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Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology at rural Secondary Schools in Sabah, Malaysia. This study involved 17 Secondary rural and non-rural Secondary Schools in Sabah. A total of 613 Form 4, Form 2, and Form 1 students were randomly c...

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Main Authors: Chin, Kin Eng, Crispina Gregory K Han, Lay, Yoon Fah
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Published: 2011
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spelling my.ums.eprints.203702021-08-27T12:54:03Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20370/ Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia Chin, Kin Eng Crispina Gregory K Han Lay, Yoon Fah BF Psychology The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology at rural Secondary Schools in Sabah, Malaysia. This study involved 17 Secondary rural and non-rural Secondary Schools in Sabah. A total of 613 Form 4, Form 2, and Form 1 students were randomly chosen as respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The reliability of the instrument was analyzed by using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0 for Windows. Descriptive statistical analysis showed that only 13.0% of rural Secondary School students possessed positive attitude to learning Mathematics with Technology as compared to 21.5% of students from non-rural Secondary Schools. Results of independent sample t-test has indicated that there was a significant difference (t = -2.424, df = 543, p < 0.05) in attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology between rural and non-rural school students. Students from non-rural Secondary Schools possessed higher Confidence with Technology compared to students from rural schools. Inferentional statistical analysis also showed that there was no significant difference in students’ attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology based on gender, streaming, and level of schooling. Therefore, Mathematics teacher is the main factors in how technology is used in classroom. Finally, school administrators should encourage Mathematics teacher to use ICT (Information and Communication Technology) widely to enhance their teaching. 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20370/1/Students.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20370/7/Students%27%20attitudes%20to%20learning%20mathematics%20with%20technology%20at%20rural%20schools%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Chin, Kin Eng and Crispina Gregory K Han and Lay, Yoon Fah (2011) Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia. ATIKAN, 1 (2).
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Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
description The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology at rural Secondary Schools in Sabah, Malaysia. This study involved 17 Secondary rural and non-rural Secondary Schools in Sabah. A total of 613 Form 4, Form 2, and Form 1 students were randomly chosen as respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The reliability of the instrument was analyzed by using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0 for Windows. Descriptive statistical analysis showed that only 13.0% of rural Secondary School students possessed positive attitude to learning Mathematics with Technology as compared to 21.5% of students from non-rural Secondary Schools. Results of independent sample t-test has indicated that there was a significant difference (t = -2.424, df = 543, p < 0.05) in attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology between rural and non-rural school students. Students from non-rural Secondary Schools possessed higher Confidence with Technology compared to students from rural schools. Inferentional statistical analysis also showed that there was no significant difference in students’ attitudes to learning Mathematics with Technology based on gender, streaming, and level of schooling. Therefore, Mathematics teacher is the main factors in how technology is used in classroom. Finally, school administrators should encourage Mathematics teacher to use ICT (Information and Communication Technology) widely to enhance their teaching.
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author Chin, Kin Eng
Crispina Gregory K Han
Lay, Yoon Fah
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Crispina Gregory K Han
Lay, Yoon Fah
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title Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort students' attitudes to learning mathematics with technology at rural schools in sabah, malaysia
publishDate 2011
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