Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, cilt.10, sa.3, ss.1423-1433, 2025 (Scopus)
The underlying logic behind most of the things is a form of mathematics. Therefore, a grasp and ownership of
mathematical concepts is key to understanding how things work, particularly at tertiary level of education. Given
the importance of math, from registration records, it was found that approximately 1500, i.e., 16.3% of the current
student population at a private university in Bangladesh, delayed taking the foundation course on math till the final
year of study. Among these are students who are retaking the subject. Among reasons found are that students do
not like mathematics, or are not interested and/or have a fear of math. Based on these apprehensions in mind, the
lesson delivery methodology of an existing foundation mathematics course was redesigned. The Query Based
Access to Neurons (QuBAN) methodology is an interactive brain-engaging teaching methodology that first taps
existing knowledge of the learners, then utilizes this to build new knowledge. This study aims to evaluate the
efficacy of the QuBAN approach. Before and after the course were evaluated for measuring changes in their
perceptions, interests, views, and thoughts about mathematics and the new teaching methodology through the pre
and post-questionnaires respectively. Half of the students found the usefulness of the methodology is between
6.84 to 7.5 out of 10. That is, the methodology has shown its effectiveness to reduce fear of mathematics in the
students.