Error analysis of college students in calculus learning

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Khairani, Mukhni, F.Q. Aini

2019 Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1280 Issue 4 Conference paper Cited by 4 SDG 4SDG 16 Quartile

Abstract

Calculus is one of many courses in college that must be mastered by students. But, students faced difficulty in calculus learning. There were many students who failed in calculus course. They could not answer calculus problem correctly and made mistakes. Purpose of this study was to describe students' error in calculus learning based on Newman Error Analysis. Type of research was descriptive qualitative. Sampling was done by purposive sampling. Sample was 29 students who took calculus course in 2018. Instrument was students' answer worksheet of calculus test. Result shows that students have different type of error in solving calculus problem. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Mathematics Department, Universitas Negeri Padang, Prof. Dr. Hamka Street, Padang, Indonesia; Chemistry Department, Universitas Negeri Padang, Prof.Dr. Hamka Street, Padang, Indonesia

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