This study reports on the effect of video-based collaborative learning in the teaching of economics among undergraduates in Malaysia. This study is undertaken to compare the video-based collaborative learning plus hands-on method and conventional collaborative method in promoting students’ performance and teamwork skills. This study employed the quasi experimental with pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 90 students was taken as samples. The samples were divided into Video-based Collaborative Learning plus Hands-on (VBCLH) group and Conventional Collaborative (CC) group. The analysis showed that the VBCLH group outperformed in performance and teamwork skill. A further study of video-based learning can be focused on students’ attitude towards video-based learning...

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Economics students are facing problem to think critically and participate effectively in the collaborative learning context. Developing mobile cartoons that are related to students’ daily life and address aspects of thinking can help improve students’ critical thinking. The aim of this study is to develop a structural model for promoting economics students’ critical thinking. This new model is based on Vygotsky’s (1997) Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) theory and Multimedia Learning Theory (Mayer, 2014). This study employed the quantitative research method. Phase one involved the developing of the model. In phase two, survey design was employed. A total of 293 economics students from two public universities were selected as samples. The findings from the Exploratory Factor Analysis retained six factors; which were conceptual understanding, analyse the problem, analytical, decision making, creativity and organize. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was employed and indicat.....

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