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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| Biology students at universities must learn about a variety of topics related to genetics.
Non-mendelian genetics, particularly the maternal effect, is one of the topics covered in genetics.
Maternal effect explained the influence of the mother's genetics onto the offspring’s phenotype.
The purpose of this study is to develop MamaXGenius card games as learning aids and to
investigate the perception of biology majors students on the use of MamaXGenius for the topic
Maternal Effect in Genetic. The ADDIE model had been utilised in the development stage. This study
involved 170 biology students that took the Genetic subject for Semester 3 to 7. The instruments
used in this study are questionnaires to evaluate the validity of MamaXGenius, assess the
validity of a perception questionnaire, and gauge perceptions through a four-point Likert scale.
For the validity of the MamaXGenius card game, two experts of secondary school teachers with high
expertise and extensive experience in pedagogical practices were chosen. The CVI value obtained for
the questionnaire and the card game 'MamaXGenius' was 0.989, while Cronbach's alpha coefficient is
0.854. Both values can be interpreted as accepted and good respectively.The acquired data undergoes
analysis by using descriptive statistical methodology to ascertain mean values, frequency
percentages, and standard deviations. The calculated averages for each construct were 3.73
(SD=0.480) for content, 3.74 (SD=0.468) for construct usability and playability, as well as 3.78
(SD=0.439) for construct satisfaction. The results suggest that the respondents in this research
perceive the use of MamaXGenius card game positively. This study thus demonstrates that the
MamaXGenius card game is appropriate for use as a teaching tool to improve students' comprehension
of the Maternal Effect in the Genetics classroom. This shows that teachers and lecturers may
utilise game based learning by implementing MamaXGenius in teaching maternal effect topics, while
students may use this card game to gain better understanding of the concept in this topic.
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