scholarly journals Calibration of the science process skills among Malaysian elementary students: A Rasch model analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1344
Author(s):  
Nazahiyah Mustafa ◽  
Ahmad Zamri Khairani ◽  
Nor Asniza Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Process Skills ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Item Data

<p><span>This study aimed to calibrate the test items of science process skills used as a test at primary school students to provide information on the difficulty of each item. Data were collected from 128 standard five students in a primary school in Penang. The test was given in multiple-choice as many as 40 items consisting of 33 items partial credit test was developed to gather information from the students. The analysis included an assessment of the model’s assumptions and calibrations according to the individual items. Information on the Rasch calibration according to the topic were provided. Results revealed that the measurement made fulfilled both model-data fit and unidimensionality assumptions. Further analysis showed that observing and communicating were endorsed as the easiest to master while inferring and classifying were the most challenging. The study discussed the implication, particularly towards the teaching and learning of science process skills in the classroom. Teachers should seriously consider the science process skills when designing their teaching and learning strategies in the classroom.</span></p>

scholarly journals Active Learning Using Digital Smart Board to Enhance Primary School Students’ Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (07) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Soh Hon Mun ◽  
Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽  
Mahani Mokhtar ◽  
Dayana Farzeeha Ali ◽  
Nurul Farhana Jumaat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Data Handling ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Smart Board

Digital smart board is one of interactive technology tools which has been used widely in schools to facilitate teaching and learning. Empirical evidence shows that digital smart board allows students to construct their knowledge while mastering more advanced thinking skills. Thus integration of digital smart board facilitates active learning, which is fundamental to mastery of skills. Active learning using smart board program is a program which integrates smart board in Data Handling so that primary school students can learn Data Handling concept actively and meaningfully. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the effectiveness of active learning using smart board program to enhance primary school students’ learning. Five experts in teaching Mathematics Education and thirty year five students were involved in this study. The students were selected based on purposive sampling. This study used both quantitative and qualitative research approach. A set of interview protocol and a set of questionnaire were used during the data collection phase. Findings from the questionnaire were analysed based on descriptive and inferential statistics by using Winsteps Version 3.72.3. In addition, thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. Findings from the study indicate that active learning using smart board program has the attributes which can effectively enhance primary school students’ learning. It is hoped that the results from this study can contribute towards development of active learning strategies, methods or activities using smart board in order to enhance primary students’ learning in school.

scholarly journals Pembinaan perisian interaktif untuk menerapkan kemahiran proses sains dalam mata pelajaran sains sekolah rendah

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-92
Author(s):  
Norazilawati Abdullah ◽  
Nik Azmah Nik Yusuf ◽  
Noraini Mohamed Noh ◽  
Mohd Nazir Md Zabit
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Science Process Skills ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
Primary Pupils

This study aims to develop interactive software for implementing the science process skills among primary pupils. Objectives of this study to developed interactive software in the sub title of “Rusting” and examines the usability of interactive software in the process of teaching and learning and its ability to apply science process skills among pupils. ADDIE instructional design model was used as a guideline of developing the interactive software. At the analysis level, 10 experts were interviewed for get their opinian on the topics that are difficult to run experiments in the science year 4 syllabus. Level of design, researchers have identified the theories related to the cognitivism, constructivism and contextual. Level of development, researchers have developed an interactive software using Macromedia Flash. Level of implementation, 10 experts who were interviewed have tried to use the interactive software in their schools. Level of evaluation, 10 experts will fill the same checklist to specify whether this interactive software can apply science process skills or not. The data analysis found, interactive software that has been developed is able to apply the science process skills amongst primary school pupils. In future, hopefully there are a lot of interactive software can be developed to help teaching and facilitation in schools, science process skills among pupils.

scholarly journals Error Analysis in the Descriptive Text Writing of Vocational High School Students

DINAMIKA ILMU ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-186
Author(s):  
Sita Ratnaningsih ◽  
Azizah Azizah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies

English is one of the subjects that has been studied at the elementary to secondary level for many years in Indonesia. One area that must be studied is technical writing skills in English. In the technical writing process in English, there are still many mistakes made by students in Indonesia. So it is very necessary to recognize some common mistakes made by students, to help them improve their teaching and learning strategies in English and improve their learning outcomes. Therefore, this study aims to investigate errors in English technical writing of students at secondary vocational level and the factors that cause these errors. This study focused on errors made by the eleventh grade students of State 10 Vocational High School Jakarta, in their written descriptive text. A total of 30 students were the subjects of this study and they were asked to write descriptive texts. Data is analyzed based on Procedure Analysis This descriptive qualitative study explains and investigates student errors in writing the technique and the causative factors. Research shows that the typical mistakes students make in their writing: the highest place is capitalization with 60 errors (14.67%) and the lowest place is sentence 3 error (0.73%). According to a typical error, the author found the source of the error. The highest place is transfer between languages with 172 errors (42.05%) and the lowest place is a communication strategy with 49 errors (11.98%).

scholarly journals Enhancing Science Process Skills through Conceptual Teaching and Learning Related to Water-Savings and Natural Events Concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Neni Hermita ◽  
Mahmud Alpusari ◽  
Eva Astuti Mulyani ◽  
Anggi Paura ◽  
Herliana Herliana
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Posttest Score ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Process Skills ◽  
Conventional Models

This study aims to enhance science process skills (SPS) through contextual teaching and learning (CTL). This research method used the Quasi-Experiment None-equivalent Pretest-Posttest Design Group. This research was conducted at SDN 002 Ujung Batu with a sample of 54 students. The results obtained that the science process skills of students who learn with the CTL model are better and have more significant improvement than those who learn with conventional models. The experiment group obtained a posttest score with an average of 90.71, while the control group obtained an average of 51.42. N-gain of students' SPS in the experiment group is 0.56 (medium category) higher than the control group that is 0.24 (low category). These indicate that the CTL model can enhance the SPS of fifth-grade elementary school students in the saving-water and natural events concept.

scholarly journals The effect of an enrichment unit on climate change awareness and basic science process skills among gifted female primary school students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Fatema Saeed Sanad ◽  
Fatima Ahmed Aljasim ◽  
Huda Soud AlHendal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Process Skills ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigated how introducing climate change-themed lessons into the curriculum of gifted primary school females in Bahrain affected Climate Change Awareness and Basic Science Process Skills. Students included Students included 40 gifted sixth grade females divided into two groups: a 20-student experimental group and a 20-student control group. Basic Science Process Skills Activities and Climate Change Awareness Scale were used as the pre- and post-test to measure the science skills and climate change awareness among both groups. The experimental group received the enrichment unit. The Mann-Whitney & Wilcoxon tests showed that Significant differences emerged between experimental and control groups on the climate change awareness scale, but not in the behavioral domain of the scale. Possible explanations are included.

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