Lilia Ellany Mohtar

• Doctor of Philosophy (Physics Education)
• Senior Lecturer at Sultan Idris Education University

Prospective biology teachers have good mastery of the material but are still weak in several indicators of basic teaching skills. Preparing prospective professional biology teachers in Indonesia expects graduates to be able to teach not only in domestic schools but also in schools abroad by integrating Next Generation Science Standards. This study...

Physics achievement at the secondary school is not encouraging, and physics teachers are not keen to implement creativity-based learning. This affects students' involvement in physics learning, plus, the affective aspects of students not given attention because it is considered not to influence students' examination grades. The main purpose of this...

The purpose of this study is to design and develop a Solar Energy STEM module (SESTEM) among a class of 80 diploma science students in the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). This module was developed to create an enjoyable technology-embedded learning process for solar energy education. The students’ perc...

This study aimed to develop a teaching aid namely ‘JUQUANJI’ and evaluate its usability among physics trainee teachers at Sultan Idris Education University. ‘JUQUANJI’ is adapted from the JUMANJI board game and developed by using Genialy website tool. This study uses a development research design by applying the ADDIE model, which has five phases:...

This study aimed to develop a ‘Gravigame’ in Kepler’s law and to evaluate its usability among physics trainee teachers at one of the public universities in Malaysia. This study uses a developmental research design by applying the ADDIE model. The research sample consisted of 30 trainee physics teachers who were randomly selected from seven and eigh...

The paper demonstrates the development of an interactive learning module in the topic of transistor and its usability among physics trainee teachers at one of the public universities in Malaysia. The research design was a developmental research using the ADDIE module and the developed module portrayed a high percentage value of expert agreement of...

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (CTPS) are soft skills essential to be equipped among students according to 21st-century learning. Several instruments have been developed to measure CTPS skills among students in various subjects. This review aimed to identify the type of instrument and the context they are used. The research methodology was b...

The environmental education course currently does not integrate problem-solving problem skills. The purpose of this study was analyzing the results of applying integration on problem-based learning with the RMS (reading, mind mapping, and sharing) learning model. The research method was a quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test control group des...

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)...

Japan’s continual excellent achievement in TIMSS has led to many research and discussions of the Japanese school system as a way of understanding the factors and system that underlie Japan’s success in TIMSS. However, comparative studies have focused more on cognitive skills and less on non-cognitive skills as plausible factors for the continual su...

This study aimed to determine the impact of the integration of engineering design process (asking, imagining, planning, creating and improving) in an electrical & magnetism module to improve problem-solving skills in physics among secondary school students in Aceh, Indonesia. The quasi-experimental study was carried out with 82 form three (age 15 y...

Interest towards STEM and STEM careers is declining worldwide. Among the STEM related careers, the physics discipline has been the most affected in terms of numbers and imbalance of gender. This study investigates the role of self-efficacy in STEM towards STEM careers and Physics career based on gender and types of school. Findings showed that ther...

This study aims to determine the impact of the integration of engineering design (ask, imagine, plan, create and improve) in physics teaching to encourage students' creativity skills through science technical product. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 40 form three students of secondary school in Aceh, Indonesia. Two classes were rando...

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This research investigated the opportunities provided by parents to their children with the aim of facilitating science learning and promoting careers related to science. This exploratory qualitative research used the semi-structured interview method with seven parents who were purposively sampled for the study. Their children (16 years old) had ju...

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...

Critical thinking is seen as an important competency for academic and career success. In the context of science education, critical thinking is important in order to be an effective citizen in the globalized world powered by rapid scientific and technological development. This paper begins by reviewing the literature on what is science ( knowledge...

Pengetahuan sains dan kreativiti menjadi dua parameter utama bagi menentukan kualiti seseorang dalam masyarakat kontemporari. Pembelajaran sains membolehkan individu memperoleh pengetahuan dalam sains seterusnya mengaplikasikan ilmu tersebut dalam kehidupan. Pemupukan kreativiti pula telah menjadi semakin penting dalam pembelajaran sains khususnya...

A person’s creativity can be elicited through observations made upon his/her behaviour and personality characteristics which are in turn termed as creativity characteristics. Physics Practical Work (PPW) is a form of instruction which is intended to foster a creative culture in schools in which large numbers of students can be engaged in an environ...

This research is intended to study the characteristics of creativity in two practical-based physics learning activities which are physics practical work (PPW) and physics innovative project (PIP) among pre-service physics teacher at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The study was conducted in one semester among 12 physics education undergraduate...

This study aims at identifying engineering elements that can be integrated into school science and mathematics curriculum to introduce engineering at the school level. The engineering elements, namely Inquiry, Design, Operate & Improve and Sustainability, were identified through interviews with experts in engineering education, literature review an...

Earlier studies indicated that there are four main engineering elements which are inquiry, design, optimisation and sustainability. The further sub-classification includes 10 sub-elements: interest, discovery, inquisitive mind, imagination, problem solving, prototyping, optimising, maintaining, life cycle and sustainable values. An instrument to me...

result which is the Malaysian Certificate of Education (known as SPM in Malaysia which is equivalent to GCSE in the UK) as the general requirement [3]. Following this, another requirements include their result in a higher level of education of either at a matriculation level (students take general science / art subjects) or Malaysian Higher Certifi...

Under the Malaysian New Economic Model, a few strategic reform initiatives (SRI) call for globally competitive and excellent engineers. The recruitment of students into engineering programs at Malaysian higher education institutes is based solely on the students' examination results. Hence, it is not known whether students who apply for engineering...