Chusnul, Galatea (2014) MENTAL COMPUTATION STRATEGIES BY 5 TH GRADERS ACCORDING TO OBJECT-SPATIAL-VERBAL COGNITIVE STYLE. Proceeding of International Conference On Research, Implementation And Education Of Mathematics And Sciences 2014. (Submitted)
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate mental computation strategies by fifth grade elementary students with different cognitive style (object-spatial-verbal). Seventy six fifth grade students in one of elementary school in Jember (Indonesia) participated in this study. All of the students were tested on Children’s ObjectSpatial Imagery and Verbal Questionnaire (C-OSIVQ). Nine children were chosen, based the test result, as subjects of the research. They were classified as 3 students with object imagery, 3 students with spatial imagery, and 3 students with verbal ability. The students were tested in a oral mental computation test. The test contains 15 items for additions, subtractions, multiplications, and divisions in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Findings were analyzed with qualitative methods. At the end of the research, students with spatial imagery achieved much better results than object imagery and verbal ability. When computation strategies were analyzed, it was found that the students with verbal ability were heavily influenced by written algorithm meanwhile students with object and spatial imagery used more variety ways and efficient strategies in performing mental computation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mental computation, thinking strategies, 5 th graders, cognitive styles. |
| Subjects: | Prosiding > ICRIEMS 2014 > MATHEMATICS & MATHEMATICS EDUCATION |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (FMIPA) > Pendidikan Matematika > Pendidikan Matematika |
| Depositing User: | Eprints |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2014 05:15 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2014 05:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/11546 |
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