Study of Student Learning Habits and Their Relationship with Learning Outcomes in Elementary Linear Algebra Courses

Abstract

The Elementary Linear Algebra (ELA) course is a compulsory and basic course for several other subjects. Most students have not mastered this material well. One of the contributing factors is the students' not good enough study habits. The purpose of this study was to analyze student study habits and their relationship with learning outcomes in the ELA course. This type of research is comparative causal research. The research instrument was a questionnaire and learning outcome test. The populations are students of the mathematics study program for the 2018 academic year. Students are divided into three groups based on their learning outcomes (x), namely groups: high (x ≥75), medium (60 ≤x <75), and low (x <60). The results showed that in general, student learning outcomes were at a good level, but study habits affected student learning outcomes only by 30%, meaning that there were other variables that influenced student learning outcomes. From the average study habits, it is known that students in the high group do better than the medium and low groups.