scholarly journals Preparation of an observation card to measure the developmental learning difficulties among primary school students in Sana’a City, Yemen

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Abdo Hasan AL-Qadri ◽  
Wei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Developmental Learning ◽  
Successful Intervention ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Essential Resource

Developmental learning difficulties are among the prevalent exceptionalities school learners have today. In this regard, identification and placement are among the facilitators of later successful intervention for these groups of learners (West-Olatunji, Shure, Pringle, Adams, Lewis & Cholewa, 2010). However, there are not enough resources such as tools to measure the learners’ difficulties (Alim, Abdallah, Ramaroson, Sidikou & Van de Wiel, 2007) available. The tools, which objectively help a professional to identify a learner’s level of difficulty is an essential resource, however, they are scarce. With this study we aimed to develop an observation card to determine the prevalence of developmental learning difficulties among primary school students in Sana’a City, Yemen. A 24-item tool was used and analysed to test its psychometric properties. A total of 238 students with ages ranging from 6 to 13 years participated in the study. The findings of the study suggest the final formulation of the items to be included in the observation card that can measure the prevalence of this exceptionality through the use of observation scores. The observed raw score had been standardised by its deviation from the sample’s mean. Further, the findings reveal that there were statistically significant differences in the respondents’ level of difficulties in terms of their gender and grade. Recommendations of the study are presented in this article.

scholarly journals Development model of communicative ULA in primary school children with learning difficulties

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12094
Author(s):  
Marina Skuratovskaya ◽  
Elena Romanova
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
School Children ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students

The article presents the model of the formation of communicative (universal learning actions) ULA, which includes the principles and stages of remedial and pedagogical activities of speech and socio-psychological development. Each stage is supposed to work on communicative ULA development in primary school students with learning difficulties. There are three main directions of the communicative ULA development: the development of cognitive processes, the development of speech skills, and the development of socio-psychological skills. This article also presents the content of remedial and pedagogical work, including various types of activities in the curricular and extracurricular types of organizing educational activities.

scholarly journals Using Digital Smart Board to Overcome Higher Order Thinking Skills Learning Difficulties in Data Handling among Primary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Julius ◽  
Soh Hon Mun ◽  
Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽  
Mahani Mokhtar ◽  
Nornazira Suhairom
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Data Handling ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Smart Board

Data Handling at primary school involves gathering and recording information and then presenting it in a way that is meaningful to others. It is a fundamental part of student's mathematical understanding. Initial concepts of Data Handling need to be exposed to students in the early years as these skills will be used and built upon throughout their education. Due to its importance, Data Handling is included in the curriculum at primary level in Malaysia. However results of international assessments which focused on the use of higher order thinking skills showed that Malaysian students performed poorly in Data Handling. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify students’ learning difficulties in Data Handling at each level of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) namely applying, analysing, evaluating and creating. In addition, this study also investigated the use of smart board in overcoming HOTS learning difficulties in Data Handling. Numerous teachers recommend the use of smart board at primary schools since students have the opportunity to explore and learn novel concepts using the technology. Subsequently, it helps to generate dynamic learning experiences and student in school become more motivated about learning when the smart board is used during their lessons. Four experienced year five mathematics teachers and thirty year five students from a primary school were involved in the study. The students and teachers were selected based on purposive sampling. An interview protocol and rubric for cognitive domain in HOTS were used during the data collection phase. In addition, semi-structured interview sessions with the teachers and students as well as document analysis of the students’ mathematics exercise sheets in Data Handling were carried out by the researcher to investigate the students’ learning difficulties at each level of HOTS in Data Handling. It is hoped that the results from this study can contribute towards development of strategies, methods or programs using smart board to enhance HOTS in Data Handling among primary school students in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Effects of formulating math problems on primary students` performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Assel Abdilazim ◽  
Bagzada Auyesbay
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
Math Problems

In maths classrooms at every level in all countries of the world, students can be observed solving problems. The quality and genuineness of these maths problems has been the theme of many arguments and debates in recent years.In this article we are going to show and compare the performance of primary school students using our experiment. We collected 20 second-grade students and conducted a lesson with traditional way of teaching. At next lesson we had took an examination to check if our students have comprehended the material and  got the results. The next lesson they  were given tasks to pose problems related to the same topic we had learned last time and took  another exam with the same level of difficulty and a slight change of numbers and got the results as well. The change and progress of students impressed us.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF COMPUTING SKILLS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CONDITIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Ruslana ROMANYSHYN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Developmental Learning ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Computing Skills ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Development Of Students

Introduction. The process of mastering the content of computing activities and the formation of computing skills on its basis is a complex and lengthy process. For this process to be more successful, it must be consistent with the objective laws of knowledge acquisition and the laws of psychic, in particular, mental development. In the conditions of modern education there is a search for the most effective forms of education to which scientists include developmental training. Purpose. Identi- fy effective ways to develop computing skills in primary school students. Methods. Analysis of psychological and pedagogical, mathematical, educational and methodical literature, legislative and regulatory documents governing the system of primary education; generalization of theoretical and experimental data. Results. Theoretical principles of developmental learning from the point of view of activity theory are covered. There is a difference between the process of forming computing skills in the traditional system of education and the system of developmental learning. Characteristic features of systems of L. Zankov, V. Davydov and D. Elkonin, N. Istomina are noted. As a result of the analysis, effective strategies for the formation of computing skills in primary school students are named. It is established that in developmental learning a significant role is given to the acquisi- tion of theoretical knowledge for the general development of students. Originality. Based on the analysis and comparison of the author’s systems of developmental learning, effective strategies for the formation of computing skills in primary school students in modern conditions of development of new methods are determined. Conclusion. It was found that the development of a program in mathematics, taking into account the concept of developmental learning, should be based on understanding the nature of the relationship between psychic development of students with the content of acquired knowledge and skills. The very order of presentation of the material should correspond to the general logic of building a course taking into account the psychological and neurophysiological characteristics of primary school students.

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