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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| The purpose of this paper is to examine the problems faced by students of the Science Stream focusing on one of the subjects in STEM, Biology. This study was implemented during “Program Perintis Guru 2” on January 2019 to February 2019. The study was carried out a total of 16 students of 4 Enggang 1, SMK Padang Enggang and a teacher was involved in this study. Initial reviews were conducted through verbal quizzes on teaching and learning sessions as well as subject teacher interviews. The results show that students faced difficulties in understanding and remembering topics because they were unable to imagine the shape or process of a cell. The students were exposed to theatre games during an hour of teaching and learning sessions and the study was conducted for 4 weeks. The results indicated that the application of ‘role play’ in teaching stem subjects through verbal quizzes at the end of teaching and learning sessions and before the next teaching and learning sessions, showed an increase in performance amongst students.
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