Comparisons of Opinions between Students Unwithdrawn and Withdrawn Calculus 1 of Thaksin University

Abstract

Objective of this research was to compare the opinions between students unwithdrawn and withdrawn Calculus 1 of Thaksin University. The opinions were divided into nine aspects: learning achievement, lecturer, teaching behavior, classroom environment, curriculum, study field, educational institution, friends, and family. The sample used in this study was 455 undergraduate students of Thaksin University at the academic year 2013 who had registered Calculus 1 during academic years 2010 to 2012. The sample was obtained by circular stratified systematic sampling method and the data was collected by using questionnaire which had the reliability equal to 0.94. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Hotelling’s T² test. The result indicated that all aspects of the opinions from Thaksin University’s students who did not withdraw Calculus 1 differed from the students who withdraw at the significance level 0.05.