• Login
    View Item 
    •   Repository Home
    • Master Theses and Dissertations(MST)
    • MST-School of Education
    • MST-Department of Educational Communication and Technology
    • MST-Department of Educational Communication and Technology
    • View Item
    •   Repository Home
    • Master Theses and Dissertations(MST)
    • MST-School of Education
    • MST-Department of Educational Communication and Technology
    • MST-Department of Educational Communication and Technology
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    A study of arithmetic computational errors committed by standards four and six primary school pupils of Rabuor educational zone in Winam division, Kisumu district

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    full text (26.93Mb)
    Date
    2012-05-14
    Author
    Odanga, Francis
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The purpose of this study was to analyse arithmetic computation errors commited by primary school pupils of standards four and six. It further sought to find out which of the types of the errors are more prevalent than the others and whether there are any other differences in the magnitudes of the errors made. The sample of the study consisted of primary school pupils of the two classes from Rauor Educational Zone in Wiham Division, Kisumu district. Six schools were randomly selected with sixty pupils from each school giving a total population of three hundred and sixty (175 boys and 185 girls). The data was collected using an arithmetic computation test developed by Professor Patel of the department of Educational Communication and Technology, Kenyatta University. The instrument consisting of eighty arithmetic computation sums involving the four basic operations of addition, substraction, multiplication and division, was administered to the pupils. The instrument was scored manually for errors and then analysed in order to categorise the errors according to Englhardt (1977). The results were then analysed using descriptive statistics and the chi-square test was used to test whether there existed any significant gender differences. From the results it was concluded that pupils in primary schools do make arithmetic computation errors. The magnitude of the errors made reduces as one moves from the lower classes to the upper ones. The most prevalent types of errors were the Basic fact, grouping and Defective Algorithm. It was also concluded that significant differences existed in some types of errors. Therefore, when teaching mathematics, there is need for teachers to put more attention on these errors through remedial teaching.
    URI
    http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4581
    Collections
    • MST-Department of Educational Communication and Technology [249]

    Designed by Library ICT Team copyright © 2017 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback

     

     

    Browse

    All of RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Designed by Library ICT Team copyright © 2017 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback