Keberkesanan manual pembelajaran kendiri (MPK) Kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi (KBAT) dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam kalangan pelajar politeknik

Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT) adalah aspek penting dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Pemikiran seseorang boleh memberi kesan kepada keupayaan pembelajaran, kepantasan dan keberkesanan pembelajaran. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menilai keberkesanan MPK KBA T dalam proses pengajaran dan Pembelajaran dalam kalangan pelajar politeknik. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan reka bentuk Kuasi Experimental yang terdiri daripada kumpulan rawatan (KR) dan kumpulan kawalan (KK) yang melibatkan 78 orang pelajar. Rubrik penilaian tugasan kerja kursus dimodifikasikan untuk menilai aras pencapaian tugasan kerja kursus pelajar. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pencapaian tugasan kerja kursus pra bagi KR dan KK berada di tahap yang baik dan memuaskan. Selain itu, terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan min markah tugasan kerja kursus pos individu antara KR dan KK secara keseluruhan. Hasil dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan min markah antara tugasan kerja kursus pra dan pos individu secara keseluruhan bagi KR. Secara kesimpulan, terdapat keberkesanan yang signifikan KBA T menerusi penggunaan manual pembelajaran kendiri KBAT terhadap pencapaian tugasan kerja kursus pelajar politeknik

Thinking Styles among Technical Students in TVET: Differences in Thinking Styles by Students' Demographic

A thinking style is the way an individual acquires, processes and organises information, as well as forming ideas and views, solving problems, making decisions and articulating self-expression. Each individual has his or her own style of thinking in learning, solving problems, or even in designing products. The purpose of this study is to analyse the pattern of Chua thinking styles among technical students. A total of 351 technical students comprising of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering students at Sultan Abdul Halim Muad'zam Shah Polytechnic were randomly selected as the study sample. The design of this study was a form of survey study using a quantitative approach. The Yan Piaw Creative-Critical Styles Test, developed by Chua (2004), was used as the research instrument. Data were analysed using SPSS software and presented in the form of mean, frequency, and percentage. The findings show that the dominant thinking style is the balanced thinking style, with 166 respondents (47.3%). It is followed by the critical thinking style in 153 respondents (43.6%) and the creative thinking style in 32 respondents (9.1%). However, none of the students has a high creative thinking style and a high critical thinking style. The findings also show that there is no statistically significant difference in Chua thinking styles by gender, age, years of study and field of study. In general, it can be concluded that technical students are most inclined to a balanced thinking style, which is to have a balanced thinking in terms of creative and critical thinking styles. As such, an individual's thinking style will have an impact on learning to solve problems in product design

Integration of Learning Styles and Higher Order Thinking Skills among Technical Students

Learning styles and higher order thinking skills (HOTS) play an important role in higher education learning.  They represent different individual preferences and strengths in learning and can be a stimuli for developing new ways of learning.  This is because KBAT can increase an individual’s ability to observe and process new information while learning style is a method of observation and process the information that occurs in the individual. The purpose of this research was to identify the pattern of Kolb Learning Styles among the technical students based on demographic factors and identify the patterns of Marzano HOTS usage based on Kolb learning styles. The design of this study was descriptive with a quantitative approach. A total of 163 technical students from Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) were random cluster selected as samples. The Kolb Learning Styles Inventory and assessment rubric were used as research instruments. The findings indicated that the most dominant learning style among technical students is Doer and followed by Feeler, Thinker and Watcher. The patterns of learning styles based on demographic factors are the same.  The findings showed that the most widely used Marzano HOTS by all four types of Kolb Learning Styles are comparison and induction. Besides that, the findings revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in Kolb Learning Styles on the usage of Marzano HOTS. Therefore, the differences in learning styles do not affect the usage of HOTS. The implication of the integration of Kolb's learning styles and HOTS Marzano have the potential to bring two simultaneous benefits to students in terms of achievement of ideas generation

Analisis keperluan gaya berfikir dan kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi bagi menyelesaikan masalah dalam penghasilan produk

Penyelesaian masalah merupakan suatu kaedah yang praktis yang bertujuan untuk menjana pelbagai idea yang bernas untuk membentuk beberapa penyelesaian yang lebih paktikal dan efektif. Penghasilan sesuatu idea dalam penghasilan produk memerlukan pemikiran yang kompleks iaitu kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi (KBAT) seperti kemahiran menyelesaikan masalah, mereka, menganalisis, menilai dan sebagainya untuk memproses maklumat yang diperoleh

An Effectiveness of High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Self Instructional Manual for Students’ Assignment Achievement

High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is an important aspect of teaching and learning. An individual’s thinking can affect learning ability, learning speed and effectiveness of learning. The weakness in implementing HOTS is one of the reasons for a student not being creative in solving all the problems that arise. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of HOTS’s Self-Instructional Manual (SIM) in teaching and learning for assignment achievement among polytechnic students. This study uses a quantitative approach and the Quasi Experimental design - “Pretest-Posttest Non-equivalent Comparison Group Design” consisting of one Treatment Group (TG) and one Control Group (CG) involving 78 students at Polytechnic of Sultan Abdul Halim Muad'zam Shah. The assignment evaluation rubric was modified to assess the level of students’ assignment achievement. The findings showed that most of the students for TG and CG achieved good result in the individual pre-assignment. Additionally, there is a significant difference mean scores of individual post assignment between TG and CG. Students for TG achieved excellent result in the individual post assignments. However, students for CG only achieved good result in the individual post assignments. This means that HOTS Self-Instructional Manual has a significant impact on the student assignments achievement. Therefore, we encourage all students of higher education institutions to use Self-Instructional Manual in teaching and learning in order to score better achievement especially in the course work

Needs analysis of thinking style and higher order thinking skills for solving problems in producing products

Problem solving is a practical method that aims to generate ideas to form some more practical and effective solutions. The generation of ideas in the producing products requires complex thinking that is higher order thinking skills (HOTS). The purpose of this study is to analyse the need for thinking style and HOTS to solve problems in producing products among students. The design of this study is descriptive with a quantitative approach. Total numbers of 895 technical students at Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Polytechnic were randomly selected as the study sample. A set of questionnaires was developed as the research instrument. Data were then analysed using SPSS software and presented in the form of mean, frequency, and percentage. Studies show that 85.5% of students face problems while solving tasks in the form of problem solving in producing products. The most common problem faced when completing tasks in producing products is finding ideas to develop a product. Factors of difficulties in solving problems for the production of a product are lack of specialized skills, lack of knowledge of specialized skills, and lack of specialized training. As a result, students have difficulty in problem-solving during producing products. However, 89.4% of students think that they need knowledge of thinking style and HOTS that provide a complete description of work steps to solve problems in product production. These findings have implications for students to acquire and improve Thinking Style and HOTS to solve problems in producing products

Needs Analysis of Thinking Style and Higher Order Thinking Skills for Solving Problems in Producing Products

Problem solving is a practical method that aims to generate ideas to form some more practical and effective solutions. The generation of ideas in the producing products requires complex thinking that is higher order thinking skills (HOTS). The purpose of this study is to analyse the need for thinking style and HOTS to solve problems in producing products among students. The design of this study is descriptive with a quantitative approach. Total numbers of 895 technical students at Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Polytechnic were randomly selected as the study sample. A set of questionnaires was developed as the research instrument. Data were then analysed using SPSS software and presented in the form of mean, frequency, and percentage. Studies show that 85.5% of students face problems while solving tasks in the form of problem solving in producing products. The most common problem faced when completing tasks in producing products is finding ideas to develop a product. Factors of difficulties in solving problems for the production of a product are lack of specialized skills, lack of knowledge of specialized skills, and lack of specialized training. As a result, students have difficulty in problem-solving during producing products. However, 89.4% of students think that they need knowledge of thinking style and HOTS that provide a complete description of work steps to solve problems in product production. These findings have implications for students to acquire and improve Thinking Style and HOTS to solve problems in producing products

Integration of learning styles and higher order thinking skills among technical students

Learning styles and higher order thinking skills (HOTS) play an important role in higher education learning. They represent different individual preferences and strengths in learning and can be a stimuli for developing new ways of learning. This is because KBAT can increase an individual’s ability to observe and process new information while learning style is a method of observation and process the information that occurs in the individual. The purpose of this research was to identify the pattern of Kolb Learning Styles among the technical students based on demographic factors and identify the patterns of Marzano HOTS usage based on Kolb learning styles. The design of this study was descriptive with a quantitative approach. A total of 163 technical students from Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) were random cluster selected as samples. The Kolb Learning Styles Inventory and assessment rubric were used as research instruments. The findings indicated that the most dominant learning style among technical students is Doer and followed by Feeler, Thinker and Watcher. The patterns of learning styles based on demographic factors are the same. The findings showed that the most widely used Marzano HOTS by all four types of Kolb Learning Styles are comparison and induction. Besides that, the findings revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in Kolb Learning Styles on the usage of Marzano HOTS. Therefore, the differences in learning styles do not affect the usage of HOTS. The implication of the integration of Kolb's learning styles and HOTS Marzano have the potential to bring two simultaneous benefits to students in terms of achievement of ideas generation

Analisis keperluan gaya berfikir dan kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi bagi menyelesaikan masalah dalam penghasilan produk

Penyelesaian masalah merupakan suatu kaedah yang praktis yang bertujuan untuk menjana pelbagai idea yang bernas untuk membentuk beberapa penyelesaian yang lebih paktikal dan efektif. Penghasilan sesuatu idea dalam penghasilan produk memerlukan pemikiran yang kompleks iaitu kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi (KBAT) seperti kemahiran menyelesaikan masalah, mereka, menganalisis, menilai dan sebagainya untuk memproses maklumat yang diperoleh