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Differences in Cognitive Process among Primary School Teacher's Problem Solving Skills
並列摘要
Problem solving skills in cognitive processes of teachers are very important in the challenging field of education. This study aimed to identify the problem solving differences in cognitive process of primary school teachers in the district of Batang Padang, Perak. Sample of study consists of 1520 teachers from 95 primary schools from district of Batang Padang, Perak. This study is in the form of survey. Quantitative data obtained through the questionnaire with the validity of the 8 items are 0.97. Findings of the study of problem solving differences in cognitive processes is high, M = 3.01, SD = 0.35. Respondents by type of school are [National Primary School: M = 3.01, SD = 0.35, n = 990; Chinese Primary School: M = 2.87, SD = 0.28, n = 320; Tamil Primary School: M = 3.21, SD = 0.38, n = 210]. Analyses indicate that the teachers of Tamil Primary School are greater in problem solving differences in cognitive processes compared to teachers of National Primary and Chinese Primary School. The study has signified that there are mean distinction by type of school in problem solving. For National Primary [Chinese Primary: M = 2.80, p ＜ 0.05; Tamil Primary: M = -1.16, p ＜ 0.05], Chinese Primary [National Primary: M = -2.80, p ＜ 0.05; Tamil Primary: M = -3.96, p ＜ 0.05] and Tamil Primary [National Primary: M = 1.16, p ＜ 0.05; Chinese Primary: M = 3.96, p ＜ 0.05]. There are significant differences between National Primary, Chinese Primary and Tamil Primary School in the Tukey differences test on the problem solving in the cognitive process.