FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES

HBMT 2103: TEACHING MATEMATICS IN YEAR TWO

SEPTEMBER 2010 SEMESTER

This assignment has a ONE (1) question only. You may write in English or in Malay.

2. Your assignment should be typed on A4 paper using 12 pt Times New

Roman and 1.5 line spacing.

This assignment carries a 30% weightage towards the final grade.

This assignment should be prepared individually.

5. You are to submit your assignment online through the myVLE. Please refer
to the instructions in the portal for more information on how to submit your assignment online.

6. Your assignment must be submitted before or by the 5th tutorial .

Submissions after deadline are not acceptable.

7. Your assignment will be assessed according to the specification contained in the

rubric accompanying the assignment question.

Your assignment should be limited to 1000-1200 words only.

9. Plagiarism in all forms will not be tolerated. Assignment submitted will

automatically be subjected to a similarity check.

• Assignments with 10 – 30% overlap with others will be subjected to

a 20% deduction from the total gross marks scored.

• Assignments with more than 30% overlap with others will earn zero
mark on the assignment. In such cases, the course grade will be determined solely on the basis of
marks obtained in the remaining components of the course assessment.

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

Misconception on capacity may arise among the students while teaching Volume of liquid
especially when comparing capacity of two containers that can hold more. Students often make
the comparison on height rather than its capacity. Find ONE (1) video in the internet that show
how volume of liquid are measured. Create TWO (2) teaching aids that can be applied to Year
Two students to help them understand better. Based on your teaching aids, you are required to
create TWO (2) teaching activities; each for high achiever and low achiever students. Finally,
you are required to develop your own blog and post the video, teaching aid and teaching
activities in your blog. You are free to choose any platform that are available in the internet. For
reference you may browse at www.blogger.com on developing your blog. You are only required
to submit link to your blog.

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 Criteria
Exceeds Meets Partially Meet
Weak
Standards Standards Standards Total
Marks/ 1
4 3 2 Score
(weightage)

Finding Video that shows Video that shows Video that shows Video that
video: clearly and in every process it every process it shows the
Filtering detail every takes to measure takes to measure process in
information process it takes to the volume of the volume of general without
from internet measure the liquid. However liquid. any explanation
volume of liquid. there is no Explanation on the or audience are
**(0.5) Methods used introduction on process is made on not informed on 2
clearly explained the method used. only certain part the purpose of
during the Explanation on of the video. each step taken.
introduction of the the process given
video. All the throught out the
processes are process.
explained clearly
to the audience.

Teaching aid: Both teaching aids Teaching aids Teaching aids Teaching aids
Generate have these criteria: have these have these criteria: have these
creative i. Possible to be criteria: i. Possible to be criteria:
thinking created / i. Possible to be created / i. Impossible to
implemented. created / implemented. be created /
**(3) ii. Things that are implemented. ii. Things that are implemented.
related to daily ii. Things that are related to daily ii. Not suitable 12
life. related to daily life. for all levels of
iii. Suitable for all life. iii. Not Suitable students
levels of students iii. Suitable for for all levels of
iv. Economical all levels of students
students iv. Incurred high
iv. Incurred high cost
cost.

Learning Both learning One of the Both learning Learning

activity: activities are very learning activities are some activity is not
Encourage interesting, more activities is how interesting. interesting and
creative real world interesting. Activities are not not attractive.
thinking in situations are Activities are student centred Less students’
developing involved. student oriented; and NOT involvement;
learning Activities are involvement of appropriate for teacher-
activities. student oriented; students are very students (high & oriented.
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**(3) involvement of high. Activities low achievers). Activities are
students are very are appropriate NOT
high. Activities for the students appropriate for
are appropriate for (high & low the students
the students (high achievers). (high & low
& low achievers). achievers).

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 Criteria
Exceeds Meets Partially Meet
Weak
Standards Standards Standards Total
Marks/ 1
4 3 2 Score
(weightage)

Developing • Blog is very • Blog is very • Blog is • Blog is not

blog: attractive and attractive and attractive and attractive.
Encourage interesting. interesting. • Contents • No initiative
teachers to be • Blog is • Blog is displayed are in designing
IT oriented. designed in a designed in a not organized the blog.
unique way unique way properly.
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• Contents • Contents
**(1) displayed in a displayed in a
most most
appropriate appropriate
way. way.
• User friendly. • Not user
friendly.
Total Marks 30

** The weightage (1 – 4) indicates the weights of the criteria based on the importance for this
assignment.