The Efficiency Study of the Basic Knowledge Adjustment Program in Mathematics and Science before Learning of the First Year Pre-engineering Students

Abstract

This research had the objective to study the efficiency of Basic Knowledge Adjustment
Program in Mathematics and Science, with the result that the students have better achievement in
both subjects. It also studied the satisfactory level in participating in this Program on the
contents, teachers and teaching equipment, surroundings and learning interest. The sample
group was the first-year pre-engineering students including 505, who were able to pass the
entrance examination. Before taking the Basic Knowledge Adjustment Program, these students had
a Pre-Test and learnt 3-hour Mathematics, 20-hour Chemistry and 20-hour Physics. The
learning hours were arranged according to the credits studied and the classroom management,
with students from many options learning together. At the end of the program, there were a
Post-Test and the questionnaires asking about the satisfaction in the Program. The statistics
used in this research were Means (X), Standard Deviation (S.D.) and the Pearson
Coefficiency.
The research result found that the Means of the satisfaction in the Basic Knowledge
Adjustment Program in Mathematics and Science before learning of the first-year pre-engineering
students, in the Contents, Teachers, Media and Teaching Equipment, and the learning surroundings,
Means were in an average of 4.12, and the Standard Deviation of 0.83. The test marks of the
students after learning Mathematics and Science were higher than the marks before learning,
in an average equal to 9.1 and 9.7 respectively. The achievement marks from the first mid-term
examinations of these students showed the number of the students with more than half of the
full marks–in Mathematics 53% and in Science 75% of the total students. The relationship
between the student groups attending the adjustment program regularly and the achievement 3
marks in learning Mathematics and Science of the first mid-term was positive with the
coefficient of 0.853 and 0.865 respectively.