Investigating The Diagnostic Competence of In-Service Primary School Teachers
Muliawan Firdaus (a*), Abil Mansyur (a), Faisal (a)

a) Program Studi PPG, Universitas Negeri Medan
Jalan Willem Iskandar Pasar V, Medan 20221, Indonesia
*muliawanfirdaus[at]unimed.ac.id

Abstract

Teacher diagnostic competence is a key component that determines the success of teaching. One approach used to test teachers^ diagnostic competence is to identify potential learning difficulties of students from errors in their work. Little research on to what extent the teachers interpret students^ errors showing serious mathematical conceptual errors or easily corrected procedural errors. In the context of decimal operations related to sixth-grade competency standards, this study investigated the diagnostic competence of 35 in-service primary school teachers in categorizing student errors.

Keywords: Diagnostic Competence- Mathematical Errors- Decimal Operations- Primary School

Topic: Opportunities and Challenges for Future Teachers