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Papers by nyet moi siew
International Journal of Modern Education, Mar 21, 2024
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN EDUCATION (IJMOE), Sep 19, 2023
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
Low-achieving students often experience problems in learning mathematics, especially in Index Mul... more Low-achieving students often experience problems in learning mathematics, especially in Index Multiplication, one of the topics that students need to master. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effects of using the SIASAT acronym mnemonic technique with the help of index multiplication table and 'Think-Pair-Share' cooperative learning on the achievement of low-achieving students in index multiplication. This quantitative study used a quasi experimental design with two groups which comprised of 40 students in the control group and another 40 students in the treatment group. The control group followed conventional learning with teacher centered approach while the treatment group was exposed to the use of mnemonic acronym SIASAT, indices multiplication table and Think-Pair-Share cooperative learning. Findings showed that the students in both groups improved their scores from the pre-test to the post-test. However, the achievement of students in the treatment group was g...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Mar 1, 2023
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aug 27, 2022
Problems of education in the 21st century, Feb 20, 2023
Journal of Baltic Science Education, Feb 15, 2023
European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sep 7, 2022
Journal of Baltic Science Education, Oct 25, 2022
Robust as they are, the existing instructional design prescriptions (Reigeluth, 1983; 1999) which... more Robust as they are, the existing instructional design prescriptions (Reigeluth, 1983; 1999) which are content-based, expository- and individual-oriented, and generally technology-free are of little use when the task is to design inquiry-based computer-simulated lessons for teaching scientific thinking skills in cooperative learning environments. Thus, the aims of this study were to design a computer-based simulation lesson employing currently available PC and internet software and investigate its effectiveness in various learning situations. The heart of the lesson was the utilitarian Gas Law Simulation program developed by Abraham, Gelder, and Haines (2002) that was incorporated into a hypertext interface display with active links to related notes and worksheets and a superimposed Microsoft Excel table and chart-plotting facility. This package allowed students to review the concepts involved and see relationships between the variables in graphical forms when a selected independent variable was manipulated and all the corresponding values were keyed into the Excel table. A science process skill and HD thinking worksheet was drawn following Lawson’s (1995) prescriptions and the questions and activities were further modified to fit the local syllabus and physics texts. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate and refine the lesson and field testing was conducted using a 3 x 2 factorial design. The first factor was the inquiry-based computer simulation lesson with three modes of cooperative learning, namely, heterogeneous-ability cooperative learning (HACL) group, friendship-based cooperative learning (FCL) group, and traditional group work (TGW) group. The HACL and FCL group were trained following the Kagan (1994) Cooperative Learning Structure while the TGW group which was essentially another friendship-based learning group was not instructed on the Kagan (1994) Cooperative Learning Structure. The second factor was student reasoning ability, namely, empirical-inductive (EI) and hypothetical-deductive (HD) abilities. The sample consisted of 301 Form Four (16-year-old) science students. The results showed that students in the HACL group significantly outperformed their counterparts in the FCL group who, in turn, significantly outperformed their counterparts in the TGW group in scientific thinking and conceptual understanding. The study found that the inquiry-based computer simulation program was effective in enhancing scientific reasoning and conceptual understanding of students of all reasoning abilities but for maximum effectiveness cooperative learning groups should be composed of students of heterogeneous abilities.
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Jun 20, 2022
Problems of education in the 21st century, Feb 15, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
The Algebraic Thinking Test (ATT) Instrument was developed to measure algebraic thinking skills i... more The Algebraic Thinking Test (ATT) Instrument was developed to measure algebraic thinking skills in solving problems involving the topic of linear equations. This study meant to determine the quality of ATT instruments through the validity and reliability analysis using the Rasch Measurement Model. ATT comprises of nine closed ended questions with three constructs of algebraic thinking namely: Generalized Arithmetic (GA), Functions (F) and Modeling (M). The sample consisted of 120 students aged 12 to 13 years from one rural area school in Tuaran district, Sabah. Validity analysis found that the polarity of the items through the PTMEA-Corr value indicated that all ten items were >0.00 (+). Through item suitability analysis, all items are still retained as they meet the requirements in the range of one of the MNSQ, Outfit ZSTD and PTMEA-Corr outfit. In the Principal Components Analysis (PCA), the Raw Variance Explained by Measures was found 61.1% (excellent) and the Unexplained vari...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
This qualitative study was conducted to explore the constructivist learning approach, motivation ... more This qualitative study was conducted to explore the constructivist learning approach, motivation and student character formation in the teaching and learning of the Literary Component (LC) in Malay language using drama techniques. This study was conducted at a secondary school in Tambunan, Sabah and involved six informants who were second-grade students who followed LC teaching and learning using drama techniques. The data collection methods used are interviews, structured observations and document analysis. The findings of the study found that the use of drama techniques involving five constructivist learning approaches had a positive impact on student motivation and character formation. Students were found to gain intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation after following this drama technique. Ethical values are found as an aspect formed in the student's character. The findings of the study show that drama techniques using a constructivist learning approach have a positive ...
International Journal of Modern Education, Mar 21, 2024
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN EDUCATION (IJMOE), Sep 19, 2023
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
Low-achieving students often experience problems in learning mathematics, especially in Index Mul... more Low-achieving students often experience problems in learning mathematics, especially in Index Multiplication, one of the topics that students need to master. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effects of using the SIASAT acronym mnemonic technique with the help of index multiplication table and 'Think-Pair-Share' cooperative learning on the achievement of low-achieving students in index multiplication. This quantitative study used a quasi experimental design with two groups which comprised of 40 students in the control group and another 40 students in the treatment group. The control group followed conventional learning with teacher centered approach while the treatment group was exposed to the use of mnemonic acronym SIASAT, indices multiplication table and Think-Pair-Share cooperative learning. Findings showed that the students in both groups improved their scores from the pre-test to the post-test. However, the achievement of students in the treatment group was g...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Mar 1, 2023
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, Sep 5, 2022
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aug 27, 2022
Problems of education in the 21st century, Feb 20, 2023
Journal of Baltic Science Education, Feb 15, 2023
European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sep 7, 2022
Journal of Baltic Science Education, Oct 25, 2022
Robust as they are, the existing instructional design prescriptions (Reigeluth, 1983; 1999) which... more Robust as they are, the existing instructional design prescriptions (Reigeluth, 1983; 1999) which are content-based, expository- and individual-oriented, and generally technology-free are of little use when the task is to design inquiry-based computer-simulated lessons for teaching scientific thinking skills in cooperative learning environments. Thus, the aims of this study were to design a computer-based simulation lesson employing currently available PC and internet software and investigate its effectiveness in various learning situations. The heart of the lesson was the utilitarian Gas Law Simulation program developed by Abraham, Gelder, and Haines (2002) that was incorporated into a hypertext interface display with active links to related notes and worksheets and a superimposed Microsoft Excel table and chart-plotting facility. This package allowed students to review the concepts involved and see relationships between the variables in graphical forms when a selected independent variable was manipulated and all the corresponding values were keyed into the Excel table. A science process skill and HD thinking worksheet was drawn following Lawson’s (1995) prescriptions and the questions and activities were further modified to fit the local syllabus and physics texts. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate and refine the lesson and field testing was conducted using a 3 x 2 factorial design. The first factor was the inquiry-based computer simulation lesson with three modes of cooperative learning, namely, heterogeneous-ability cooperative learning (HACL) group, friendship-based cooperative learning (FCL) group, and traditional group work (TGW) group. The HACL and FCL group were trained following the Kagan (1994) Cooperative Learning Structure while the TGW group which was essentially another friendship-based learning group was not instructed on the Kagan (1994) Cooperative Learning Structure. The second factor was student reasoning ability, namely, empirical-inductive (EI) and hypothetical-deductive (HD) abilities. The sample consisted of 301 Form Four (16-year-old) science students. The results showed that students in the HACL group significantly outperformed their counterparts in the FCL group who, in turn, significantly outperformed their counterparts in the TGW group in scientific thinking and conceptual understanding. The study found that the inquiry-based computer simulation program was effective in enhancing scientific reasoning and conceptual understanding of students of all reasoning abilities but for maximum effectiveness cooperative learning groups should be composed of students of heterogeneous abilities.
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Jun 20, 2022
Problems of education in the 21st century, Feb 15, 2022
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
The Algebraic Thinking Test (ATT) Instrument was developed to measure algebraic thinking skills i... more The Algebraic Thinking Test (ATT) Instrument was developed to measure algebraic thinking skills in solving problems involving the topic of linear equations. This study meant to determine the quality of ATT instruments through the validity and reliability analysis using the Rasch Measurement Model. ATT comprises of nine closed ended questions with three constructs of algebraic thinking namely: Generalized Arithmetic (GA), Functions (F) and Modeling (M). The sample consisted of 120 students aged 12 to 13 years from one rural area school in Tuaran district, Sabah. Validity analysis found that the polarity of the items through the PTMEA-Corr value indicated that all ten items were >0.00 (+). Through item suitability analysis, all items are still retained as they meet the requirements in the range of one of the MNSQ, Outfit ZSTD and PTMEA-Corr outfit. In the Principal Components Analysis (PCA), the Raw Variance Explained by Measures was found 61.1% (excellent) and the Unexplained vari...
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling
This qualitative study was conducted to explore the constructivist learning approach, motivation ... more This qualitative study was conducted to explore the constructivist learning approach, motivation and student character formation in the teaching and learning of the Literary Component (LC) in Malay language using drama techniques. This study was conducted at a secondary school in Tambunan, Sabah and involved six informants who were second-grade students who followed LC teaching and learning using drama techniques. The data collection methods used are interviews, structured observations and document analysis. The findings of the study found that the use of drama techniques involving five constructivist learning approaches had a positive impact on student motivation and character formation. Students were found to gain intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation after following this drama technique. Ethical values are found as an aspect formed in the student's character. The findings of the study show that drama techniques using a constructivist learning approach have a positive ...