The Relationship Between Approximate Number System and Mathematics Competency in Indonesian Primary School Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 6259-6264
Author(s):  
Kevin Wijaya ◽  
Fransiskus X Ivan ◽  
Adre Mayza
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Weber Fraction ◽  
Number System ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Methodological Aspect ◽  
Approximate Number System ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between Approximate Number System (ANS), a cognitive system which represents and estimates the cardinality of a set, and mathematics competency of primary school children. Many findings on ANS and its relations with mathematics competency showed inconsistency. This research is the first of its kind in Indonesia. 318 fourth and fifth-grade primary school students were instructed to perform non-symbolic (dots) comparison task to measure their Weber fraction (w), accuracy (percentage correct), and response time (ms) which are the measurement for ANS acuity. Mathematics competencies of the students were taken from school’s report card and the data were standardized for each school separately. Correlation and regression linear analysis were conducted to find the relationship between ANS acuity and mathematics’ competency. Analysis showed there was a weak but significant (p < 0.05) correlation between two measurements of ANS acuity, namely the Weber fraction and accuracy, with mathematics competency, but not response time (p > 0.05). Further analysis with linear regression showed there was no relationship between the two variables and mathematics score, which disproves this correlation. This study shows that there is no relationship between children’s ANS acuity and mathematics competency. Intrinsic factors such as children’s attention, engagement, and motivation, also methodological aspect needed further consideration. Future studies are needed to investigate the methodological aspect related to the measurement of ANS and mathematics’ competency as there is no ‘gold standard’ yet to measure ANS.

Children in three contexts: Family, education and social development

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotirios Sarantakos
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
School Children ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Family Education ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the relationship between family environment and behaviour of primary school children living in three family contexts. It uses data from studies including children of married heterosexual couples, cohabiting heterosexual couples and homosexual couples, and examines the extent to which these children differ with regard to scholastic achievement and aspects of social development. It shows that in the majority of cases, the most successful are children of married couples, followed by children of cohabiting couples and finally by children of homosexual couples.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENTAL CARIES AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MAKKAH CITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 1099-1110
Author(s):  
Alamri Fahad ◽  
Alahmadi Abdulrahman ◽  
AlGhamdi Badr ◽  
Alghamdi Essam ◽  
Alqarni Anas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Makkah City ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Assessing adaptation capabilities in primary school children attending schools with different educational processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 495-500
Author(s):  
Olga A. Maklakova ◽  
Darya A. Eisfeld ◽  
Nina V. Zaitseva
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Adaptation Mechanism ◽  
Nervous Systems ◽  
Adaptation Mechanisms ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
And Mathematics

Introduction. Innovative teaching and learning systems involve intensification of the educational process and greater academic loads; it results in the exertion of adaptation systems in a body, especially when it comes to primary school children. Purpose of the study. Our research goal was to assess peculiarities of adaptation capabilities in primary school children who attended schools with different educational processes. Material and methods. To study peculiarities of adaptation capabilities in primary school children, we performed a clinical examination of 183 children (51.4% boys and 48.6% girls, the average age being 9.51±0.17) who attended a lyceum (group A), a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics (Group B), and an ordinary secondary school (Group C). We also analyzed how intense educational loads were in all three educational establishments. Children’s adaptation capabilities were assessed as per functional parameters of their cardiovascular and vegetative nervous systems and catecholamines’ contents in blood. Results. The entry-level secondary schools tend to have more intense educational processes. We established that primary school children who attended a lyceum faced 1.5 times greater intellectual and sensory loads; children who attended a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics had educational loads that were 1.3-1.4 times more monotonous than in other establishments; children who attended an ordinary school had to bear 1.8 times higher emotional loads. ⅔ primary school children had exertion of functional reserves in their cardiovascular system caused by a longer educational load duration. 36% of primary school children who attended a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics had tension in their adaptation mechanisms caused by monotonous educational loads combined with lower noradrenalin contents in blood. Those children also ran up to 4.9 times higher risks of adaptation mechanism exertion. 48.5-56.7% of children who attended a lyceum and an ordinary school had vegetative imbalance that became apparent via activated adaptation-trophic influence promoted by the sympathetic section in the vegetative nervous systems and related to the duration of learning activities. Conclusion. Intensification of the educational process results in disorders of compensatory-adaptation mechanisms in primary school children.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Emotional Quotient and the Acquisition of Basic Skill Among Primary School Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Rahil Mahyuddin ◽  
Maria Chong Abdullah ◽  
Samsilah Roslan ◽  
Habibah Elias ◽  
Tajularipin Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Basic Skill ◽  
Emotional Quotient ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Micronutrients Intake and Mathematics Achievement among Primary School Children in Magelang, Central Java

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Romiza Arika ◽  
◽  
Sapja Anantanyu ◽  
Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Central Java ◽  
And Mathematics

scholarly journals MODELLING AS A KNOWLEDGE GAINING TECHNIQUE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN SOLVING COMPLEX TASKS

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Makarova ◽  
Sergey Musiychuk ◽  
Ademir Damazio
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Complex Tasks ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract.Using an example of composite tasks and the teaching techniquebehind them, the authors describe how primary school students learn to use modelling as part of their knowledge gaining process in education. The use of modelling during math classes is one of the pre-conditions for successful learning with primary school children as with the help of modelling children can better imagine what the task implies and better understand the relationship between different values, which enhances their awareness when deciding on what operation to apply, and so on.The article describes different models and submodels used by teachers for taskmodelling. It is noted that when learning how to solve composite tasks, children learn to reflect and acquire the ability to act inside their minds and analyze their thinking.Keywords: Knowledge gaining, mathematics teaching, modelling, compositetask.

scholarly journals The relationship of family characteristics, parental beliefs and parenting behaviours with the fundamental movement proficiency of primary school children in South East Wales

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 970-986
Author(s):  
Stuart Jarvis ◽  
Morgan Williams ◽  
Paul Rainer ◽  
John Saunders ◽  
Richard Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Parental Beliefs ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the fundamental movement skills (FMS) of primary school children and aspects of their home environment. Four-hundred-and-eighty-four primary school children were recruited to the study, consisting of 255 boys and 229 girls, aged between 9 and 11 years. Participants were assessed on eight different FMS and placed into different ability profiles according to the similarity of their FMS proficiencies. Four-hundred-and-eighty-four parent questionnaires were completed and matched to the profile membership of the participants. For boys, positive relationships were found between their FMS ability and the variables of parent–child interaction in video gaming, parental beliefs concerning the importance of social development, motor development and children’s participation in physical activity, parental awareness of their own child’s extracurricular participation in community sports clubs and physical activity preferences. For girls, positive relationships with FMS proficiency were found for parental beliefs concerning the importance of participation in physical activity for social function and the importance of participation in physical activity for learning rules. In the case of girls only, several family characteristics were also significantly related to FMS proficiency. These were the following: the involvement of members of the extended family in their before and after-school care provision; their parents’ employment status; and their mother’s physical activity participation. In conclusion, parental beliefs and behaviours have the potential to influence children’s FMS performance and their impact needs to be considered in any interventions to improve the FMS of children of primary school age.

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