DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF DoCtor WoRM'S MODULE IN IMPROVING
MULTIPLICATION SKILLS AMONG YEAR FOUR LOW ACHIEVERS
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness
of DoCtor WoRM’s Module in improving multiplication skills among Year
Four low achievers in National-Type Chinese Primary School (SJKC).
DoCtor WoRM’s Module had been designed based on Constructivist Theory,
mastery learning, and game-based learning. The module was developed
based on Sidek’s Module Development Model. Quantitative approaches with
quasi-experimental design were used for this study. A number of 60 Year
Four low achievers from Manjung District were selected using random
sampling. The sample was divided into the treatment and control groups.
The former went through a teaching and learning process using DoCtor
WoRM’s Module, while the latter learnt through traditional teaching.
After the pre-test, three months of intervention was carried out to both
groups of sample, followed by a post-test. Data was analysed using
descriptive and inferential statistics. Dependent t-test showed that
there was a significant increase in the achievement of treatment group
from pre-test (M = 59.47, SD = 27.242) to post-test (M = 91.53, SD =
12.566), t(29) = 6.254, p < .001. The independent t-test had
shown that the achievement of multiplication skills in post-test of
treatment group (M = 91.53, SD = 12.566) is higher than the post-test of
control group (M = 79.17, SD = 22.588), t(58) = 2.621, p <
.012. As a conclusion, DoCtor WoRM’s Module has improved the
multiplication skills among Year Four low achievers in SJKC. This study
implicates that DoCtor WoRM’s Module should be applied to the low
achievers in Malaysia in order to improve their Mathematics achievement
particularly in multiplication skills.