Identifying Topic Tendencies of Students Choices in The Final Semester Examination of Discrete Mathematics (DBM20083): Analysis of Final Examination Marks

Abstract

This action study was conducted to identify the tendency of students' choice of topics in the Discrete Mathematics DBM20083 final exam for Session 1 2023/2024. The respondents involved were a total of 32 second-semester students from the Department of Information & Communication Technology (JTMK). This study aims to identify the percentage of student achievement by gender in the final exam for the DBM20083 course. In addition, this study also wants to determine the percentage of student achievement by topic for the Discrete Mathematics course (DBM 20083). The study data is collected through the SPMP POLIMAS website for final exam marks and through a questionnaire given to students after the completion of the review program at the end of the session I 2023/2024. The results of the analysis show that there is a difference between the percentage of final exam marks for male and female students. In addition, the findings of the study also found that students are more likely to answer final exam questions from topic 1, topic 2, and topic 3. Therefore, it is hoped that the findings in this study can identify the tendency and difficulty level of students towards a topic to provide a better impact on the smoothness of the teaching and learning process in the DBM20083 course at POLIMAS.

Keywords:  Tendencies, choices, Final Examination, and Discrete Mathematics