STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE IN REPRESENTATION IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS: ESTABLISHING VALIDITY IN A PILOT TEST
Keywords:
Pilot Study, Representation, Interview, Mathematics, QualitativeAbstract
The cognitive process of representation, which is key to learning mathematics, is crucial. However, fewer guidelines are given. Since representation plays a complex role in cognition, it is essential to gather data using a qualitative approach. As a result, the purpose of this study is to pilot test a set of interview questions for the investigation of how students acquire mathematics through representation. Specifically, the objective of this study is to pilot test the instrument through interview session. The pilot work for interviews was conducted on three primary school pupils as groundwork for thesis on representation in fraction and related to pupils’ metacognition skill. The findings from this study are that several questions in the instrument need to be modified according to the responds of the pupils. From this study, it was recommended that a pilot test is needed to be done on the questions in the instrument through several interview session in order to make sure that the instrument questions can achieve to answer the objective of the study.
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