THE APPLICATION OF NUMBER FISHING GAME TO IMPROVE BASIC MATHEMATICS ABILITY

<p class="AfiliasiCxSpFirst" align="left"><strong>Abstrak:</strong></p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpMiddle">Kemampuan Matematika permulaan merupakan kemampuan anak untuk berfikir logismatematis dan berkaitan dengan bilangan cacah. Pengamatan awal pada anak usia 5-6 tahun di RA Khairin Islamic School ditemukan bahwa kemampuan Matematika permulaan anak tergolong rendah dan kegiatan pembelajarannya berpusat pada guru sehingga anak tidak aktif menemukan konsep dan tidak ada pengalaman belajar yang menyenangkan dan bermakna. Padahal karakteristik anak usia dini adalah belajar melalui bermain. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk meningkatkan kemampuan Matematika permulaan dengan menerapkan permainan memancing angka. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Subjek pada penelitian ini sebanyak 21 orang anak usia 5-6 tahun di RA Khairin Islamic School. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: penggunaan permainan memancing angka (sebagai tindakan) berhasil meningkatkan kemampuan Matematika permulaan pada anak usia 5-6 tahun. Hal tersebut ditandai dengan tercapainya skor persentase ketuntasan klasikal sebesar 90,4% pada siklus II. Penemuan lain dari hasil penelitian ini, yaitu: respon anak saat memancing angka sangat senang, antusias, aktif, dan memahami Matematika permulaan dengan konsep nyata. Dengan demikian, penelitian ini menyarankan kepada guru ataupuh penelitian lainnya untuk menerapkan permainan memancing angka untuk meningkatkan kemampuan Matematika permulaan dan menjadikan konsep Matematika menjadi lebih nyata bagi anak.</p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpMiddle" align="left"><strong> </strong></p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpLast" align="left"><strong>Kata Kunci</strong>:</p><p>Kemampuan Matematika Permulaan, Permainan Memancing Angka, Pendidikan Matematika</p><p> </p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpFirst" align="left"><strong><em>Abstract:</em></strong></p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpMiddle"><em>The Basic mathematics Ability is pupils ability to think logical mathematical and is related to whole numbers. Preliminary observations on pupils aged 5-6 years at RA Khairin Islamic School, pupils basic mathematics abilities were relatively low and their learning activities were teacher-centered so that pupils did not actively find concepts and there were no enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences. Though the characteristics of early childhood are learning through playing, he purpose of this study is to improve the basic mathematics abilities by implementing a number fishing game. The research method used was classroom action research. The subjects in this study were 21 children aged 5-6 years at RA Khairin Islamic School. The results showed that: the application of number fishing game (as action) to improve basic mathematics ability of pupils aged 5-6 years. this is indicated by the achievement of a classical percentage ability score of 90.4% in cycle II. The other findings, pupil's responses when fishing for numbers were very happy, enthusiastic, active, and understood basic Mathematics with real concepts. Thus, this research suggests to the teacher or other research to apply the game of number fishing to improve the basic Mathematics ability and to make the Mathematics concept more real for children.</em></p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpMiddle" align="left"><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p class="AfiliasiCxSpLast" align="left"><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>:</em></p><p><em>Basic Mathematics Ability</em><em>, </em><em>Number Fishing Game</em><em>,</em><em> Mathematics Education</em></p>

Approximate Number Sense in Students With Severe Hearing Loss: A Modality-Neutral Cognitive Ability

The Approximate Number System (ANS) allows humans and non-human animals to estimate large quantities without counting. It is most commonly studied in visual contexts (i.e., with displays containing different numbers of dots), although the ANS may operate on all approximate quantities regardless of modality (e.g., estimating the number of a series of auditory tones). Previous research has shown that there is a link between ANS and mathematics abilities, and that this link is resilient to differences in visual experience (Kanjlia et al., 2018). However, little is known about the function of the ANS and its relationship to mathematics abilities in the absence of other types of sensory input. Here, we investigated the acuity of the ANS and its relationship with mathematics abilities in a group of students from the Sichuan Province in China, half of whom were deaf. We found, consistent with previous research, that ANS acuity improves with age. We found that mathematics ability was predicted by Non-verbal IQ and Inhibitory Control, but not visual working memory capacity or Attention Network efficiencies. Even above and beyond these predictors, ANS ability still accounted for unique variance in mathematics ability. Notably, there was no interaction with hearing, which indicates that the role played by the ANS in explaining mathematics competence is not modulated by hearing capacity. Finally, we found that age, Non-verbal IQ and Visual Working Memory capacity were predictive of ANS performance when controlling for other factors. In fact, although students with hearing loss performed slightly worse than students with normal hearing on the ANS task, hearing was no longer significantly predictive of ANS performance once other factors were taken into account. These results indicate that the ANS is able to develop at a consistent pace with other cognitive abilities in the absence of auditory experience, and that its relationship with mathematics ability is not contingent on sensory input from hearing.

Predicting mathematical abilities from early mathematics and number-specific executive functions in informal and formal schooling

Background Current evidence on an integrative role of the domain-specific early mathematical skills and domain-general executive functions (EFs) from informal to formal schooling and their effect on mathematical abilities is so far unclear. The main objectives of this study were to (i) compare the domain-specific early mathematics, the number-specific EFs, and the mathematical abilities between preschool and primary school children, and (ii) examine the relationship among the domain-specific early mathematics, the number-specific EFs, and the mathematics abilities among preschool and primary school children.Methods In the present study, we recruited six- and seven-year-old children (Ntotal=505, n6yrs=238, and n7yrs=267). We compared domain-specific early mathematics as measured by symbolic and non-symbolic tasks, number-specific EFs tasks, and mathematics tasks between these preschool and primary school children. In addition, we tested the predictive power of domain-specific numerical and number-specific EFs on mathematics abilities among preschool and primary school children. MANOVA and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to test research hypotheses.Results We found that primary school children were superior to preschool children over more complex tests of the domain-specific early mathematics, the number-specific EFs, the mathematics abilities, particularly, for more sophisticated numerical knowledge and the number-specific EFs components. The SEM revealed that both the domain-specific early numerical and the number-specific EFs could predict the mathematics abilities across age groups. Nevertheless, the number comparison test and mental number line of the domain-specific early mathematics were clearly pronounced in predicting the mathematics abilities for formal school children. These results highlight the benefits of both the domain-specific early mathematics and the number-specific EFs in mathematical development, especially at the key stages of formal schooling. Understanding the causal effect of EFs in improving mathematical attainments could allow a more powerful approach in improving mathematical education at this developmental stage.

Factores que pueden influenciar la selección de una ingeniería como carrera dependiendo de las habilidades matemáticas de los estudiantes / Factors that influence students’ decisions to pursue engineering as a major for students with different mathematics abilities

Este estudio multimétodos busca lograr un mejor entendimiento de las razones que pueden motivar a un estudiante a seleccionar una carrera en ingeniería, poniendo énfasis en las diferencias que puedan existir entre alumnos con distintos niveles de habilidades matemáticas. Se recolectó información sobre las experiencias académicas y personales de 560 alumnos de una universidad pública de Estados Unidos mediante una encuesta. Esta información fue analizada por medio de pruebas estadísticas inferenciales, separando la muestra en grupos con habilidades matemáticas altas y bajas para comparar resultados y encontrar posibles diferencias entre estudiantes que seleccionaron una ingeniería como su carrera. Ser del género masculino mostró tener la influencia más significativa en la elección de ser ingeniero, seguido por tener una mejor preparación matemática; y estos resultados fueron más evidentes en el grupo de habilidades matemáticas bajas. Por otro lado, los participantes con habilidades matemáticas altas demostraron tener un interés genuino en las carreras de ingeniería y sus aplicaciones, mientras que los participantes con habilidades matemáticas bajas buscaban más el dinero y la posición social que les podía ofrecer un título de ingeniería.

Modelling the development of language and mathematics abilities from early childhood to adolescence

This chapter assesses what mattered most during the phases of human development. This is done by introducing a new approach, Latent Growth Modelling, which allows the analysis to go further by simultaneously evaluating multiple paths that affected children's development, over the five survey rounds, and deciding which were relatively more important. The model is applied to the Younger Cohort and the aim is to illustrate the operation of developmental cascades for changes in receptive vocabulary and mathematics abilities. These models are especially suitable in the case of Young Lives because they bring together 15 years of longitudinal evidence and are tested across the four study countries. The chapter then uses the findings both from the earlier chapters and the modelling presented here to lay out a positive developmental cascade for transitions to adulthood. This provides a framework for action based on Young Lives data, regarding what mattered most and when.

Analisis Berpikir Kreatif Siswa dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Pythagoras Melalui Model JUCAMA

Creative thinking in classroom learning needs to be optimized so that students have more skills in dealing with and solving problems that arise, especially those related to mathematics. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability of students to think creatively when solving pythagorean theorems in learning with the learning model of Submission and Problem Solving (JUCAMA). This research method is qualitative research. The subjects of this study were 6 eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Laboya Barat, which consisted of 2 students with high mathematics abilities, 2 students with moderate mathematics abilities, and 2 students with low math abilities. Data taken through tests, interviews and documentation. Then the data is analyzed and described. Analysis of creative thinking tests refers to three indicators of creative thinking namely fluency, flexibility, and novelty. The results showed that students who have high math skills can fulfill three indicators of creative thinking based on Siswono theory because they can show fluency, flexibility, and renewal. Students with mathematical abilities are able to fulfill two indicators and cannot fulfill happiness. Meanwhile, students with low mathematical abilities do not fulfill three indicators based on Siswono theory because they are not fluent, not flexible and not renewable in solving the problem.