Marlina Ali

Effects of using multi-vide ruler kit in the acquisition of numeracy skills among PROTIM students

One effective way to teach arithmetic more interestingly and make it easier to learn is through the use of instructional materials. These can help students master certain mathematical skills, particularly multiplication and division, often considered difficult amongst primary school pupils. Nevertheless, the insufficiency of appropriate instructional materials causes difficulty in understanding how to use the proper technique or apply the concept, especially in multiplication. With this in mind, this study investigated whether the innovative and creative instructional material designed to assist and enhance numeracy skills, namely the Multi-vide Ruler kit, could increase students’ ability in solving multiplication and division questions and whether it affected their interest in solving numeracy problems. Participants in this study included ten PROTIM (Program Tiga M [Three M Program] – membaca [reading], menulis [writing] dan mengira [calculate]) students, 9-10 years old, who had difficulties in reading, ...

Web Pro-Mc Physics as a support tool for improving physics problem solving skills

Problem solving is one of the focus of the Malaysia education plan (PPPM 2013-2025) because the achievement of students in TIMMS and PISA was found to be below average. This paper aims to discuss the development of a web-based module named Pro-Mc Physics to help students solve problems using their metacognitive skills. The problem solving strategies which will be used to develop the module is based on a study by Marlina et al (2014). ADDIE instructional design will also be used in developing the module. In addition, several learning theories and strategies will be considered in the construction of this web-based module. The physics problems used for the module will be adapted from context rich problems. In conclusion, Web Pro-Mc Physics is developed to be a support tool for improving physics problem solving skills among students.