Kesan kaedah inkuiri koperatif berbantukan multimedia ke atas prestasi kemahiran proses sains bersepadu, pemikiran saintifik dan sikap dalam kalangan pelajar-pelajar sekolah kebangsaan
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2008
Authors
Che Amat, Mohamad Fadzil
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Aspects of reasoning in science in the form of basic and integrated process skills and
scientific thinking were introduced into the primary school science syllabus in 1997 but
studies continue to show that student performance in these skills is still low. Teachers of
science and mathematics subjects have also been provided with ICT facilities and
training but past studies reveal they continue to employ the expository method of
instruction in teaching. Therefore this study investigated whether student performance in
integrated science process skills and scientific thinking skills could be improved through
the use of the multimedia-aided cooperative inquiry method. A quasi-experimental
research design was chosen for the study. The samples consisted of 176 year six male
and female students with an average age of 11 years old. The Scientific Thinking Pretest
scores were used as a covariate. All groups were given a multimedia software entitled
"The Earth and The Universe" (Bumi dan A/am ~f!_mesta) to use in three different
modes, namely, cooperative inquiry, individual inquiry, and expository modes. Data
collected were analysed using ANCOVA and ANOV A. The findings showed that
students in the cooperative inquiry group scored significantly higher in the Scientific
Thinking Skills compa~ed to students in the individual inquiry and expository modes
respectively. However there were no significant differences in the means between all
groups for performance in the Integrated Science Process Skills and the Attitude
Towards Science by method and gender. These findings showed that the MultimediaAided
Cooperative Inquiry Method is as good as other methods for teaching the contentbased
Integrated Science Process skills but is more effective in promoting the contentfree
scientific thinking skills.
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Inkuiri koperatif berbantukan multimedia , Proses sains bersepadu , Sikap dalam kalangan pelajar-pelajar sekolah kebangsaan