Abstract:

The thematic content of the compulsory subjects in mathematics at all faculties of the Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra is aimed at the main objective – to teach students the basic knowledge in higher mathematics and to clarify them the variety of the application of the mathematical methods in the specialized subjects and in practice as well. The students of economics study programs usually observe empirical data and have to analyse them by the proper quantitative methods.

There are various ways and means of the electronic support used in the university teaching which can improve the quality of the mathematics teaching and study outputs of students. The Department of Mathematics of the SUA in Nitra has been dealing with current possibilities of the usage of tools of information technology in the mathematics teaching. Applied tasks and examples are presented to students via study courses created in the LMS Moodle environment.

The research activity was concentrated on the selected mathematical applied tasks where it is put together the mathematics theory with calculation techniques. The research sample was made up of students of the Faculty of Economics and Management, the SUA in Nitra. The investigated data were obtained from the students’ written tests containing the tasks related to the topics of mathematical analysis. The analysis of the students’ level of knowledge and study outcomes in mathematical subjects was done by the selected methods of quantitative and qualitative research. Based on the acquired results we evaluated the students’ knowledge level in mathematics and possible changes in the integration of applied tasks into the process of individual study.

Keywords:

Mathematics study outcomes, applied tasks, electronic educational courses, quantitative and qualitative analysis.