Implementation of Ptechls Modules in Rural Malaysian Secondary School: A Needs Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Alias, Norlidah; DeWitt, Dorothy; Siraj, Saedah; Rahman, Mohd Nazri Abdul; Gelamdin, Rashidah Begum; Rauf, Rose Amnah Abd
Titel	Implementation of Ptechls Modules in Rural Malaysian Secondary School: A Needs Analysis
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2 (2014) 1, S.30-35 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-2990
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Curriculum; Needs Assessment; Learning Modules; Cognitive Style; Physics; Secondary School Students; Student Surveys; Curriculum Implementation; Questionnaires; Computer Literacy; Rural Schools; Access to Computers; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bedarfsermittlung; Learning module; Lernmodul; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Physik; Sekundarschüler; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Computerkenntnisse; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	Research has shown that the strategy of matching learning style with certain technology enhances students' learning experience. This study seeks to identify the learning styles among students in a rural secondary school, based on the Felder Silverman Model (1988) which comprises four dimensions (visual/verbal, active/reflective, sequential/global, sensing/intuitive). A PTechLS module developed by Norlidah Alias (2010) will be implemented in secondary school. The main objective of this study is to analyze the needs for a pedagogical module based on technology and learning style (PTechLS) for the Form 4 Physics curriculum before the implementation. Data were collected through surveys among 47 students in a rural secondary school in the Jempol district in Negeri Sembilan. Two instruments were used: learning style instrument and computer skills and usage questionnaire. From the learning style instrument, most of the students were identified as active (89.3%), reflective (10.7%), sensing (78.7%), intuitive (21.3%), visual (95.7%), verbal (4.3%), sequential (70.2%) and global (29.8%) learners. The computer skills and usage questionnaire shows that students in the selected rural school have access to technology and are already using it for learning. Therefore, the researchers suggest the implementation of PTechLS modules among rural Malaysian secondary schools. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. e-mail: info@mojet.net; Web site: http://www.mojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01