scholarly journals The Implementation Of Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) For Special Needs In School Of Perak Tengah District, Perak

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nabila Aishah Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Standard Curriculum ◽  
School Standard

scholarly journals ASSESSING THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF SCIENCE MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST USING RASCH DICHOTOMOUS MEASUREMENT MODEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 924-941
Author(s):  
Najah Hazirah Mohd Dzin ◽  
Yoon Fah Lay
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Rasch Measurement ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Rasch Measurement Model ◽  
Standard Curriculum ◽  
School Standard

Multiple choice tests are widely applied to assess students’ knowledge in science education. This study aimed at assessing the validity and reliability of Science Multiple-choice Test in Malaysia. The items for this test were formulated by the researcher together with a panel of science teachers and the head of the science department with close reference to Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) syllabus. The test consists of 50 multiple-choice items with four options. Rasch measurement model was adopted to evaluate the quality of the Science Multiple-choice Test in terms of reliability analysis, item polarity analysis (PTMEA-CORR), item fit analysis and Principal Component Analysis of Residuals (PCAR). The reliability analysis was performed using Cronbach’s Alpha, and the results of reliability and separation index respectively indicated good reliability level of the test items. In order to improve the validity of the test, two negatively worded items (Q39 and Q40) were removed. Lastly, the PCAR analysis showed the unexplained variance in the 1st contrast (5.4%) was found to be well controlled and was below the ceiling value of one-third of the variance explained by the item (18.7%). However, the positive value of the disattenuated correlations indicate no evidence of the presence of secondary dimension. Keywords: multiple-choice test, Rasch measurement model, reliability and validity, science subject, secondary school standard curriculum

scholarly journals THE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING STEM TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (34) ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Aminah Jekri ◽  
Crispina Gregory K Han
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Standard Curriculum ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Stem Teaching ◽  
School Standard

STEM teaching and learning (T&L) has been introduced through the implementation of the Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) launched in 2017. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the challenges encounter by 128 science teachers implementing STEM T&L in secondary schools in Kota Kinabalu. The instrument used was Soal Selidik Aspek Pelaksanaan (SSAP) which contains 14 items. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS version 24.0 software. Descriptive analysis indicated that 63.8% of respondents agreed that the main challenge of implementing STEM T&L is teachers’ readiness. Further, research findings indicated that the challenge in implementing STEM T&L was at a moderate level (M = 3.43, SD = .395). Therefore, immediate action should be taken to overcome the challenges to ensure the STEM T&L can be implemented effectively.

scholarly journals Teachers’ view on KSSR mathematics document standard of curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Ikhsan Othman ◽  
Wan Azimah Wan Kadir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Standard Curriculum ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
School Standard ◽  
Level Of Agreement

Primary School Standard Curriculum (KSSR being its acronym in Malay Language) was implemented since 2011 involving all subjects including Mathematics. Discussion in this paper is related to a study on teachers’ view on the syllabus used for KSSR Mathematics limited to level 1 primary school Mathematics. The study aimed to identify teachers’ view on the curriculum for the aspects of its objectives, learning experiences, organization of learning experiences and learning assessment. A four Likert scale questionnaire was built and used in the study. A total of 92 respondents from 58 primary schools were involved comprising of 44 males and 48 females teachers. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. The results of the study showed that teachers’ level of agreement on the curriculum was high for the aspect of objectives (mean score 3.396, SD 0.296); learning experiences (mean score 3.391, SD 0.286); organization of learning experiences (mean score of 3.452, SD 0.241); and learning assessment (mean score 3.376, SD 0.281). Analysis of t-test found that there was no significant difference at p ≤ .05 for teachers’ level of agreement between male teachers and female teachers for the mentioned aspects. Remark from this study is that; document standard of curriculum for KSSR Mathematics level 1 in Malaysian primary school is said to be suitable from teachers’ perspective. Studies involving larger samples and various other aspects of the curriculum should be done to get better and more accurate results.

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