Salmiza Saleh

Salmiza Saleh
Universiti Sains Malaysia | USM · School of Educational Studies

PhD (Physics & Science Education)

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August 2009 - present
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
August 2009 - present
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Position
  • Professor (Associate)

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Publications (43)
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It is often taken for granted that students who are enrolled in a said Bachelor's Degree course in a university should have a much better understanding of the said subject then when they were in school. Studies conducted have shown that this may not necessarily be the case. They are often unable to apply the concepts that have been studied in the i...
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The aim of this research and development (R&D) study was to develop and assess the effectiveness of Brain-Based Teaching Approach Module (BBTA Module) in dealing with issues related to Newtonian Physics conceptual understanding and Physics learning motivation among students. The BBTA Module was developed based on Planned Systematic Approach Model a...
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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Brain Based Teaching Approach in enhancing students' scientific understanding of Newtonian Physics in the context of Form Four Physics instruction. The technique was implemented based on the Brain Based Learn-ing Principles developed by Caine & Caine (1991, 2003). This brain compatible strate...
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Multiplication is one of the Mathematical concepts which is difficult to be learnt by most of year two primary school pupils, especially for low achievers. The purpose of this study was to diagnose year two pupils’ misunderstanding of multiplication concepts at selected schools in Sabah. This survey study involved a sample of 202 year two pupils fr...
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Teachers of science-based education in Malaysian secondary schools, especially those in the field of physics, often find their students facing huge difficulties in dealing with conceptual ideas in physics, resulting thus in a lack of interest towards the subject. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Brain-Based Teaching Appr...
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In this study, an attempt was made to study the relevance of chemistry education for Malaysia secondary school students. For the purpose of this study, data have been collected from 424 students from 5 different schools in Penang Island. Data was analysed using independent sample t-test. Result showed that chemistry education was sightly relevant t...
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Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with symbols and also the rules for manipulating those symbols, which are used to represent numbers and quantities in mathematical formulae and equations. It is needed and used in our everyday lives. The purpose of this study was to examine students' performance in algebra related to gender and types of...
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(2015), International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, Vol 4, No 3, 46-59. The purpose of this study is to compare the influence of three teaching methods, as represented by problem-based learning (PBL), the PBL with lecture method, and the conventional teaching on undergraduate physics students' group work sk...
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In the Malaysian secondary schooling, chemistry is one of the compulsory subjects for pure science students. Students who opt for pure science classes have to take up two years of chemistry in form 4 and form 5 before they sit for public examination. In recent years, there has been a major concern about the relevance of chemistry education in the s...
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Lecture method is still need to a part of PBL in order to explain the difficult and abstract concepts in all fields of physics particularly thermodynamics. Introducing and promoting PBL in the lecture method is wise step for innovation in teaching and learning. The objective of this study is to compare the effects of using three methods: problem-ba...
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Bringing the World of Science Centre to Primary School" is designed as a university-community project that enable knowledge transferring occurs from the University to target communities such as teachers, students in targeted district (Kuala Muda, Kedah). This project is implemented through several phases such as developing science kits (based on lo...
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The aim of this study is to compare the effects of three methods: problem-based learning (PBL), PBL with lecture method, and conventional teaching on self-directed learning skills among physics undergraduates. The actual sample size comprises of 122 students, who were selected randomly from the Physics Department, College of Education in Iraq. In t...
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Physics is often labelled as a difficult and boring subject to be learnt at school. An appropriate teaching method is important to attract students to get involved in this subject, as well as to change their negative perceptions. The purpose of this study was to examine the current physics teachers' instructional practices in Malaysian secondary sc...
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The purpose of this survey study was to examine the level of Malaysian students’ motivation with regards to the learning of Physics at the secondary school level, and its influencing factors. The study was carried out on 337 Form Four students who took Physics as a subject, from six schools in a northern state of Malaysia - three from urban areas,...
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Background: Physics is often labeled as a difficult and boring subject to be learnt at school. An appropriate teaching method is important to attract students to get involved in this subject, as well as to change their negative perceptions. As previous studies show that teachers teaching method are related to their conceptions of teaching, it is ne...
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Background: Although the concepts of matter and particle are learnt throughout the schooling years, students have been found to have difficulties in grasping these scientific concepts and many regard science as one of the most difficult subjects in school. While the reasons for this phenomenon vary from the abstract nature of science‟s various conc...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Herrmann Whole Brain Teaching Method (HWBTM) to enhance eighth grade students' motivation towards science learning in Jordan. The randomly selected sample (N=357) including students within the Bani Kananah Directorate of Education-Jordan. One hundred eighty-three (Male = 98, Female = 85) st...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a Brain-Based Teaching Method could correct misconceptions and change eighth grade Jordanian students' understanding of concepts of electricity. The randomly selected sample (N=357) included students from the Bani Kenanah Directorate of Education in Jordan. A brain-based teaching meth...
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Abstract. This study was carried out to investigate the teaching practices in Malaysian secondary schools, particularly in determining whether or not they are still bound to conventional teaching methods, or have they shifted to newer alternative models. Respondents involved consisted of 12 secondary school teachers who teach a variety of subjects...
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The present study aims at identifying thinking styles of eight grade students in Jordan using Herrmann Whole Brain Model. There are 357-students selected from fourteen classrooms within Bani Kenana School District. Thinking Preference Questionnaire to classify participants according to their preferred thinking style was used. Perceived frequencies,...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Herrmann Whole Brain Teaching Method over conventional teaching method on eight graders in their understanding of simple electric circuits in Jordan. Participants (N= 273 students; M=139, F=134) were randomly selected from Bani Kenanah region-North of Jordan and randomly assigned to both te...
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Teachers’ pedagogical knowledge applied to mathematics teaching relate strongly to students’ mathematics achievement. However, it is known that from the needs analysis study, underperformance schools in remote areas lack competent and professionally trained mathematics teachers, especially with regards to Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). With t...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate tenth grade students' learning styles in Jordan based on Herrmann Whole Brain Model. As a result a teaching method has been developed (Herrmann Teaching Method: HTM) to be used to correct science misconceptions held by learners. The sample consisted of 558-students selected from three schools within Bani...
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The main aims of this study were to identify the thinking styles held by 10 th grade students in Jordan and to examine the relationship between these styles and their preferred educational track. The results indicate no statistically significant difference in assigning students to the four thinking styles. In other words, Jordanian 10 th grade stud...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a constructivist-based teaching method to bring about radical conceptual change regarding light misconceptions held by primary eighth graders in Jordan. The randomly selected sample (N=79) consisted of students in Irbid city-Jordan, were assigned to constructivist (N=42) and conventional (N=...

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