EZTRIGO MNEMONIC DIAGRAM: A COMPARISON STUDY OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN PRE AND POST RESULT FOR BASIC DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS TEST

The objective of this study is to compare the performance of Applied Sciences students' in a Pre and Post Basic Differentiation and Integration Test during their second year of study at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, Tapah Campus. This paper focuses on the students' understanding in basic differentiation and integration for trigonometric functions. A total of 95 Semester 3 students of session 2 2017/2018 from the Department of Applied Sciences are chosen to answer the test. The pre-test was held in week 10, while the post-test was conducted in week 13 of the semester. In pre-test, the students need to answer the questions based on traditional method while in post-test, the EzTrigo Mnemonic Diagram is introduced and the students applied the technique in order to answer the questions. The results showed that the students' performance in post-test was better compared to that pre-test.