ABSTRACT

This study aimed to investigate the behavior of the students in the economics class, such as reading, the preparation of the students before and after each session. A quantitative research was employed in this study to collect the data from 250 students who studied Microeconomics and are currently study in Macroeconomics. The study found that the reading habit of the respondents have changed after studying at CamEd, but the total reading hours is still rather low. The macroeconomics textbook which is currently used in macroeconomics class was rather difficult in matching the competency of the respondents since the level of understanding in Mathematics of most of the respondents is average. The correlation between level of
understanding of Mathematics of the respondents and the level of understanding of Macroeconomics subject was found in this study with 1 percent significant level.