Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei

In order to succeed in a digital economy, students will need digital age proficiencies. It is important for the educational system to make parallel changes in order to fulfil its mission in society, namely the preparation of students for the world beyond the classroom. Therefore, the educational sys...

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Main Authors: Maria, Abdullah, Kamisah, Osman
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1203/
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description In order to succeed in a digital economy, students will need digital age proficiencies. It is important for the educational system to make parallel changes in order to fulfil its mission in society, namely the preparation of students for the world beyond the classroom. Therefore, the educational system must understand and embrace the 21st century skills within the context rigorous academic standards. The main purposes of this study are to determine the inventive thinking skills in Science among students in Malaysia and Brunei and also to compare the inventive thinking skills of students in Science between Malaysia and Brunei. The dimension of inventive thinking skills is comprised of adaptability and managing complexity, self direction, curiosity, creativity, risk taking and higher order thinking and sound reasoning. This study which employed cross sectional surveys method involved 410 Primary school students from both countries.
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spelling intimal-12032018-10-22T03:51:22Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1203/ Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei Maria, Abdullah Kamisah, Osman L Education (General) PE English In order to succeed in a digital economy, students will need digital age proficiencies. It is important for the educational system to make parallel changes in order to fulfil its mission in society, namely the preparation of students for the world beyond the classroom. Therefore, the educational system must understand and embrace the 21st century skills within the context rigorous academic standards. The main purposes of this study are to determine the inventive thinking skills in Science among students in Malaysia and Brunei and also to compare the inventive thinking skills of students in Science between Malaysia and Brunei. The dimension of inventive thinking skills is comprised of adaptability and managing complexity, self direction, curiosity, creativity, risk taking and higher order thinking and sound reasoning. This study which employed cross sectional surveys method involved 410 Primary school students from both countries. Common Ground Publishing 2010 Article PeerReviewed Maria, Abdullah and Kamisah, Osman (2010) Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei. International Journal of Learning, 17 (9). pp. 227-236. ISSN 1447-9494
spellingShingle L Education (General)
PE English
Maria, Abdullah
Kamisah, Osman
Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title_full Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title_fullStr Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title_full_unstemmed Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title_short Inventive thinking skills in science: A comparative study between students in Malaysia and Brunei
title_sort inventive thinking skills in science: a comparative study between students in malaysia and brunei
topic L Education (General)
PE English
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1203/