Chapter 4 Data Collection, Analysis and Findings - DSpace@UM

out of 473) felt that they learnt better when they are exposed to the relevant activities
during the learning process especially when involved in group studies.
According to a handbook of research on the Psychology of Mathematics Education,
Presmeg (2006) introduced his review of research on visualization in Mathematics learning,
he mentioned Mathematics subject is a subject that has diagrams, tables, symbols and
others essentials component, thus, the importance of visual processing in learning
Mathematics was increasingly recognized. On the other hand, Gillies (2003) who
investigated into the effects of cooperative learning on junior high school students shows
that small group learning developed a stronger perception of group cohesion and social
responsibility for each other’s learning. Another interesting learning style in trend is
auditory learning. An auditory learner is an individual who has the ability to retain and
learn new information through the process of listening and discussing (Tannahill, 2009).
Students have preferences for the ways in which they receive information, thus, several
learning methodologies such as such as (I) visualization, (II) group learning, (III) individual
learning and (IV) auditory were suggested to students.
Figure 4.3 shows the learners’ preferences on learning methodologies. Majority of
the students, with 58.77% (278 out of 473 students) think that group learning help the most
in the learning process, followed by 32.98% (156 out of 473) of students think that learning
individually is another option to concentrate in studies. Another 16.28% students and
11.21% students out of 473 believed that visualization and auditory methodologies
respectively can improve learning competency.
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