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postgraduate thesis: Enhancing mathematical word problems among ethnic minority primary school students : a comparison of interventions on reading comprehension and schematic representation
| Title | Enhancing mathematical word problems among ethnic minority primary school students : a comparison of interventions on reading comprehension and schematic representation |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2020 |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Citation | Lui, H. H. J. [呂活衡]. (2020). Enhancing mathematical word problems among ethnic minority primary school students : a comparison of interventions on reading comprehension and schematic representation. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of interventions, reading
comprehension and schematic-based strategy trainings, on enhancing the performance of math
word problems (MWP) solving among ethnic minority (EM) primary school students in Hong
Kong. It aimed to discover if it is the language barrier or the difficulty in integrating math
concepts struggle the EM students more. While the reading group practiced on reading
comprehension, the math group practiced on integrating information of MWP and math
concepts through schema. The accuracy on solving fraction-related math word problems and
the quality of visual representations were measured in EM primary 5 and 6 students of the 2
intervention groups before and after the 8 intervention sessions within a two-month period.
Results indicated that the accuracy of math word problems was significantly improved in the
reading group, while the quality of visual representation was significantly improved in the
math group.
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| Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
| Subject | Mathematics - Study and teaching (Primary) - China - Hong Kong Reading comprehension - Study and teaching (Primary) - China - Hong Kong |
| Dept/Program | Educational Psychology |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310821 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Lui, Huo Heng Jochebed | - |
| dc.contributor.author | 呂活衡 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-22T15:41:48Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-22T15:41:48Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lui, H. H. J. [呂活衡]. (2020). Enhancing mathematical word problems among ethnic minority primary school students : a comparison of interventions on reading comprehension and schematic representation. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/310821 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of interventions, reading comprehension and schematic-based strategy trainings, on enhancing the performance of math word problems (MWP) solving among ethnic minority (EM) primary school students in Hong Kong. It aimed to discover if it is the language barrier or the difficulty in integrating math concepts struggle the EM students more. While the reading group practiced on reading comprehension, the math group practiced on integrating information of MWP and math concepts through schema. The accuracy on solving fraction-related math word problems and the quality of visual representations were measured in EM primary 5 and 6 students of the 2 intervention groups before and after the 8 intervention sessions within a two-month period. Results indicated that the accuracy of math word problems was significantly improved in the reading group, while the quality of visual representation was significantly improved in the math group. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
| dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Mathematics - Study and teaching (Primary) - China - Hong Kong | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Reading comprehension - Study and teaching (Primary) - China - Hong Kong | - |
| dc.title | Enhancing mathematical word problems among ethnic minority primary school students : a comparison of interventions on reading comprehension and schematic representation | - |
| dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
| dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
| dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
| dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Educational Psychology | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.date.hkucongregation | 2021 | - |
| dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044474549703414 | - |