Research on the Reasons for Incomplete Learning of Mathematics Textbooks by Undergraduate Mathematics Students

Abstract

Recently, the China government has increasingly attached importance to the development of basic science. As the reserve talents to promote the development of mathematics, undergraduates majoring in mathematics have received the attention of researchers for their mathematics learning. However, in practice, their learning of mathematics textbooks is not comprehensive. Through interviews, coding methods, and quantitative analysis methods, the main reasons are investigated and analyzed in this paper. The conclusions are as follows: (1) The content of the textbook and the exercises at the end of the lessons are too difficult and beyond students' ability. (2) Teachers have lazy behaviors and ask too little of their students. (3) Students themselves are lazy and take exams very seriously, lacking motivation and initiative to learn. To change this situation, the mathematics textbook can be improved to explain profound theories in simple language. Teachers can also tighten the requirements for their students. In addition, mathematics majors should also improve their requirements for themselves, overcome inertia, and reasonable scheduling, and pay more attention to the use and study of mathematics textbooks.