Strategies for Mastering the Concept of Multiplication Operations among Primary School: A Systematic Literature Review
Abstract
Mastery of basic concepts in a mathematics is the backbone of students' understanding of any mathematics’s topic. For example, a failure to master multiplication operation skills will lead to students’ difficulty to learn multiplication operations. This study aimed to identify learning strategies for helping year five students to master the concept of multiplication operation skills. The study emplyed systematic literature review approach that used on journal articles from Google Scholar and ERIC databases published between 2018 and 2022. The results of this study showed that digital gaming activities are the most dominant strategies employed by teachers for teaching multiplication concepts at primary schools. In line with the huge and freely available online aplication in internet, this strategies are becoming a choice for teachers to engage children in mathematics learning activities because the strategies could increase students’ motivation and understanding of multiplication of basic concepts.
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Flores, M. M., Kaffar, B. J., & Hinton, V. (2019). A comparison of the effectiveness of using CRASIM vs. direct instruction to teach multiplication with regrouping. International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 4(1), 27-40.
Götze, D. (2019). Language-Sensitive Support Of Multiplication Concepts Among at-Risk Children: A Qualitative Didactical Design Research Case Study. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 17(2), 165-182.
Hendriana, H., Prahmana, R. C. I., & Hidayat, W. (2019). The Innovation of Learning Trajectory on Multiplication Operations for Rural Area Students in Indonesia. Journal on Mathematics Education, 10(3), 397-408.
Himmah, K., Asmani, J. M., & Nuraini, L. (2021). Efektivitas metode jarimatika dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berhitung perkalian siswa. Dawuh Guru: Jurnal Pendidikan MI/SD, 1(1), 57-68.
Hwai, L. M. Kesan Kaedah Petak Sifir Bagi Membantu Murid Tahun Dua Menguasai Konsep Darab ‘1-Digit’dengan ‘1-Digit’. (2019)
Ibharim, N. A. N., Ramli, S. Z., Zahari, S. A., Edyanto, N. A. A., & Zawawi, M. A. A. (2021). Learning History Using Augmented Reality. International Journal of Multimedia and Recent Innovation, 3(1), 1-10.
Ilukena, A. M., Utete, C. N., & Kasanda, C. (2020). Strategies Used by Grade 6 Learners in the Multiplication of Whole Numbers in Five Selected Primary Schools in the Kavango East and West Regions. International Education Studies, 13(3), 65-78.
Ishak, A. M., & Rahman, M. H. A. (2021). Pembangunan Permainan Mudah Alih Matematik'Sifir Run'untuk Pembelajaran Topik Darab bagi Murid Sekolah Rendah. Journal of Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science, 3(3), 114-127.
Janjam, N. A. Z., & Mukhtar, M. I. (2018). Keberkesanan Kaedah Kijo Membantu Murid Tahun 3 Hisyam Di Sekolah Rendah Agama Bersepadu Kluang Mengatasi Masalah Penguasaan Konsep Darab. Online Journal for TVET Practitioners.
Johari, M. K. H., Abd Hamid, N. Z., Saleh, S. H. M., & Bidin, B. (2021). Pelaksanaan kaedah pendaraban cepat dalam topik pendaraban terhadap minat dan tahap pencapaian murid Tahun Empat: satu kajian literatur. Jurnal Pendidikan Bitara UPSI, 14, 103-113.
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Kamarudin, N. H., Khairuddin, K. F., & Mansor, A. Z. (2022). Penggunaan Bahan Bantu Mengajar Guru Pendidikan Khas dalam Meningkatkan Kemahiran Matematik Operasi Darab. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 7(1), 175-183.
Kangungu, S. M., & Yatim, M. H. M. (2020). Teaching Programming Using the Robot-Based Learning Approach. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, 7(2), 22-28.
Khuzairi, N. M. S., Sidhu, M. S., & Cob, Z. C. (2020). Learning Analytics and Teaching Analytics: The Similarities and Differences. International Journal of Humanities, Management and Social Science, 3(2), 52-58.
Ku, P. L., & Lim, S. J. (2018). Perlaksanaan dan keberkesanan kaedah Lattice dalam pengajaran kemahiran matematik: Satu kajian kes di sekolah rendah. Online Journal for TVET Practitioners.
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Milton, J. H., Flores, M. M., Moore, A. J., Taylor, J. L. J., & Burton, M. E. (2019). Using the concrete–representational–abstract sequence to teach conceptual understanding of basic multiplication and division. Learning Disability Quarterly, 42(1), 32-45.
Ministry of Education Malaysia (2013). Malaysia Education Development Plan 2013-2025. Putrajaya: Teacher Education Division.
Ministry of Education Malaysia (2018). Malaysia Education Development Plan 2013-2025. Putrajaya: Teacher Education Division
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Page, M. J., Moher, D., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., ... & McKenzie, J. E. (2021). PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. bmj, 372.
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Purwanti, K. Y., & Khoiriyah, I. S. A. (2020). The Effectiveness of Jarimatika Methods with Tapertis Media on Students Multiplication Concept Understanding. Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengkajian Ilmu Pendidikan: e-Saintika, 4(3), 332-341.
Ramli, I. S. M., Maat, S. M., & Khalid, F. (2021). Game-Based Learning:“Permainan Jangkaan Matematik (P-Jmat)” Application. Eduinnovation 2020, 58.
Rottmann, T., & Bayer, F. (2018). Physical Activity in Mathematics Education: Developing “Grundvorstellungen” of Multiplication by Learning through Physical Activity. Learning Tech, (4), 66-93.
Sukri, M. S. N. B. M., & Shabdin, P. H. Z. B. H. (2013). Meningkatkan Penguasaan Murid Dalam Operasi Darab Menggunakan Kaedah Garis Silang (Kaedah Alternatif). Pinang: Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Pulau Pinang.
Thai, L., Yasin, M., & Mohd, H. (2016). Magic Finger Teaching Method in Learning Multiplication Facts among Deaf Students. Journal of Education and Learning, 5(3), 40-50.
Widada, W., Herawaty, D., Pusvita, Y., Anggreni, D., Aripianti, R., & Panduwinata, B. (2020, October). Multiplication and division of integers through cultural approaches of playing dakon. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1657, No. 1, p. 012030). IOP Publishing.
Yee, Y. Y., Zuraida, R. L., Farah, R. N., Azid, N., & Rosli, A. (2021). The Effectiveness of Circle Bar Method Towards Pupils' Performance in the Topic of Multiplication of Two Numbers. Review of International Geographical Education Online, 11(4).
Published
2023-03-31
How to Cite
MAHMUD, Mohd Adi Afandi; ABDUL RAHIM, Aidah.
Strategies for Mastering the Concept of Multiplication Operations among Primary School: A Systematic Literature Review.
International Journal of Advanced Research in Education and Society, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 1, p. 178-191, mar. 2023.
ISSN 2682-8138.
Available at: <https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijares/article/view/21990>. Date accessed: 23 jan. 2025.
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