The relationship between numeracy thinking and mental computation ability with brain hemisphericity among secondary school students / Ilda Salwani Ameer Hamza

Much concern has been shown towards improving literacy and numeracy by the Malaysian government as reflected in the National Key Results Area (NKRA) of the Government Transformation Programmes (GTP).Taking this as the cue, the focus of this study was to obtain an insight into the relationship betwee...

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Main Author:	Ameer Hamza, Ilda Salwani
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Published:	2012
Subjects:	Educational technology
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.396522022-07-12T03:15:06Z The relationship between numeracy thinking and mental computation ability with brain hemisphericity among secondary school students / Ilda Salwani Ameer Hamza 2012-09 Ameer Hamza, Ilda Salwani Educational technology Much concern has been shown towards improving literacy and numeracy by the Malaysian government as reflected in the National Key Results Area (NKRA) of the Government Transformation Programmes (GTP).Taking this as the cue, the focus of this study was to obtain an insight into the relationship between Numeracy Thinking and Mental Computation ability with Brain Hemisphericity among secondary school students ages from 12 to 16. The sample consisted of 414 students in Form 1, Form 2 and Form 4 from six secondary schools located in a district in Malaysia. All the students in this study obtained an A grade in their Mathematic examination. This is a descriptive correlation study using stratified purposive random sampling. The instruments used were the Numeracy Test, Mental Computation Test, Brain Hemisphericity Test. The findings reveal that the students’ performance in the Numeracy Test was quite low (mean =36.99 (max: 66), SD: 7.56) as compared to the Mental Computation Test (mean =27.10 (max: 40). SD 17.27). Both the Numeracy and Mental Computation Test has a significant relation with Brain Hemisphericity where high scores were inclined towards left brain students as compared to right brain students. The significant findings of this study also indicate that male students outperform female students in both the Numeracy and Mental Computation Test. The finding is a damning indictment of the examination orientated education and raises questions about the validity of National examination results of Mathematics grades. It is recommended that further research about gender-specific education should be undertaken to analyse these situations. 2012-09 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39652/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39652/1/39652.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Education Aperapar, Parmjit Singh (Ass. Prof. Dr.)
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description	Much concern has been shown towards improving literacy and numeracy by the Malaysian government as reflected in the National Key Results Area (NKRA) of the Government Transformation Programmes (GTP).Taking this as the cue, the focus of this study was to obtain an insight into the relationship between Numeracy Thinking and Mental Computation ability with Brain Hemisphericity among secondary school students ages from 12 to 16. The sample consisted of 414 students in Form 1, Form 2 and Form 4 from six secondary schools located in a district in Malaysia. All the students in this study obtained an A grade in their Mathematic examination. This is a descriptive correlation study using stratified purposive random sampling. The instruments used were the Numeracy Test, Mental Computation Test, Brain Hemisphericity Test. The findings reveal that the students’ performance in the Numeracy Test was quite low (mean =36.99 (max: 66), SD: 7.56) as compared to the Mental Computation Test (mean =27.10 (max: 40). SD 17.27). Both the Numeracy and Mental Computation Test has a significant relation with Brain Hemisphericity where high scores were inclined towards left brain students as compared to right brain students. The significant findings of this study also indicate that male students outperform female students in both the Numeracy and Mental Computation Test. The finding is a damning indictment of the examination orientated education and raises questions about the validity of National examination results of Mathematics grades. It is recommended that further research about gender-specific education should be undertaken to analyse these situations.
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title	The relationship between numeracy thinking and mental computation ability with brain hemisphericity among secondary school students / Ilda Salwani Ameer Hamza
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The relationship between numeracy thinking and mental computation ability with brain hemisphericity among secondary school students / Ilda Salwani Ameer Hamza

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