Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia
Due to declining number of students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education (STEM) subjects, the Ministry of Education has introduced STEM packages option for Form 4 students starting January 2020. Nevertheless, it is important to cultivate the learning interest toward...
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| author | Siti Nazirah Butai Huzaikha Awang Iziana Hani Ismail Elnetthra Folly Eldy |
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| description | Due to declining number of students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education (STEM) subjects, the Ministry of Education has introduced STEM packages option for Form 4 students starting January 2020. Nevertheless, it is important to cultivate the learning interest towards STEM subjects starting from the lower form. In this study, an integrated problem-based learning Biology module called BOTANIstNJA was implemented to Form 1 and 2 of a secondary school in a rural area to gauge their interest in learning STEM subject. Total of 79 students participated in this case study related to plants, simple plant specimen activity and early career exposure as a Botanist. Three perspectives: teaching, learning, and communications skills were evaluated through questionnaires and analysed by means of frequency distribution. All students expressed “strongly agree” at 78.5%, 57.0%, and 51.9%, respectively. This result suggests the effectiveness of the integrated problem-based learning module to stimulate students’ interest and shall be continued to encourage them in taking the STEM package. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-327512022-06-09T03:57:39Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32751/ Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia Siti Nazirah Butai Huzaikha Awang Iziana Hani Ismail Elnetthra Folly Eldy LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education Due to declining number of students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education (STEM) subjects, the Ministry of Education has introduced STEM packages option for Form 4 students starting January 2020. Nevertheless, it is important to cultivate the learning interest towards STEM subjects starting from the lower form. In this study, an integrated problem-based learning Biology module called BOTANIstNJA was implemented to Form 1 and 2 of a secondary school in a rural area to gauge their interest in learning STEM subject. Total of 79 students participated in this case study related to plants, simple plant specimen activity and early career exposure as a Botanist. Three perspectives: teaching, learning, and communications skills were evaluated through questionnaires and analysed by means of frequency distribution. All students expressed “strongly agree” at 78.5%, 57.0%, and 51.9%, respectively. This result suggests the effectiveness of the integrated problem-based learning module to stimulate students’ interest and shall be continued to encourage them in taking the STEM package. UniSE Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32751/1/Effectiveness%20of%20PBL-STEM%20module%20in%20physics%20on%20students%E2%80%99%20interest_%20A%20preliminary%20finding%20of%20implementation%20amongst%20students%20in%20rural%20area%20of%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32751/3/Effectiveness%20of%20PBL-STEM%20module%20in%20physics%20on%20students%E2%80%99%20interest_%20A%20preliminary%20finding%20of%20implementation%20amongst%20students%20in%20rural%20area%20of%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Siti Nazirah Butai and Huzaikha Awang and Iziana Hani Ismail and Elnetthra Folly Eldy (2021) Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia. Transactions on Science and Technology, 8 (2). pp. 380-387. ISSN 2289-8786 http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol8/no3-2/ToST-CoFA2020-380-387-OA.pdf |
| spellingShingle | LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education Siti Nazirah Butai Huzaikha Awang Iziana Hani Ismail Elnetthra Folly Eldy Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title | Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_full | Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_short | Effectiveness of PBL-STEM module in physics on students’ interest: A preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_sort | effectiveness of pbl stem module in physics on students interest a preliminary finding of implementation amongst students in rural area of sabah malaysia |
| topic | LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education |
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