Journal on Mathematics Education (JME)
Vol 8, No 2 (2017)

IMPLEMENTING INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING AND EXAMINING THE EFFECTS IN JUNIOR COLLEGE PROBABILITY LESSONS

Jessie Siew Yin Chong (Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah, Ministry of Education)
Maureen Siew Fang Chong (Brunei Darussalam Teacher Academy, Ministry of Education)
Masitah Shahrill ((SCOPUS ID: 55873798300), Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Nor Azura Abdullah (Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2017

Abstract

This study examined how Year 12 students use their inquiry skills in solving conditional probability questions by means of Inquiry-Based Learning application. The participants consisted of 66 students of similar academic abilities in Mathematics, selected from three classes, along with their respective teachers. Observational rubric and lesson observation checklist were used as the data collection instruments. The results obtained were analyzed and then quantitatively reported. Findings from the observational rubric revealed that Year 12 students were able to understand most of the questions during the activity, but they only select and use one previously learned method to solve the questions during the activity. In addition, these students rarely seek and asked probing questions during the activity. They only used words, diagrams and numbers to interpret the solutions to the questions and make connections between them but with few mistakes detected.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.8.2.3964.157-164

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jme

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics

Description

Journal on Mathematics Education (IndoMS-JME) is peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of mathematics education. This journal is founded under collaboration between Indonesian Mathematical Society ...