Calculus for software engineering: Students' perception towards flipped classroom

Abstract

The research aimed to analyse the learning readiness and perception of informatics engineering students about calculus. More top-level students taken remedial teaching and the student stated that calculus was dominated by mathematics and lecturers did not relate to software application. The research method which was a case study analysed the learning readiness was further examined by providing an open questionnaire to new students about the calculus learning. The lecture was then carried out as many as 4 meetings. The overall research data was a description of the questionnaire and quiz results. The questionnaire stated that 82% of new students have not yet learned that calculus belongs to the field of mathematics. After lectures using flipped classroom models were implemented, the quiz results show that 38 students reached a score of more than 80. Students also respond positively to the learning using flipped classroom models increased the spirit of learning calculus because all records and exercises were well stored and can be downloaded at any time. Learning using flipped classroom models provided easy learning for new students, practicality in task collection, and effectiveness for communicating with lecturers and group members without being tied to place and time.