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Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications (MERAA), 2019(5), 2


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Published online 2019-12-02
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15414/meraa.2019.05.02.78-83

Comparison of exam results in Mathematics at Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Vladimír Matušek, Radomíra Hornyák Gregáňová
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic

Article Fulltext (PDF), pp. 78–83

Mathematical education at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra plays a very important role in university education because the subject of mathematics is a part of other subjects taught at the bachelor and master study programs. The content of Mathematical subjects differs from faculty to faculty of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra because of their different orientation. At the Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, the basic course of higher mathematics together with example of their applications in economics is taught in the first year of the bachelor study. Subjects aimed at Economics and Finances which also comprise mathematical apparatus, are taught in the higher years of study. The aim of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the students’ results in the subjects of Mathematics IA and Mathematics IB at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra from 2015 to 2019. Feedback is an important part of an educational process because the analysis of the study outcomes enables teachers to evaluate its quality. The analysis of study results in selected mathematical subjects at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is carried out by selected methods of mathematical statistics. We found a long-term decline in the average mark in the research, confirming the decreasing level of knowledge and statistically significant difference in the values compared between the observed value and the long-term average. The hypothesis was confirmed by testing.

Keywords: mathematics, study outcomes, mathematical education, mathematical subjects
JEL Classification: I21, C12