Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study

The term alternative framework or misconceptions refers to any ideas held by students which are inconsistent or in conflict with the general idea accepted by scientists.Teachers need to uncover student’s prior knowledge, identify their alternative framework and subsequently find effective strategi...

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Main Authors: Salasiyas Mat Kila, Mai Shihah Abdullah
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Language:English
Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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spelling ukm-99042016-12-14T06:51:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9904/ Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study Salasiyas Mat Kila, Mai Shihah Abdullah, The term alternative framework or misconceptions refers to any ideas held by students which are inconsistent or in conflict with the general idea accepted by scientists.Teachers need to uncover student’s prior knowledge, identify their alternative framework and subsequently find effective strategies and appropriate learning style for students to solve the problems. This action research aims to study the effects of interactive multimedia courseware in addressing the problems of students’ alternative frameworks in Immunization topic and identify the perceptions of students and lecturers about the appropriateness and quality of the software. Samples of the study included one lecturer and 30 students sitting for the Bachelor of Education in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Biology programmes in two Malaysia’s universities. An interactive multimedia courseware entitled “Immunization” was developed using PowerPoint 2010 software. Questionnaires on the effectiveness of the courseware, pretest and post-test were administered as the instruments in this study. Results of data analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the means of post-test and the pretest scores. Students of the Bachelor of Science in Biology programme showed higher and better achievement scores as compared to their counterparts of the Bachelor of Education in Biology programme after using the interactive multimedia courseware. The majority of the students and lecturers agreed that the adoption of this courseware helped increase students’ understanding of the Immunization topic. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9904/1/13xx.geografia-si-mac16-salasiyas-edam_%281%29.pdf Salasiyas Mat Kila, and Mai Shihah Abdullah, (2016) Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (3). pp. 122-129. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=3&ver=loc
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description The term alternative framework or misconceptions refers to any ideas held by students which are inconsistent or in conflict with the general idea accepted by scientists.Teachers need to uncover student’s prior knowledge, identify their alternative framework and subsequently find effective strategies and appropriate learning style for students to solve the problems. This action research aims to study the effects of interactive multimedia courseware in addressing the problems of students’ alternative frameworks in Immunization topic and identify the perceptions of students and lecturers about the appropriateness and quality of the software. Samples of the study included one lecturer and 30 students sitting for the Bachelor of Education in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Biology programmes in two Malaysia’s universities. An interactive multimedia courseware entitled “Immunization” was developed using PowerPoint 2010 software. Questionnaires on the effectiveness of the courseware, pretest and post-test were administered as the instruments in this study. Results of data analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the means of post-test and the pretest scores. Students of the Bachelor of Science in Biology programme showed higher and better achievement scores as compared to their counterparts of the Bachelor of Education in Biology programme after using the interactive multimedia courseware. The majority of the students and lecturers agreed that the adoption of this courseware helped increase students’ understanding of the Immunization topic.
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author Salasiyas Mat Kila,
Mai Shihah Abdullah,
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Mai Shihah Abdullah,
Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
author_facet Salasiyas Mat Kila,
Mai Shihah Abdullah,
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title Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
title_short Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
title_full Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
title_fullStr Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
title_full_unstemmed Immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for Malaysian students: an impact study
title_sort immunization sub-topic and interactive multimedia courseware for malaysian students: an impact study
publisher School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9904/
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