Paper Info
Title
Arts and Science Stream Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Strategies and Perspectives
Abstract
The interest of Malaysian students at upper secondary level towards science stream has declined over the years. The preference is towards arts stream as compared to science since there exists a perception that doing arts is easier than science. However, in Malaysian education system, mathematics is a compulsory subject for all students at upper secondary level. Therefore, it is crucial to study the differences of students in these two streams (i.e. science and art) in terms of mathematical problem solving aspect. This research aimed to explore the preferred problem solving strategies between students in the science and art streams and also to determine their perspectives towards mathematical problem solving. A descriptive quantitative design was used in this study. The study involved 60 students (30 science stream students and 30 arts stream students) from a secondary school in Kluang district, Malaysia. The students were given two non-routine mathematics problems in order to study their preferred problem solving strategies. Students were then given a set of questionnaire in order to investigate their perspectives towards mathematical problem solving. Descriptive statistics showed that students in the science stream applied scientific strategies in answering the problems such as by making a systematic list, and guess and check strategies. Meanwhile students in the arts stream preferred to use their imagination and creativity such as by drawing while answering the mathematics questions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/ICEED.2018.8626896
2018 IEEE 10th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
Art,Problem-solving,Mathematics,Streaming media,Education,Creativity,Systematics
Conference
978-1-5386-6847-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Abdul Halim Abdullah106.08
Mahani Mokhtar201.01
Sharifah Nurarfah S. Abd Rahman301.69
Yeow Lih Wen400.34
Nor Hasniza Ibrahim575.17
Marlina Ali602.03
Dayana Farzeeha Ali701.01