Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication

Purpose – This paper was part of a larger study which looked into the effect of implementing Cooperative Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) on understanding of and communication in mathematics. The study had identified the main and interaction effect of using Cooperative TGT for learning mathematics in re...

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Main Authors: Veloo, Arsaythamby, Md Ali, Ruzlan, Chairany, Sitie
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2016
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20601/1/MJLI%2013%202%202016%2097%20123.pdf
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author Veloo, Arsaythamby
Md Ali, Ruzlan
Chairany, Sitie
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description Purpose – This paper was part of a larger study which looked into the effect of implementing Cooperative Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) on understanding of and communication in mathematics. The study had identified the main and interaction effect of using Cooperative TGT for learning mathematics in religious secondary school classrooms. A recommendation was made to incorporate Cooperative TGT as a pedagogical approach to enhance interest in actively learning mathematics with peers via tournaments among students. Students in Cooperative TGT classrooms had also learned to socialist while learning mathematics.Methodology – A quantitative approach using Randomized Pretest- Post test Control Group design was utilized in framing the research study. Simple random sampling was used to select 64 Grade 11 students from Madrasah Aliyah, Riau, Indonesia. Data from control groups without TGT treatment was collected using pretest, posttest- 1and posttest-2 across three time periods.The duration between one test and the subsequent test was five weeks. Mathematics understanding and communication was measured using an open-ended test.A mixed between-within subjects ANOVA was conducted to analyse the effectiveness of Cooperative TGT on understanding of and communication in mathematics.Findings – The findings showed that there was significant interaction between group types (experimental & control groups) and time periods [pretest, post test-1, & post test-2 (without TGT)].Cooperative TGT was found to have an effect on student understanding of and communication in mathematics. The gap score for post test-1 between understanding of mathematics and communication in mathematics was 17.69, indicating a significant effect of Cooperative TGT on the latter compared to the former.Significance – Cooperative TGT had encouraged students and teachers to be innovative and creative in the process of teaching and learning of mathematics in classrooms. This study has provided insights into how the teaching and learning of mathematics which incorporated group activities and tournaments in classrooms has helped to improve the understanding of mathematics and communication in mathematics of students at the Madrasah Aliyah, Riau, Indonesia.
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spelling uum-206012017-01-09T08:12:05Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20601/ Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication Veloo, Arsaythamby Md Ali, Ruzlan Chairany, Sitie LB Theory and practice of education Purpose – This paper was part of a larger study which looked into the effect of implementing Cooperative Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) on understanding of and communication in mathematics. The study had identified the main and interaction effect of using Cooperative TGT for learning mathematics in religious secondary school classrooms. A recommendation was made to incorporate Cooperative TGT as a pedagogical approach to enhance interest in actively learning mathematics with peers via tournaments among students. Students in Cooperative TGT classrooms had also learned to socialist while learning mathematics.Methodology – A quantitative approach using Randomized Pretest- Post test Control Group design was utilized in framing the research study. Simple random sampling was used to select 64 Grade 11 students from Madrasah Aliyah, Riau, Indonesia. Data from control groups without TGT treatment was collected using pretest, posttest- 1and posttest-2 across three time periods.The duration between one test and the subsequent test was five weeks. Mathematics understanding and communication was measured using an open-ended test.A mixed between-within subjects ANOVA was conducted to analyse the effectiveness of Cooperative TGT on understanding of and communication in mathematics.Findings – The findings showed that there was significant interaction between group types (experimental & control groups) and time periods [pretest, post test-1, & post test-2 (without TGT)].Cooperative TGT was found to have an effect on student understanding of and communication in mathematics. The gap score for post test-1 between understanding of mathematics and communication in mathematics was 17.69, indicating a significant effect of Cooperative TGT on the latter compared to the former.Significance – Cooperative TGT had encouraged students and teachers to be innovative and creative in the process of teaching and learning of mathematics in classrooms. This study has provided insights into how the teaching and learning of mathematics which incorporated group activities and tournaments in classrooms has helped to improve the understanding of mathematics and communication in mathematics of students at the Madrasah Aliyah, Riau, Indonesia. Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20601/1/MJLI%2013%202%202016%2097%20123.pdf Veloo, Arsaythamby and Md Ali, Ruzlan and Chairany, Sitie (2016) Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction (MJLI), 13 (2). pp. 97-123. ISSN 1675-8110 http://www.mjli.uum.edu.my/images/pdf1/vol13no2/4mjli132.pdf
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title_fullStr Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication
title_full_unstemmed Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication
title_short Using cooperative teams-game-tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication
title_sort using cooperative teams game tournament in 11 religious schools to improve mathematics understanding and communication
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