Kamisah Osman

• National University of Malaysia

During the past few decades, modern educational approaches have highly emphasized the need to revolutionize the way in which we think about education. There has been a great deal of emphasis placed on the ability of students to learn more independently and retain information more effectively. Based on the innovative instructional approaches of scaf...

Organizational culture, strengths, and weaknesses in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs in middle-income countries across the globe can have a direct impact on the efficacy and effectiveness of the programs. This study used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) 2020 guide on sys...

This study investigated the use of Digital Assessment Tools (DATs) in physics education in Saudi Technical Colleges (STCs). It examined their roles in boosting the Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and problem-solving abilities of students. The study adopted a qualitative approach and a research design based on a phenomenological approach involvi...

Embedding higher-order thinking within science education, particularly in teaching physics, can equip students to learn physics at a deeper level and to become active learners who can analyze and solve problems independently. The present research aimed to assess the effectiveness of scaffolding strategies along with a guided discovery approach on s...

Student learning outside the formal classroom is inextricably linked to informal learning environments. In many countries, most activities that employ informal learning prioritize the integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and have shown a positive impact on increasing students’ interest, self-efficacy,...

In order to compete worldwide, the school system must be transformed by raising educational standards by implementing the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education approach. The purpose of the primary school curriculum is closely aligned with the teaching goals of STEM education, which is to develop each child's full potent...

Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, mobile learning is becoming increasingly popular in higher education learning and teaching systems. However, the issue of integration between technical and pedagogical factors in mobile learning applications remains one of the main concerns for researchers. The aim of this systematic literature review w...

Education digitization highly enthuses learners for deeper learning and developing thought processes in formulating problems and their solutions effectively in their real-life circumstances. Implementing computational thinking skills through programming in Malaysian primary and secondary school STEM curriculum create huge challenges, especially amo...

To know the science and technological culture stated inside the students, it needs to create an instrument that can measure the culture's existence. However, the most important firm in instrumental development is to define the terms of Science and Technology itself 1- According to Subahan (2006) "to define the term of scientific and technological o...

Computational thinking (CT) is increasingly acknowledged as an essential skill to solve problems interdisciplinary. This paper describes the development and validation of the unplugged activity of CT in science (ACTS) module, which is specifically designed to integrate CT. The present study was conducted in five phases: Phase I was composed of need...

Science educational standards are increasingly emphasising on argumentation skills. However, students’ argumentation skills are often not developed well as their experience of science knowledge in schools is often in the form of uncontested facts. This research asserts that argumentation skills should be developed through explicit teaching of argum...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of incorporating explicit instruction of scientific argumentation through practical work on 10th grade students’ skills in science process. This research used a quasi-experimental method which involved one control group and two experimental groups from two national secondary schools in the catego...

Studies have shown that various factors (the role of formal education, informal education, and community) contribute to the lack of participation in STEM and STEM careers. This research aimed to understand the multi pathways of factors contributing to the interest in STEM careers (STEM careers in physical sciences and STEM careers in life sciences)...

The trending topic in today's education is computational thinking skills which are used to help to solve complicated problems easier. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and self-confidence of science teacher candidates (physics and biology) on computational thinking skills. The survey research design was used through a mixed-method...

Computational thinking has become a trending topic lately as complicated troubleshooting skills have become easier. Some international studies suggested that prospective teachers lack of confidence in computational thinking skills. This study was carried out among the prospective science teachers in Indonesia. The three investigated components were...

Game-based learning (GBL) has dominantly become an emerging teaching industry in 21st century. To provide an effective development of educational games (EG) with assurance of effectiveness, modelling and design methods are highlighted. To model EG, game developers must understand existing elements' interaction and relationships. The elements of EG...

One classic problem in science education that is still happening today is the lack of learners’ involvement in scientific activity. This may lead to not instilling positive scientific attitudes and the fostering of positive attitudes towards science is an important aspect that could promote greater interest towards science. The Take-Home-Experiment...

Computational Thinking (CT) is being considered as a critical skill for students in the 21 st century as it is increasingly valuable in education and workplace settings with the economy grows more dependent on digital literacy. Given the importance of CT, Malaysia has been integrating CT into Malaysian syllabus since January 2017. However, integrat...

Background: Previous studies have reported the impact of integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-based programmes on students’ interest towards STEM, however, only few have tracked the longitudinal impact of such programmes across the years. Purpose: This study examined the long-term impact of the Bitara-STEM: Science of...

This paper presents the public acceptance of evolutionary theory on the current state of biological evolution education in Malaysia. The public acceptance of evolutionary theory amongst Malaysians differ according to religion but not according to educational background and economic statuses. Like other Muslim dominant countries, Islamic resurgence...

Buku ini memperkenalkan agen pedagogi dengan menghuraikan ciri-ciri dan kepelbagaian agen pedagogi dalam modul multimedia interaktif. Keunikan dan kelebihan agen pedagogi ini diaplikasikan dalam modul multimedia interaktif untuk membantu pelajar dalam pembelajaran tajuk Elektrokimia. Buku ini menerangkan tatacara pembinaan Modul Multimedia Interakt...

Computational thinking has become a trending topic lately as complicated troubleshooting skills have become easier. Some international studies suggested that prospective teachers lack of confidence in computational thinking skills. This study was carried out among the prospective science teachers in Indonesia. The three investigated components were...

Computational thinking has become a trending topic lately as complicated troubleshooting skills have become easier. Some international studies suggested that prospective teachers lack of confidence in computational thinking skills. This study was carried out among the prospective science teachers in Indonesia. The three investigated components were...

College students’ attrition in engineering programs is a major problem in developed and developing countries. Outreach activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are a powerful resource to ignite K-12 students’ interest to pursue scientific and engineering careers. Here, a program on mechatronics for Malaysian high-schoolers de...

Numerous studies have been done in order to get the most accurate result that represents the flow characteristics inside the human trachea. Numerical method was the most favorite type of study chosen to simulate the model due to the complexity of the geometry and difficulties to get the real trachea to do the experimental works. In this study, one...

Using the Particle Image Velocimetry experimental method, the airflow from both left and right bronchus of human trachea was observed and analyzed. In this study, the accurate models using the actual geometry of the human trachea were created and scaled to 1.3 compared to the original size in order to visualize the flow at both branches. Models con...

Previous research has shown that students display misconceptions about electrochemistry due to the abstract concepts in this topic. An interactive multimedia module with pedagogical agents (IMMPA) named EC Lab (Electrochemistry Lab) was developed in order to assist students to overcome the misconceptions in this topic. The study was carried out wit...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of integrating the fund of knowledge in the hybridization cognitive strategy to enhance conceptual understanding and remediating misconceptions in physics optics. For this purpose, the quantitative Physics Optics Conceptual Test (POCT) was employed. The test consisted of 10 multiple-c...

As game-based learning takes its shape in accordance to the technological progress, alongside with the concept of learning with principles has become a prominent need. In addition, the relationships that occur among the learning content and the environment of an educational game is vaguely discussed in the literature; hence, the concepts are not ex...

Website learning, an inquiry-based approach is one of the important teaching methods that needs to be implemented by teachers in teaching science. The purpose of this research was to prepare a WebQuest learning material for the topic of Matter and to evaluate the effectiveness of a website by testing the achievements of form four science stream stu...

STEM Programs

The purpose of this study was to identify students' changes of (i) interest toward STEM subjects and (ii) interest to pursuing STEM career after participating in non-formal integrated STEM education programme. The programme exposed students with integrated STEM education through project based learning involving the application of five phases engine...

This research was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of BIOMIND portal in enhancing students' 21st century skills and overcoming their misconceptions in Biology subject. 118 Indonesian high school students were involved in this quasi-experimental study. The experimental group underwent learning experiences using BIOMIND portal whereas the c...

Virtual Field Trip is a computer aided module of science developed to study the Colonisation and Succession in Mangrove Swamps, as an alternative to the real field trip in Form for Biology. This study is to identify the effectiveness of the Virtual Field Trip (VFT) module towards the level of achievement in the formative test for this topic. This s...

An interdisciplinary approach for Biology, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (BTEM) is suggested to develop 21st century skills in the Malaysian context. BTEM allows students to master biological knowledge and at the same time to be adroit in other sub discipline skills. Students master factual knowledge of biology and skills of the 21st cent...

This study discussed the importance of funds of knowledge as contextual knowledge to generate the impact of 'resonance' in sustaining students' interest and motivation towards science, especially Physics. The funds of knowledge that comprises of cultural and language knowledge, which are richly embedded within the students due to daily interaction...

The Bitara-STEM (TM) Training of Trainer Programme is a short-term professional development programme aimed to increase STEM teachers or facilitators' abilities to teach integrated STEM education and to increase their efficacy, beliefs and attitudes of integrated STEM teaching. The programme involves 35 facilitators, representing a broad spectrum o...

This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between students’ self-directed learning readiness and their science achievement. 83 students were randomly selected from a secondary school in Qatar. The students’ self-directed learning readiness was measured by the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) and their science achievement was...

Three teaching methods were compared in this study, namely a Cognitive Conflict Management Module (CCM) that is infused into Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE), (Module A) CASE without CCM (Module B) and a conventional teaching method. This study employed a pre- and post-test quasi-experimental design using non-equivalent contr...

Students' achievement in Biology is often looked up as a benchmark to evaluate the mode of teaching and learning in higher education. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an approach that focuses on students' solving a problem through collaborative groups. There were eighty samples involved in this study. The samples were divided into three groups: ICT...

Biotechnology has been widely applied in various products throughout the 21st century. Malaysia selected the biotechnology sector as one of the key strategic technologies that would enable Malaysia to transform into a fully developed nation by the year 2020. However, to date, there has been very little research on the level of biotechnology literac...

A needs assessment was carried out as preliminary step for the development of Interactive Multimedia Module with Pedagogical Agent (IMMPA) in the learning of Electrochemistry. Seven Chemistry teachers as well as 223 students from three secondary schools were involved in this needs assessment survey to investigate the felt needs and normative needs...

Teaching and learning based on web or web-based learning is a concept which integrates information and technology in education. Teachers and instructors have to assist their learners to learn to function in this information environment. However, teacher trainers and instructors have limited experience in the integration of ICT by using web in their...

This study was conducted to analyze the characteristics of science laboratory learning regarding the physical and psychosocial aspects. Students’ perception on psychosocial aspects were measured using Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) while perception on physical aspects was measured using Physical Science Laboratory Environment Inven...

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the learning environment instrument designed to identify teachers' perceptions towards the physical aspect of science learning environment in secondary schools in Malaysia. Through extensive review of the literature and interviews with experienced teachers, items contribute to the physical learni...

In today's constantly changing and increasingly globalised job market a degree can no longer be regarded as an automatic passport to employment. This is evident with an increasing number of graduates, especially from public institutes of higher learning in Malaysia who are unemployed. Is this due to the more competitive job market or are the curren...

TIMSS has reported that, Malaysian students' achievement in science has exceeded the international average; however, it was still far behind its neighbouring country Singapore which is on the top three ranking. This paperwork aims to develop and validate instruments to assess the level of empowerment for chemistry-content knowledge. The instruments...

This paper discusses the concept of 'action' in action research. Novice teachers and teachers in school and higher education are encouraged to embark on researches related to their teaching in order to improve their teaching as well as students’ learning. The inculcations of action research culture have been fostered at all educational levels (prim...

The principal goal of interdisciplinary approach for Biology, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (BTEM) is to cultivate scientific inquiry that requires coordination of both knowledge and skills simultaneously. The dominant activity for BTEM is inquiry-discovery on the authentic problems. This is intended to enhance the students’ abilities to...

The aim of this study is to investigate the combination effect of concept mapping and vee diagrams as thinking tools in Chemistry among some 360 secondary students in Indonesia. This study employed a quasi-experimental ap-proach whereby students were segregated into three intervention groups: concept mapping, vee diagram and thinking skills embedde...

This paper is a report of a survey conducted to determine teachers’ perception of the science laboratory learning environment and the relationship between different aspects of this environment and satisfaction from teaching and learning. Teachers’ perceptions of psychosocial aspects were measured by use of the Science Laboratory Environment Invento...

The main objective of this study is to propose the conceptual framework for the integration of 21st century skills in biology education in Malaysia. An interdisciplinary approach for Biology, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (BTEM) is suggested to imbibe 21st century skills into the existing Biology curriculum. Solving complex and interdisci...

Statistical analysis is one component that cannot be avoided in a quantitative research. Initial observations noted that students in higher education institution faced difficulty analysing quantitative data which were attributed to the confusions of various variable measurements. This paper aims to compare the outcomes of two approaches applied in...

The study focuses on how best to foster the science process skills and improving achievement of secondary schools students in Riau Indonesia. This research used a quasi-experiment method which involved two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group used an environment learning module based on Information Communication T...

The Electrochemistry topic is found to be difficult to learn due to its abstract concepts involving macroscopic, microscopic, and symbolic representation levels. Studies have shown that animation and simulation using information and communication technology (ICT) can help students to visualize and hence enhance their understanding in learning abstr...

The current trend of education is to inculcate a meaningful science culture in the existing classroom environment. It is argued that to create a science culture in the classroom, the learning activities should reflect on how scientist work and do research. Although it is too idealistic to incorporate the whole range of research activities done by s...

Interactive multimedia module with pedagogical agent (IMMPA) named EC Lab was developed in order to assist students in the learning of Electrochemistry. A non-equivalent pre-test post-test control group design investigation was carried out in order to students from two secondary schools were involved in the study. Instruments involved were achievem...

The learning environment needs to be adjusted in line with the learning outcomes and teaching strategies, while at the same time, fulfills the teachers' and students' needs. Thus, it is argued that evaluation of learning environment is important because by doing so, it provides not only information for measuring the learners' performance, but also...

The tremendous change in the 21st century is the emerging nature of a new set of economic and social indicators which eventually capture the changes in structural transformation, technological advance, and competition in the job market. This paper aims to discuss the development and validation process of the Malaysian 21st century skills instrument...

In the past three decades, science education has received increased attention at all level of schooling and continues to be a major concern at the present time. In the past, the new curriculum models for science at the elementary and secondary level proliferated, and although many of the models shared some element in common, they differed by placin...

Electrochemistry is a topic found to be difficult to learn due to its abstract concepts involving macroscopic, microscopic and symbolic representation levels. Previous studies showed that animation and simulation using information and communication technology (ICT) can help students to visualize and enhance their understanding in learning abstract...

Curriculum development at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia witnessing the outcomes based approach as the main theoretical background underpinned curriculum design and implementation since 2008. Two years later, the Student Total Learning Experience Policy was introduced whereby the campus and its surrounding compounds are regarded as learning spa...

Communication skills is one of the elements of generic skills that are essential among university students. Through their years in the university, students would have been exposed to situations, in and outside of the lecture halls, where they have to use their communication skills, for example group assignments and class presentations. Therefore, t...

Assessment practice in general can answer important questions about the learning of individual students, the effectiveness of a single course or programme, or even the entire institution as a whole. Currently, it is widely discussed with regard to how assessment could be used in attaining unexpected learning outcomes on the part of the students the...

Creativity is an important aspect of human development. The trend towards globalization with technological developments requires energy product that is productive and innovative people in all walks of life. Acculturation creativity is needed in the early development of the mind of an individual. Educational institution is the most important place t...

This study was to review and compare the extent of the inventive thinking of form four students of science and arts stream in national secondary schools. The level of inventive thinking surveyed in this study involved 660 students who were selected from five national secondary schools from the area of Machang, Kelantan. Seven inventive thinking sub...

An increasing number of graduates, especially from public institutes of higher learning in Malaysia are unemployed. A degree can no longer be regarded as an automatic passport to employment. What are the causes for this state of affairs? Is this because the job market is getting more competitive? Or are the current batch of job seekers and graduate...

To overcome the challenges of the twenty first century in science and technology sector, students need to be equipped with the 21st century skills to ensure their competitiveness in the globalization era. They are expected to master the 21st century skills apart of just being excelled in their academic performance. Therefore, it is crucial to incor...

This paper reports the research knowledge and skills of a random sample of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia postgraduate students. For the purpose of this study a questionnaire was developed and validated. It is shown to have a moderately high reliability coefficient in the construct measured. A random selection of degree and graduate students gradua...

A diagnostic instrument to identify the competencies in research knowledge and skills of doctoral student was developed. There is a need to measure student deficiencies in their preparation to conduct doctoral research in order to provide guidance and training. A four stage development of the instrument was conducted. Firstly, through a literature...

Electrochemistry is found to be a difficult topic to learn due to its abstract concepts that involve three representation levels. Research showed that animation and simulation using Information and Communication Technology can help students to visualize and thus enhance students' understanding in learning abstract chemistry topics. As a result, an...

Aim of study is to investigate the relationships among 21st Century Chemistry Skills Test (CCST), perception towards chemistry subject, and level of parents’ education. In this study a total of 317 students Form 5 become sample of the research. CCST and students’ perception towards chemistry each contains 37 multiple choice items and 30 Likert scal...

Electrochemistry is found to be a difficult topic to learn due to its abstract concepts that involve the macroscopic, microscopic and symbolic representation levels. Research showed that animation and simulation using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can help students to visualize and hence enhance students' understanding in learning...

This paper proposes the implementation of educational computer games in Malaysian classrooms. Local research has found that Malaysian students are familiar with computer games but the implementation of computer games as teaching and learning aids in the classroom has yet to be carried out. In reviewing this topic, the authors refer to the chemistry...

This study aimed to identify the cultivation of 21st century skills particularly in digital age literacy skills and the elements that contributed to students’ perception towards the process of teaching and learning biology. The elements are: (i) basic literacy; (ii) science literacy; (iii) environmental literacy; (iv) economic literacy; (v) informa...

Kemp Model and Gerlach and Ely Model are combined as an Instructional Design Model for the design of IMMPA named EC Lab for the learning of Electrochemistry. A preliminary survey was carried out to study the learners' characteristics including general characteristics, specific entry competencies and learning styles. There were 126 students involved...

Interactive multimedia module with pedagogical agent (IMMPA) named EC Lab was developed in order to assist students in the learning of Electrochemistry topic. A non-equivalent pre-test post-test control group design investigation was carried out in order to gauge the effect of EC Lab on students' understanding in the learning of Electrochemistry. S...

The world around us is constantly changing, evolving, and most belief that it is changing in an unprecedented speed caused by globalization. As part of this ever changing society, we must also be able to adapt and learn new skills to keep up with these changes. Therefore, modern universities can no longer be contented in imparting well established...

Learning based on community service is one of the approaches which is carried out to ensure the learning experience that a student go through generates maximum learning impact in not only enriching generic skills like communication and teamwork skills, but students’ leaning experience as a whole. In the context of implementing Science Education cur...

Teaching using media is one of the most important components in the teaching and learning process. This research was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of various constructive teaching media in the science teaching and learning process to improve the student's science process skills (SPS) and science achievement in the Siak Sri Inderapura S...

This paper reports a survey which was conducted in order to determine students’ perception of physical and psychosocial science laboratory learning environment in secondary schools in the state of Selangor and it differences based on location and subjects. Students’ perception on science laboratory learning environment was measured by using Science...

Communication plays an essential role in the Biology education. It focuses on delivery and transmission of knowledge. In problem-based learning (PBL), communication is seen as a fundamental skill that has to be developed and used by the students. During the PBL sessions, students are required to read out the problems, gather feedback from their pee...

Curriculum and Extra-Curriculum activities are one of the basic elements in school education. These activities are designed to mold students to become a rationale, pragmatic and knowledgeable citizens in an increasingly diverse and changing world. Unfortunately, in Saudi, studies which measure the extent of curriculum and Extra-Curriculum activitie...

This study aims to develop a valid and reliable instrument for measuring 21st century skills towards biology among Malaysian secondary school students using the application of Rasch Model. The sample of this study consisted of 433 form four students who are currently taking Biology as one of their elective subject. The instrument was developed to d...

This study is aimed to systematically design an environment constructivism module based on constructivism approach and to measure its effectiveness in instilling positive attitudes towards enviroment. This study involves secondary students, from two different schools in Pekanbaru, Riau Indonesia. This quasi-experimental study employs pre and post c...

Electrochemistry is found to be a difficult topic to learn due to its abstract concepts that involve the macroscopic, microscopic and symbolic representation levels. Research showed that animation and simulation using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can help students to visualize and hence enhance students' understanding in learning...

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