Issues and solutions on Inventive Problems-Solving Skills (IPSS) in invention course

Inventive Problem-Solving Skills (IPSS) is the ability to solve difficulties efficiently and without hindrance. The aim of this study is to identify issues, importance, and solutions in identifying the causes of inventive design problems among students and teachers of Invention. In addition, there are two objectives of the study (1) to identify the differences in the importance and issues of IPSS among students and teachers of Invention, and (2) to identify the importance, issues and proposed solutions of IPSS by Invention’s teachers. This study has a used mixed-method an approach that includes quantitative and qualitative methods. For the first objective quantitative will be used by making a questionnaire while for the second objective, the mixed method was used by using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The survey covered a total of 133 students and 30 Invention teachers from a secondary school in Johor. In this study, SPSS software was used to obtain the data. As a result, there was no significant difference in significance [t (133) = 2.915;p = .194, (p > .05)] or problem [t (133) = .142;p = .09, (p > .05)] for gender, according to t-test findings. The level of significance was then determined using a two-way ANOVA test. Subsequently, two-way ANOVA tests revealed that importance (F (30) = 2.874, p = .061) and problem (F (30) = 6.846, p = .112) abilities were not influenced by teacher gender or teaching experience. To identify the root cause of inventive problems, the majority of teachers prefer to use Functional Analysis to apply the Theory of Inventive Problem-Solving Skills (TRIZ). As a result, the creation of self-learning modules is offered as a teaching resource to help students use their abilities in the Invention course. Thus, the objective has been well achieved to (1) identify the differences in importance and issues of IPSS among students and teachers of Invention, and (2) identify the importance, issues and proposed solutions of IPSS by Invention’s teachers. Among the challenges faced in this study was that communication between students and teachers was done virtually on deck due to the Covid-19 issue that struck. © 2022, author.

Primary Pupil Parents Conducting Digital Learning at Home During Pandemic Covid 19: A Technology Acceptance Model Approach

The schools in Malaysia have been closed for more than a year due to the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which leads to remote learning as the best method for teachers in imparting knowledge to students. However, in Malaysia, this transition can be an obstacle when there is often unavailability of proper devices, internet access and a conducive environment that can make the online learning process more challenging. Most parents of these school students also reportedly prefer traditional methods of classes. In relation, this study aims to examine the parents’ level and the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, intention and behaviour while determining the mediating role of intention in the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use with behaviour. This study has used a quantitative research method an approach that made use of an online survey questions as a means for collecting data from the participants. This online survey was conducted in Perak with a sample size of 435 respondents. A stratified random sample was employed where only parents or guardians that have children aged 7 to 12 years’ old that are still schooling at primary schools during the Movement Control Order were selected as respondents. Descriptive analysis, one sample t-test and Structural Equation Model were used to analyse the data. Findings show positive levels of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use towards digital learning. In general, the SEM analysis result shows that the theoretical framework is valid. In addition, perceived usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Intention and Behaviour have a significant relationship. This study also confirmed that parents’ intention was also found to play a significant mediating role between perceived usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use with behaviour in facilitating learning at home during Movement Control Order. Thus, all the three researched objectives are achieved. This study can help the curriculum developers, policy makers, teachers and parents to plan and implement the ideas of leaning beyond the school walls.

DIFMOL: INDONESIAN STUDENTS’ HOTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION MODEL DURING COVID-19

Flood issues will become aggrevated during the COVID-19 pandemic and solutions, especially in environmental education, must be developed to provide relief to affected communities. Students, as the generation who will shape society in future, must be able to contribute ideas to resolve environmental problems. One of the abilities that must be acquired to do so is Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). This can be trained by developing a Disaster Mitigation of Floods Based on Online Learning (DIFMOL) education model. This study aims to develop a DIFMOL model to improve students’ HOTS. The research method was adapted from Gall and Borg (2003). The results showed that all students had a very low score of HOTS (28.01), with the male level (28.02) being slightly higher than females (27.99). Meanwhile, the validation results showed that the DIFMOL model had a valid score. This suggested that the model may be used in learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The DIFMOL model is a technology-based 21st-century learning innovation. The study concludes that the students’ HOTS score was low and the DIFMOL model may be used to improve their skills. © 2020. Portland Press Limited. All Rights Reserved.