إتجاهات طلاب السنة الأولى المشتركة بجامعة الملك سعود نحو دراسة الرياضيات والإحصاء باللغة الإنجليزية للعام الجامعي (1445هـ/ 2023-2024 م)
A study of the attitudes of joint first-year students at King Saud University towards teaching mathematics and statistics in the English language, for the academic year 1445 AH / 2023-2024 AD. The study aimed to identify student attitudes towards studying mathematics and statistics in English among joint first-year students at King Saud University, by studying the results of a questionnaire for a sample of male and female students at the joint first-year deanship. The descriptive approach was used in the form of a sample survey on (1320) male and female students using a simple random sampling method. The study concluded that there is a direct relationship between the language in which it is taught and the extent of comprehension and understanding among students. The study also showed that students tend towards teaching mathematics and statistics - in the common first-year courses at King Saud University - in the Arabic language, due to their previous studies - in the secondary stage. It was in Arabic, and many males and female students also do not have a level of English that qualifies them to study mathematics and statistics in English. The results also showed the role of learning the English language in understanding, collecting, and studying mathematics and statistics courses at the Joint First Year Deanship, King Saud University, where the result of the first axis of the questionnaire, which is (the importance of studying mathematics and statistics in the English language for students), came with an arithmetic mean of (3.17) and a standard deviation. The ability of (0.498) indicates a neutral trend regarding the importance of studying these courses in the English language, while the result of the second axis of the questionnaire, which is (students’ enjoyment of studying mathematics and statistics in the English language), came with an arithmetic mean of (3.12) and a standard deviation of (0.437) and d. This also has a neutral trend of agreeing that the student enjoys studying the courses - mathematics and statistics - in the English language, while the result of the third and final axis of the questionnaire, which is (students’ positivity towards studying mathematics and statistics in the English language), came with an arithmetic mean of (3.20) and a standard deviation of (0.553), which is a neutral trend with regard to the students’ opinion towards the positivity of teaching in the English language. The results of the questionnaire axes as a whole came with an arithmetic mean of (3.3.16) and a standard deviation of (0.391). This indicates a neutral trend of satisfaction and approval, and this is attributed to the difference in quality. Students and their previous studies in the secondary stage, as most of them studied in the previous stage in Arabic, and many of the students are not good in the English language. The study also showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the position of the study sample regarding students’ attitudes towards teaching mathematics and statistics courses in the English language among students, due to the gender variable (male and female students), while there are no statistically significant differences due to the course variable (mathematics - statistics). The results of the study confirmed that students’ attitudes towards studying in the English language contribute to keeping pace with the scientific development of university students through the study of the reasons and obstacles to studying in the English language that enables them to understand themselves and their new university environment, and for the student to adapt to studying in the English language. (Published abstract)