This study examined the historical thinking skills and pedagogical reasoning of pre service teachers in a social studies methods course. The purpose of this study is to describe and compare the historical thinking skills and pedagogical content knowledge of the participants. Differences in the level of historical thinking abilities and pedagogical reasoning illustrated the differences between the participants. This study adds to current research about the teaching and learning of history by focusing on the relationship between historical thinking abilities and the ability to plan effective history lessons. Along with interviews and lesson plans, through this study I identified that participants with very strong and robust historical thinking skills possessed not only excellent historical knowledge but also excellent general knowledge that includes political, economic and geographical knowledge. In possessing a varied repertoire of knowledge enable their mind to flexibly make in depth a.....

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Tujuan utama kajian ini di jalankan adalah untuk melihat hubungan di antara gaya pengajaran guru dan gaya pembelajaran murid dengan pencapaian Matematik muridmurid sekolah rendah. Seramai 395 orang murid dan 13 orang guru sekolah rendah di sekitar daerah Tanjong Malim, Perak dan Hulu Bernam, Selangor telah terpilih menjadi sampel kajian. Murid-murid tersebut terdiri daripada murid-murid darjah 3, 4, 5, dan 6 manakala guru-guru pula terdiri daripada guru-guru yang mengajar matapelajaran Matematik di sekolah rendah. Proses pengumpulan data soal selidik dijalankan ke atas murid menggunakan soal selidik Ujian Bentuk Tersembunyi Berkumpulan (GEFT) oleh Herman Witkin. dan Goodenough (1977). Manakala soal selidik untuk guru pula menggunakan soal selidik yang telah diubahsuai daripada Grasha (1996) iaitu Inventori Gaya Mengajar Guru (Teaching Styles Inventory). Data soal selidik ini digunakan untuk melihat apakah gaya mengajar seorang guru dan melihat gaya belajar murid semasa pembelajaran ber.....

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This study seeks to identify the effect of the use of the interactive multimedia in learning and facilitation towards the form 2 students in technical Living Skills subject in the district of Kubang pasu, Kedah. The study adopts the purposive sampling to select the study sample. The study sample comprises of four groups of interactive (80 people) and four conventional groups (80 people). This study adopts the mixed method to gather the data. For the quantitative method, the questionnaire forms were distributed to160 persons as the sample. Meanwhile for the qualitative method, the interview method is used to six samples. Data were analysed to get the findings using the software named “ Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS)”. An analysis was done using the descriptive statistics method in the context of the study which is based on the demography of race, gender and computer ownership. The inferential statistics involve the t-test, MANOVA test and Pearson Correlation test......

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(PdPc) the subject of Agriculture. Experimentation and the quantitative method using questionnaires have been adopted in this study. The qualitative method using interviews is also carried out. The choice of the subject for the study is also done through the purposive sampling involving 96 Form Four students in Agriculture stream in 4 secondary schools in the District of Kubang Pasu. The study subject comprises of two conventional groups and two ICT groups. The descriptive statistic analysis is adopted, to explain the study variable based on the demography of gender and computer ownership. Meanwhile, the inference statistic analysis namely MANOVA and Pearson correlation are employed to the hypothesis of the study. The study outcome shows that there is a significant difference towards the variable of knowledge and interaction to both groups of students. The study finding also demonstrates that there is a significant difference between ICT knowledge and the aspect of student demography. .....

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This study aims to identify the level of mastery of practicum students of special education on 11 basic skills of teaching. This study employs a quantitative method and it is supported by interviews and observation. The study respondents involve 9 practicum students of special education who are undergoing teaching practice in Perak also 9 of their teachers-cum-mentors who are involved in the training. The questionnaire built about questions related to their knowledge and mastery about basic teaching skills. Data were analysed through the descriptive analysis using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) using the mean score and standard deviation, whereas interviews were transcribed to answer the study questions. The outcome of the analysis obtained from the practicum students suggests that the practicum students are at high level of knowledge interpretation and mastery with their respective mean values at 3.64 and 3.65. However, it contradicts the questionnaire analysis.....

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There are several 21st Century PdPc strategies in the IBE History Module on the knowledge of essay writing skills of Form Six students. Among them are 3 Stray 1 Stay, Gallery Walk and Roundtable. The 21st Century PdPc strategy embedded in the content of this Form Six IBE History Module will help improve the skills of writing a History essay and in turn can improve student achievement in the History Semester 1 examination. Keywords: 3 Stray 1 Stay, Gallery Walk, Roundtable, IBE History Module, 21st Century PdPc Strategies..

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