Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test

Ka Luen Cheung; Der-Ching Yang

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Ka Luen Cheung ¹, Der-Ching Yang ² ^*

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¹ The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CHINA² National Chiayi University, Chiayi City, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

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Assessing elementary students’ performance on number sense provides early predictors and support for interventions in teaching and learning number sense before children fall seriously behind in school. There is no study that concerns the differences between Hong Kong and Taiwan students’ performance on the number sense three-tier test. The purposes of this study were to examine the differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan students’ performance on the number sense three-tier test and the possible misconceptions. A total of 125 fifth graders, 942 sixth graders from Hong Kong, and 819 fifth graders from Taiwan participated in this study. Results show that there are significant differences on the performance of first two-tier test and confidence between the fifth graders of HK and Taiwan, sixth graders of HK and fifth graders of Taiwan, respectively. Strong misconceptions and key differences among the HK fifth graders, HK sixth graders, and Taiwan fifth graders were found and discussed.

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Hong Kong
number sense
Taiwan
three-tier test

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Cheung, K. L., & Yang, D.-C. (2018). Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(7), 3329-3345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682

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Cheung KL, Yang DC. Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(7):3329-45. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682

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Cheung KL, Yang DC. Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(7), 3329-3345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682

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Cheung, Ka Luen, and Der-Ching Yang. "Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 7 (2018): 3329-3345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682

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Cheung, K. L., and Yang, D.-C. (2018). Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(7), pp. 3329-3345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682

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Cheung, Ka Luen et al. "Examining the Differences of Hong Kong and Taiwan Students’ Performance on the Number Sense Three-tier Test". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 7, 2018, pp. 3329-3345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/91682