Evaluation of the Increased Level of Preschool Students' Skills in Substraction Operation Using Cooperative Learning

The study aimed to evaluate the level of pre-school pupils’ skills in the strand of Science and Technology for the Early Math subject. The main topic is subtraction operation within number 10. The study was conducted on... [ view full abstract ]

The study aimed to evaluate the level of pre-school pupils’ skills in the strand of Science and Technology for the Early Math subject. The main topic is subtraction operation within number 10. The study was conducted on students who were enrolled in one of the preschool programmes under the Ministry of Education in Kampung Che Lijah, Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia. The class comprised 25 students, 9 boys (5 years = 3 and 6 years = 6) and 16 girls (5 years = 4 and 6 = 12). The study focused on the process of teaching and learning using cooperative learning method where the activities based on cooperative learning were used. Data were collected through interview with teachers and children as well as from review of written exercises that had been prepared by children. The data collected were analyzed to determine the percentage of increase in the performance i.e. the level of mastery and achievement of pupils on this topic. The study indicated that cooperative learning method is recommended to be implemented for pre-schools activities of subtraction operation within number 10 of Early Math subject.