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Identify Slow Learners in Math: Case Study in Rural Schools

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)

One way to identify slow learners is by taking an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test. However, at schools in rural areas, facilities for carrying out IQ tests are complicated to obtain and usually can only be done in big cities. Even though student identification is essential before students enroll in elementary schools, it is to determine student abilities, so students can later be facilitated according to their learning needs. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach that aims to identify slow learners in rural schools. The participants were all students in four schools in one village in Indonesia. Data were obtained through teacher interviews, sorting student report card scores, observing the learning process, and administering tests. The results showed that based on interviews with teachers, sorting students' report cards, observing the learning process, and giving tests, 17 students were identified as slow learners. They are six female students and 11 male students. In addition to using the IQ test, slow learner identification can be made by interviewing teachers, looking at student report cards, observing the learning process in class, and giving tests to students. This way, each teacher can quickly identify each student, which will significantly help teachers in rural schools.

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Identify Slow Learners in Math: Case Study in Rural Schools

• Tri Murdiyanto Universitas Negeri Jakarta
• Dwi Antari Wijayanti Universitas Negeri Jakarta
• Anny Sovia Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract— One way to identify slow learners is with an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test. However, in rural schools, facilities for conducting IQ tests are very difficult to obtain, usually only in big cities. Whereas student identification is very necessary before students register for elementary schools, in order to determine students' abilities, so that later students can be facilitated according to their learning needs. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach that aims to identify slow learners in rural schools. The participants involved were all students in four schools in one village in Indonesia. Data were obtained by conducting interviews with teachers, sorting student report cards, observing the learning process, and administering tests. The results showed that based on interviews with teachers, sorting student report cards, observing the learning process, and giving tests, there were 17 students identified as slow learners. Among them are 6 female students and 11 male students. In addition to the IQ test, the identification of slow learners can be done by interviewing teachers, viewing student report cards, observing the learning process in class, and giving tests to students. Thus each teacher can identify each student easily, this will be very helpful for teachers in rural schools.

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