Error Analysis of College Students in Calculus Learning
Khairani; Mukhni; Faizah Qurrata Aini

Universitas Negeri Padang

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

Keywords: Calculus, Error Analysis, College Students

Topic: Mathematics Education