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. TORNADO CORRELATION ANALYSIS ON CHILDREN ARITHMETIC
PERFORMANCE AT MALAYSIAN TASKA:
36-48 MONTHS
Ku Faridah Ku Ibrahim a,1
Azrul Fazwan Kharuddin a,2
Zaida Mustafa a,3
Norazura Azid b,4
a
Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
b SMK Jeram, Selangor, Malaysia
1 kufaridah@unirazak.edu.my
2 azrulfazwan@unirazak.edu.my
3 zaida@unirazak.edu.my
4 zurazid@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, most parents unconsciously tend to neglect the observation of
their childrens’ holistic development due to the fast pace of life, not to
mention their kids’ arithmetic skills as early as 4 years old. In Malaysia, most
parents prefer to choose registered early childhood learning centers (TASKA),
due to the quality of education, educators and services, as they are wellgoverned
by the Malaysian Ministry of Women Development, Family and
Community. In this quantitative research, the main objective is to determine
the level and strength of the relationship of each contributing factors with
respect to the arithmetic performance among children at registered Malaysian
TASKA. Childrens’ arithmetic performance in general affect their mental
capability as well as interpersonal, intrapersonal and extrapersonal skills
development. This research is significant to identify the important factors
which influence children mathematical skills. Data was collected using a
survey questionnaire. Based on the right sampling method, 376 registered
TASKAs in Malaysia were chosen. Among the 458 chosen centers, only 103
centres provide care and education services for children aged 36 to 48
months. Tornado correlation analysis is was adapted in order to achive the
research objective. It is found that, at the age of 36-46 months, children’s
arithmetic skill is mostly developed by the development of language skills,
communication and early literacy. Therefore, proper teaching modul should
be constructed based on these attributes. In the near future, the research will
be extended to all unregistered TASKA in Malaysia, and the fair comparisons
will be made to the registered centers.
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