Teachers opinion towards constructive thinking for teaching essay writing based on interactive multimedia integration

Adenan Ayob

Abstract

Teaching essay writing scenario in this technological era is also aimed on interactive multimedia integration; text and graphics that revolve around inquiry and constructive thinking. In thinking process itself, inquiries are considered fundamental to teachers in teaching essay writing. Hence, this research is conducted to study teacher's opinion on constructive thinking process that based on interactive multimedia integration; text and graphics. Quantitative research design that based survey method is used in accordance with the questionnaire. The samples are 33 Malay Language teachers in Bangsar Zone, Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur. The finding shows that there is a significant correlation between inquiry and constructive thinking, r = 2.01, the level of significant is < 0.05. It is advised that all Malay language teachers focus on the aspect inquiry and constructive thinking for teaching essay writing. The implication of this study is focused on impressive teaching sources. The interactive multimedia integration that is being studied should also focus on other integrated elements; graphic, audio, animation and video

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