Assessing Year Four Pupils' Levels Of Proficiency In Measurement Formulae
| dc.contributor.author | Wong, Sing Ie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-03T01:41:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-03T01:41:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was designed to assess Year 4 pupils’ levels of proficiency in measurement formulae, namely in perimeter, area and volume using three multi-strand tests in measurement that were developed based on the mathematical proficiency model introduced by Kilpatrick et al. (2001). Based on the four demographic variables, namely type of school, location of school, mathematics achievement level and gender, Year 4 pupils’ levels of proficiency in measurement formulae were profiled. This study also determines if there is any significant difference in Year 4 pupils’ levels of proficiency based on the four demographic variables. A cross-sectional survey was conducted and cluster sampling was used to select the sample of this study from a population of Year 4 pupils who are studying in the state of Penang. A sample of 600 Year 4 pupils (286 males and 314 females) from six public primary schools located in Penang were involved in this study. Three multi-strand tests in perimeter, area and volume formulae, respectively were used to assess Year 4 pupils’ levels of proficiency in measurement formulae and a Year Four Mathematics Achievement Test was used to determine Year 4 pupils’ mathematics achievement level and grouped the Year 4 pupils into three different mathematics achievement levels. SPSS version 22 was used to analyse the data obtained from this study. The Kruskal-Wallis Test revealed that there is a significant difference in Year 4 pupils’ levels of proficiency in perimeter, area and volume formulae based on type of school and mathematics achievement level. The post-hoc test indicated that Year 4 pupils from SJKC possessed the highest level of proficiency in the three measurement formulae among the three types of schools, and also indicated the pupils with high mathematics achievement level possessed higher level of proficiency in the measurement formulae among the three different levels of mathematics achievers. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8774 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Assessing year four pupils' levels of | en_US |
| dc.subject | proficiency in measurement formulae | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessing Year Four Pupils' Levels Of Proficiency In Measurement Formulae | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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