Abstract
Integral calculus is a branch of mathematics concerned with the determination, properties, and application of integrals. It is predominantly used in technical applications. Technical engineers, statics, physicists and others use it in their calculations on practice. There was a requirement from practice for technical universities to include integral calculus in their curricula. The subject Mathematics for Technicians is taught at the Department of Mathematics, the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. The content of this subject is to teach its students to calculate indefinite and definite integral. Our research analysed students' knowledge in counting indefinite and definite integral. We used the methodology of evaluation and comparison of test results taken in the 8th week of the term and at the end of the term. The main hypothesis saying that the results of students’ tests taken at the end of the term are better that those taken in the mid- term has confirmed to be correct.
Highlights
At present, the role of mathematics has increased significantly
Various areas of mathematics, including integral calculus are applied in different fields of technology and economics
One way of motivating students is to point out the need to master mathematics and its subsequent
Summary
Various areas of mathematics, including integral calculus are applied in different fields of technology and economics. One way of motivating students is to point out the need to master mathematics and its subsequent. Our Slovak universities with economic bias offer their students a lot of opportunities to broaden their knowledge in the areas directly connected with those requirements of practice. Motives present the intrinsic motives or incentives, activities designed to achieve a specific objective. They can be considered as the reasons for student's behaviour. An analysis done by Országhová, Fľak and Papcunová [6] pointed to a declining number of students in external and internal forms of study at Slovak universities. Országhová [5] says that a key factor in the functioning of the information society is education, whose aim is to ensure that people are able to find and understand the information, apply it correctly
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