Page 23 - Professorial Lecture - Prof Kasanda

Table 2 (e). Students’ performance in mathematics at UNAM 2014

Module Enrollment Exam Passes % Passes
(=Total enrolled Admission
minus
cancellations)
MAT3511 939 816 574 61.12
Basic Mathematics 1799 1457 903 50.19
MAT3501 385 330 235 61.03
Analytic Geometry 516 406 288 55.81
MAT3521 363 313 260 71.62
Matrices & Complex Numbers 504 396 310 61.51
MAT3512 731 612 310 42.41
Pre-calculus 836 703 355 42.46
MAT3580 860 641 329 38.26
Basic Mathematics A (Slow
Stream)
MAT3520 131 76 53 40.46
Analytic Geo A
(Slow Stream)
MAT3540 141 83 50 35.46
Matrices & Complex Numbers A
SMAT3570 105 91 45 42.86
Pre-calculus A
(Slow Stream)
MAT3611 312 241 118 37.82
Calculus 1
MAT3612 280 176 89 31.79
Calculus 2
(Source: Department of Mathematics, Student Exams Results Stats 2010-
2014)

NOTE:

st
“In 2014 an extra lecture group was introduced at 1 year level, except for
Pre-calculus – and helped reduce the perennial overcrowding in lectures.
One can see the significant improvement in the pass rates for the first 3
courses. However, the Slow Stream Pass rates are still low (Emphasis
added). The numbers in italics indicate the totals for the Fast and Slow

21 |