Basic Math Sir Man 2012

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KAMPUS BAHASA ANTARABANGSA, KUALA LUMPUR

PPISMP FOUNDATION COURSE YEAR 1 SEMESTER 3,

JUNE 2011 INTAKE

FOUNDATION B.ED TESL PROGRAMME

BASIC MATHEMATICS

NAMES OF STUDENT : 1. MUHAMMAD MUKMIN BIN RAZANI

2. MOHD SYAFIQ BIN AHMAD

STUDENT ID : 1. 931207-03-6445

2. 920917-01-5773

CLASS : PPISMP TESL 3.3

NAME OF LECTURER : DR. MAN AH KEOW


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CONTENT

1. Introduction

2. Methodology

3. Data analysis

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

6. References

7. Reflection 1

8. Reflection 2

9. Appendix


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thanks God for giving this golden opportunity to finish successfully this

Basic Mathematics coursework which is related to survey on allowance given among

of students in this college. This coursework was prepared basically for exposing thestudents on how to make survey and analyse it based on our own understanding and

decisions.

First of all, I would like to express my special thanks to, Mr. Man Ah Keow, a

lecturer at International Languages Teacher Training Institute (IPG KBA) and also

assign, as my Basic Mathematics lecturer who had guided me in the process of

completing this assignment during this final semester for foundation. I also want to

thank the other lecturers for their cooperation during the process of completing this

coursework that had given valuable information, suggestions and guidance in the

compilation and preparation this short coursework.

Deepest thanks and appreciation to my parents, family, colleagues, special

mate of mine, and others for their cooperation, encouragement, constructive

suggestion and full of support for this coursework completion, from the beginning till

the end. Also thanks to all of my friends and everyone, those have been contributed

by supporting my work and help myself during this assignment progress till it is fully

completed.

Last but not least, my thanks to International Languages Teacher Training

Institute (IPG KBA) for giving me an opportunity to use the facilities given and

provide conducive environment which easier for me to complete this short

coursework. Thank you.


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INTRODUCTION

A survey is an information compilation tool used in order to compile

information about individuals. Surveys are commonly used in psychology research to

collect self-report data from study participants (Kendra, 2011). A survey may focus

on factual information about individuals, or it might aim to collect the opinions of the

survey takers. A survey can be administered in a couple of different ways.

Therefore, this survey will introduce us on how many students involved in

this survey. There are a few methods used to conduct this survey. The target chosen

is among the students of IPG KBA. They will be questioned on a few questions such

as the total of allowance given each month, support of money from parents, working

part-time, spending of allowance each month and others. These questions will be

discussed based on the research done and come out with the logic reasons. The

researches will be presented in diagrams and charts in order to ease the

comparisons.

Therefore, in order to complete this coursework, the students are needed to

cooperate in doing surveys and give their brief explanation on the questions

provided.


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METHODOLOGY

1. Sample Selection

Before choosing the questions, we need to consider the characteristics of the

students in this college. The PPISMP students are chosen to finish up this survey

because they are suitable and given allowance by the government each month are

same. The students chosen are being divided according to gender and ethnics

because there are differences activities done by both of these groups.

Table 1: Number of students according to gender

Gender Male Female

No. of students 20 20

Table 2: Number of students according to ethnics

Ethnics Malay Chinese Indian Others

No. of students 22 3 13 2

Table 3: Number of students according to programme

Names of Program Numbers of student

PPISMP June 2011 33

PPISMP June 2012 7

2. Instrument

The questions are divided into two sections which are Section A and Section B. The

questions are being separated because the information gathered will be analysed

easily. Under Section A, the students will be questioned on the name, class,

program, gender and ethnics. Under Section B, the students will be questioned on

how they manage their allowance.


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3. Data collection

Firstly, we make the questions and arrange it properly. The students of PPISMP

June 2011 and June 2012 intakes are being chosen and gathered in a place to

answer the survey questions. We give instruction and guide them on how the survey

going on. The respondents give their answer based on their own opinions.


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DATA ANALYSIS

Question 1: How much allowance do you get each month?

Most of students in IPG KBA are given the allowance about RM 400-RM 499

because they are given allowance by the government. The rest of 20% from the

targeted students are given more than RM 500 and above because they get extra

money from their parents. The table and graph above represent the result from the

survey.

Mode: (RM 400-RM 499)

Median: 20

Mean: 20

Table 3: The amount of allowance given among of students

Allowance RM 400-RM 499 RM 500 and above

Number of students 30 10

Figure 1: The percentage of allowance given among of students

80%

20%

The percentage of allowance given among of

students

RM 400-RM 499 RM 500 and above


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Question 2: Do you get any support in term of money from your parents?

There are about 70% of the students are given support from parents because

the allowance given is not enough for their expenditure. Whereby, there are 30% of

the students are not given support from parents because they have their own saving.

Moreover, most of them also work as part-time workers at shopping mall.

Mode: Allowance from parents

Median: 20

Mean: 20

Table 4: The number of students gets support from their parents

Allowance from parents Number of students

Yes 28

No 12

Figure 2: The percentage of students are given allowance by their parents

70%

30%

Percentage of students are given allowance

by their parents

YES NO


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QUESTION 3

Do you work part-time to support your finance each?

There are about 10% of the students are working part-time to support their

finance each month. There are 90% of the students are not working part-time.

Following, 10% of the students are working part-time because the allowance given is

not enough for them. Some of them like to shopping and spent the money to buy

expensive clothes. There are 90% of the students are not working part-time because

think the allowance given is enough for them and they can manage well the

allowance given. The results of the students work as part-time job are presented in

form of table and graph.

Mode: Not part time workers

Median: 20

Mean: 20

Table 4: The number of students works as part-time workers

Part-time workers The number of studentsYes 35

No 5

Figure 3: The percentage of students work as part-time workers

0

20

40

60

80

100

YES NO

Percentage of students work as part-time

workers

Percentage of students work

part-time


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Question 4: How much do you spend for each month?

There are 65% of students in this college spend about RM 200 and below.

There are 35% of students in this college spend about RM 200 and above. There are

65% of students in this college spend about RM 200 and below because they know

how to use the money wisely and have a financial budget each month. But there are

35% of students in this college spend about RM 200 and above. As mentioned

before, some of them are working part time to support them each month. So, we

must think creatively to make sure we will survive based on the allowance given.

Mode: (RM 200 and below)

Median: 20

Mean: 20

Table 5: The amount of allowance given each month

The amount of allowance

spend each month

RM 200 and below RM200 and above

The number of students 26 14

Figure 4: The percentage of students spend the allowance for each month

65%

35%

The percentage of students spend the

allowance for each month

RM 200 and below Rm 200 and above


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Question 5: Which items do you spend for your allowance?

There are about 10% of the students in this college spend on the book and

research. There are about 30% of the students in this college spend on the clothes,

40% of the on the foods, 20% on the entertainment and 10% on the book andresearch. Students spend more on foods because there are many choices of

delicious food in Kuala Lumpur rather fast food or not. The least items spend by the

students using the allowance are books and research because most of the book are

given freely by the government.

Mode: Foods

Median: 10

Mean: 10

Table 6: The number of students spends their allowance on the items

Items The number of students

Clothes 12

Foods 16

Entertainment 8Book and research 4

Figure 5: The percentage of items spend by students by using allowance

0

5

10

15

20

25

3035

40

45

Clothes Foods Entertainment Book and

Research

Percentage of items spend by students by

using allowance

Percentage of students spend

on their allowance


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CONCLUSION

A survey is an information compilation tool used in order to compile

information about individuals. Surveys are commonly used in psychology research to

collect self-report data from study participants (Kendra, 2011). A survey may focus

on factual information about individuals, or it might aim to collect the opinions of the

survey takers. A survey can be administered in a couple of different ways.

The allowance given to the foundation students is RM430 each month. Some

of them getting extra money from their parent and working part time. They spend lot

things such as foods, clothes, entertainment and others.

As conclusion, the result of the survey that we have collected is presented inform of graph which consists of some information about students life in IPG KBA.


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REFLECTION

Name: Muhammad Mukmin bin Razani

This short coursework received by us is about handling a survey of

allowance given among of students by our lecturer, Dr. Man Ah Keow. After the

briefing about this coursework, we had to work in pair and I found my group who is

Mohd Syafiq Bin Ahmad. We distributed our jobs according to the information

related. Both of us must search and analyze any survey which related in students

daily life.

In this task, we have to job down the introduction of the survey, compare and

contrast characteristics of the students life and must come out with examples ofquestionnaires. From that, we released that we have to be choosy in doing research

and reference because not all of the information in internet is acceptable.

After this short coursework done, our perception of making survey now as

compared to previous experiences is different. When we are handling a survey, we

have to prepare the questions which are related to the main focus of the issue. Then,

we also could understand easily because when we used strategies to survey the

students, we could identify the steps one by one and this will make the students easy

to understand. So, we did not experience any difficulties when doing the survey.

Therefore, the coursework completing process becomes more fun and easy to be

followed.

Besides, working in group can make this coursework easier to be completed.

We divided the tasks and materials that needed to be found. As the information is

compiled, we had to choose the best and suitable materials to be used. Moreover,

working in group can build our strong relationship among of us. We always have to

meet each others in order to make sure this coursework is completely done.

On the other hand, I realized that the materials provided by IPBA are not too

much. The books in library which provide information on this topic are not too much.

Sometimes, we have to share the books with my friends from the other class. I also

found that it is hard to find materials through internet since there is no internet

access in our hostel. In order to solve this problem, I have to go to the class to lookfor these materials.


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Although we did experience difficulties in completing this coursework

given, we felt very satisfied with our work and really thankful. We also felt very happy

and enjoyed ourselves after finishing this assignment. I hope this assignment will

satisfy our lecturer and obtain better result for upcoming examination.


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REFLECTION

NAME: Mohd Syafiq bin Ahmad

In this semester, I had received a course work for Basic Mathematics which is

related to conducting on a survey and finally a report. For this course I need to

complete the course work as in pair among my course mates. After a several

discussions with my partner and the lecturer, my friend and I did a collecting of

questionnaires and distributed it to our respondent.

Basically, all course work need be submitted in a timely manner. But, I have

managed to complete all the course works in a short period of time. This is because

many of my group members helped me along in completing this course work. Wefrequently hold discussions among ourselves to earn a better understanding on how

to complete the course work literally.

Other than that, I also lack of references materials to complete this

assignment. We had to work hard to make sure we got the right and complete

information. Due to that we had to sleep a bit late to complete this task. My partner

and I also have limited time to discuss. This is because the course work needs to be

completed during a particular date. So, we planned to complete early to avoid we are

too busy with other coursework. However, with all the effort that we had come up

with, we can complete this task successfully.

In conclusion, I learned a lot of new and good things from this subject. Now, I

had improved the skill of collecting, managing and representing data using suitable

visual representation and documenting the finding of a survey report. However the

best part is that I know exactly how to write a survey report. Besides, this course

works foster cooperation between the group members. Moreover, I learn how to use

computer generic program and to analysis the questionnaire.

As a conclusion, I hope the task that I had done meets with the marking criteria

tasks that were set by the lecturers. I also hope that this course work will help me in

improving my knowledge towards mathematics.


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REFERENCES

Noor, S. S., & Sazeli, A. G., (2008). Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools :

Theories and Practices. Tanjung Malim. Perak: Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.

Mok, S., S., (2003).A Mathematics Course for Diploma of Education. KumpulanBudiman Sdn. Bhd. Subang Jaya. Selangor.

APPENDIX

1. The questionnaires

2. Responses


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3. List of respondents

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Basic Math Sir Man 2012