Form one students' understanding of decimal

Norazlina, Mat Tanda (2008) Form one students' understanding of decimal. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This qualitative study is to identify Form One students' conceptual and procedural knowledge of decimal and also to develop models that represent both types of this knowledge. This study used triangulation method which involved think aloud method, written document and interview. Eight Form One students from SMK Matang Jaya, Kuching participated in this study. The respondents solve a task which contains five questions about decimal by writing their answer on the question paper and at the same time speak aloud on how they solve the task. The data was transcribed, segmented and analyzed according to the types of knowledge. Findings from the study uncovered six conceptual knowledge and twenty one procedural knowledge. This implies that students applied more procedural knowledge compared to conceptual knowledge when solving the task about decimal. Apart from that, some alternative procedure had been identified in this study. Some of the alternative procedure leads to - right answers while some of them lead to wrong answers. Teachers must be aware of the knowledge that students used in the classroom because students receive knowledge of mathematics from outside and inside the classroom.

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