Seminar Pendidikan Kejuruteraan Kongres Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran & Alam Bina (PeKA’11) UKM 2011 E-LEARNING VERSUS TRADITIONAL METHOD IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS COURSES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA Norngainy Mohd Tawil, Nur Arzilah Ismail, Izamarlina Shaari, Haliza Osman, Zulkifli Mohd Nopiah & Azami Zaharim Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia ABSTRACT In an era of modern technology, e-learning is a way to enhance learning in a more convenient and cost-effective manner, but the traditional method such as lecturing is still of use until now. This study examines students‟ perception towards the importance and usefulness of modern technologies such as e-learning (WILEY PLUS) in comparison with the more traditional lecture, as knowledge delivery or alternatively, a method of learning process. The objectives of this study are to test whether there is any difference between these two methods and to identify which method is more important and agreeable to the students. The sample of this study consists of First Year and Second Year engineering students at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM who have taken Mathematics and Statistics courses respectively. The paired t-test was used to compare these two methods. This study reveals that there is a significant difference between WILEY PLUS and lecturing in Mathematics and Statistics courses. Overall, lecturing was significantly of importance and favourable in the learning process for both courses compared to the newly-introduced WILEY PLUS. Keywords : e-learning, WILEY PLUS, lecturing, likert scale, paired t-test INTRODUCTION e-learning in engineering mathematics has come to our 3 rd cycle in Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. Starting with e-learning in ODE with reference to students perception of e-learning in mathematics, our research were granted an action research from university to seek how students look into a new way of learning mathematics. Referring to paper written by Tawil (2009), we examine how students think of mathematics in virtual learning followed by e- learning in Vector Calculus with introduction of Wiley-Plus (Razali 2010, Tawil 2010). All research indicates that the students agree that e-learning can help them