Diagnosis andClusteringOf Dyscalculia ThirdGradeStudents.

dc.contributor.advisorShahin, Ghassan
dc.contributor.authorAl-Adrah, Dalal
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-24T10:22:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-11T06:33:11Z
dc.date.available2018-05-24T10:22:17Z
dc.date.available2022-05-11T06:33:11Z
dc.date.issued5/31/2017
dc.description.abstractSeveralstudentssu erfromdyscalculia.Manyresearchandstudieshave beencarriedouttotacklethisproblem.Mostoftheseresearchestriedto identifywhetherastudentsu ersfromdyscalculiaornot,withoutanyfur- ther detailsonthecase.Basedonresultsoftheidenti cation,researchers proposedsolutionsandwaystotreatdyscalculicstudents.Thisresearch tries totacklethedyscalculiaproblemamonggrade3studentsinSouth- ern DirectorateschoolsinPalestine.Theresearchattemptstousearti cial intelligentmethodsandtoolstoclusterstudentsaccordingtotheirdyscal- culia case,andproposedinformationtechnology-basedtreatmentforeach studentaccordingtohis/hercase.Ittriestogoafurtherstepintoidentify- ing whattypeofdyscalculicstudentonsensingnumber.Theapproachused in thisresearchisperhapsthe rsttouseAItoolstocluster;butnotclassify, dyscalculic students,andtriestobreak-downthedyscalculiaprobleminto three majortypesusingthisapproach.Toachievethis,anintensivelitera- ture reviewwascarriedout,thenanexamusedbytheMinistryofEducation and HigherEducationinPalestinewasmodi edandtestedbyexperts.The modi edexamwasappliedtogradethreestudentsatschoolsofbothgen- ders inHebronandYattadirectorates.Resultsoftheexamwerecodedand input toanAItoolRtool.Thetooluseshierarchicaltechniquescluster- ing. Weapplytwohierarchicaltechniquesalgorithms;theSinglelinkand vii WARDmethod.WARDalgorithmisanagglomerativehierarchicalcluster- ing procedure,wherethecriterionforchoosingthepairofclusterstomerge at eachstepisbasedontheoptimalvalueofanobjectivefunction.Single link istechniquelooksinthedistancebetweentwoclusterstobeequaltothe shortest distance.WARDalgorithmshowbetterresultthanSingleLink,af- ter calculatedtheCopheneticCorrelalationCo cient(CPCC).SingleLink is thelowestCPCC,whichis(0.46).ButWardhas(0.7)CPCC.Notonly wastheuseoftheclusteringtodetermineifthestudentisdyscalculicor not asthepreviouswork,butwealsouseWARDalgorithmclusteringmore deeply todeterminewhatkindofdyscalculiaastudenthas.Theresultwas clustered intosevenclusterssuchas(weaknessonthethreeskills,theab- sence ofanyweaknessinthethreeskills,studentswhohavezeromarkinthe exam). Resultsshowdi erencesamonggenderandamongdirectorates,and inconsistency betweenclusteringresultsandstudentsmathachievementin school.Basedontheresultsandtheliteraturereview,amodelhasbeenpro- posedforthetreatmentofdyscalculicstudents,whereitconsistsalsoofthe identi cationandclusteringstage.Themodelwasevaluatedby24experts, and theircommentsandsuggestionwereincorporatedinthemodel.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://test.ppu.edu/handle/123456789/710
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriescd , 30112;no of pages 80 , informatics 1/2017
dc.subjectDyscalculia,Technologies,Intervention,Recommendationen_US
dc.titleDiagnosis andClusteringOf Dyscalculia ThirdGradeStudents.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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