of mistakes that many of them do. This research is descriptive research with research instrument is test result of the study and questionnaire. Data analysis performed consisted of three stages: transcript stage, classification stage, and data deduction phase. From the results of the research, it is found that the material that is difficult to master is to make a mathematical model of the story problem, describing some special graphs. Mistakes are done many times in a row: mistakes in principles, concepts, and skills.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Dewi Murni
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TI  - Study of Some Mistakes from the Students in Calculus Course at Mathematics Department FMIPA Universitas Negeri Padang
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mathematics and Mathematics Education 2018 (ICM2E 2018)
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