Reform and practice of higher mathematics teaching with outcome-based education concept

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 29 - 36, 30.06.2024

Yongyi Gu , Kaijun Xu , Zhen Li , Lixuan Zheng

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12612799

Abstract

In order to gain a deeper understanding of the application effect of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) concept in higher education, this study chose the university's Higher Mathematics course as the research object. Take Finance Class 1 as the experimental group and Finance Class 2 as the control group, and randomly select 30 students from each class for the study. The independent sample t-test method was used for hypothesis testing, and normality and homogeneity of variance tests were used to make sure the reliability of the data and credibility of obtained results. These results show that the experimental group students have significantly higher grades than the control group, indicating that in the classes that adopt the OBE concept for teaching reform, students have achieved significant improvement in grades. This discovery not only validates the effectiveness of the OBE concept in the field of education, but also provides new ideas and methods for educational reform. By cultivating students' comprehensive qualities such as problem-solving ability, innovation ability, and teamwork skill, the OBE concept helps to improve their academic performance and promote their comprehensive development.

Keywords

OBE concept, Higher Mathematics, Teaching reform, Independent sample t-test

Supporting Institution

This work is supported by Research project of Higher Education Science of the Chinese Higher Education Association (23SX0422); Research project of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education (2023KTSCX034).

Project Number

2023KTSCX034

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