Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students

The purpose of this study was to compare the higher order thinking skills achievement tests of students who practice laboratory practices (LAB) and students who do not practise laboratory practices (RouT) towards two Biology chapters in secondary schools. At the same time, one of the HOTS items whic...

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Main Authors: Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima, Lee, Tze Jiun, Talib, Othman, Hassan, Aminuddin
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Language:English
Published: Serials Publications 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61734/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61734/1/Enhancing%20higher%20order%20thinking%20skills%20via%20inquiry-based%20laboratory%20practices%20.pdf
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author Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima
Lee, Tze Jiun
Talib, Othman
Hassan, Aminuddin
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Lee, Tze Jiun
Talib, Othman
Hassan, Aminuddin
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description The purpose of this study was to compare the higher order thinking skills achievement tests of students who practice laboratory practices (LAB) and students who do not practise laboratory practices (RouT) towards two Biology chapters in secondary schools. At the same time, one of the HOTS items which was 'Planning-Experiment' open question was also being compared between the two groups.The data analysis results showedthat students taught using LAB instructional method scored significantly higher in their higher order thinking skills than those taught using the routine teaching method on biology content.The post-test results of 'Planning-Experiment' item analysis also showed there was a significant higher in mean scores for LAB group higher than RouT. This indicated that LAB group can write better answers in the 'Planning-Experiment' after attended the laboratory classes compared to RouT who did not practice laboratory at all.
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spelling upm-617342019-01-14T01:13:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61734/ Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima Lee, Tze Jiun Talib, Othman Hassan, Aminuddin The purpose of this study was to compare the higher order thinking skills achievement tests of students who practice laboratory practices (LAB) and students who do not practise laboratory practices (RouT) towards two Biology chapters in secondary schools. At the same time, one of the HOTS items which was 'Planning-Experiment' open question was also being compared between the two groups.The data analysis results showedthat students taught using LAB instructional method scored significantly higher in their higher order thinking skills than those taught using the routine teaching method on biology content.The post-test results of 'Planning-Experiment' item analysis also showed there was a significant higher in mean scores for LAB group higher than RouT. This indicated that LAB group can write better answers in the 'Planning-Experiment' after attended the laboratory classes compared to RouT who did not practice laboratory at all. Serials Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61734/1/Enhancing%20higher%20order%20thinking%20skills%20via%20inquiry-based%20laboratory%20practices%20.pdf Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima and Lee, Tze Jiun and Talib, Othman and Hassan, Aminuddin (2017) Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students. Man in India, 97 (17). 185 - 194. ISSN 0025-1569 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85031805537&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&nlo=&nlr=&nls=&sid=5fdeacb32b460a2e1299096fa59cb351&sot=a&sdt=sisr&sl=17&s=SOURCE-ID+%2882170%29&ref=%28Enhancing+higher+order+thinking+skills+via+inquiry
spellingShingle Kamarudin, Nurzatulshima
Lee, Tze Jiun
Talib, Othman
Hassan, Aminuddin
Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title_full Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title_fullStr Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title_short Enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
title_sort enhancing higher order thinking skills via inquiry-based laboratory practices among science students
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61734/1/Enhancing%20higher%20order%20thinking%20skills%20via%20inquiry-based%20laboratory%20practices%20.pdf