Effects of Discovery Learning on Year Two Pupils’ Achievement in Learning Fractions (Kesan Pembelajaran Penemuan terhadap Pencapaian dan Motivasi Murid Tahun Dua dalam Pembelajaran Topik Pecahan)
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https://doi.org/10.17576/JPEN-2021-46.01SI-04Abstract
Understanding fractions is one of the important skills that need to be developed in Mathematics curriculum as it is essential for understanding algebra, geometry as well as other aspects of Mathematics. However, pupils around the world face difficulties in learning fractions. This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of Discovery Learning on pupils’ achievement in fractions. 66 Year Two primary school pupils in Kedah were assigned into experimental (Discovery learning) and control (conventional instruction) groups. Data was collected using pre-test and post-test. Independent samples t-test and paired-samples t-test were used to analyze the data. Results indicated that: 1) there is no significant difference in pupils’ achievement in fractions (pre-test) between the groups; 2) there is a significant difference in pupils’ achievement in fractions (post-test) between the groups; 3) there is a significant difference in pupils’ achievement in fractions between the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group; and 4) there is a significant difference in Year Two pupils’ achievement in fractions between the pre-test and post-test of the control group. This concludes that Discovery Learning was effective in improving Year Two pupils’ achievement in learning fractions. Therefore, it can play a role as a starting milestone for educators in Malaysia to implement Discovery Learning in daily teaching life especially in fractions.Key Words: Discovery Learning; Achievement in fractions; Primary pupils Memahami pecahan merupakan salah satu kemahiran yang perlu dikuasai dalam kurikulum Matematik di mana ia penting dalam pemahaman algebra, geometri dan aspect lain dalam Matematik. Namun demikian, murid-murid seluruh dunia menghadapi masalah dalam pembelajaran pecahan. Kajian eksperimen kuasi ini mengkaji kesan Pembelajaran Penemuan terhadap pencapaian murid dalam pembelajaran topik pecahan. Seramai 66 orang murid Tahun Dua sekolah rendah dari Kedah telah dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan, iaitu kumpulan eksperimen (Pembelajaran Penemuan) dan kawalan (pembelajaran konvensional). Data dikumpulkan menggunakan ujian pra dan ujian pasca. Ujian t sampel bebas dan ujian t sampel berpasangan digunakan untuk menganalisis data. Keputusan kajian menunjukkan bahawa: 1) tiada perbezaan yang signifikan dalam pencapaian (ujian pra) murid antara kumpulan; 2) terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam pencapaian (ujian pasca) murid antara kumpulan; 3) terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam pencapaian murid kumpulan eksperimen antara ujian pra dan ujian pasca; dan 4) terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam pencapaian murid Tahun Dua kumpulan kawalan antara ujia pra dan ujian pasca. Kesimpulannya, Pembelajaran Penemuan dapat meningkatkan pencapaian murid Tahun Dua dalam pembelajaran pecahan.Oleh itu, Pembelajaran Penemuan boleh bermain peranan sebagai tanda pemulaan bagi pendidik Malaysia untuk menlaksanakan Pembelajaran Penemuan dalam pengajaran seharian terutamanya dalam pecahan.Key Words: Pembelajaran Penemuan; Pencapaian dalam Pecahan; Murid Sekolah RendahDownloads
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2021-10-26
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