The design and effectiveness of 3D courseware with constructivism and contextual approach

• Main Author: Mohd Zain, Zilawati Roslinda
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TR Photography
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14920/1/The%20Design%20And%20Effectiveness%20Of%203D%20Courseware%20With%20Contructivism%20And%20Contextual%20Approach%2024pages.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14920/2/The%20design%20and%20effectiveness%20of%203D%20courseware%20with%20constructivism%20and%20contextual%20approach.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14920/; https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=92076

The usage of multimedia courseware can be used as one of the methods to increase the motivation and interest of student towards the subject that being taught. This research is about the design and effectiveness of 3D courseware with constructivism and contextual approach. This courseware is specifically developed for a topic in chemistry subject for form five students in Malaysia. The topic chosen are Alkenes and Isomerism which is a part of hydrocarbon topic in chemistry secondary syllabus. The research was done at Melaka involving Form five Students who took Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in year 2010.The questionnaires is the instrument used in this research to determine the problem statement. Based on the questionnaires, Alkenes and Isomerism are identify as the most difficult topic and suggested a courseware is developed and then tested for its effectiveness. The courseware used MAYA software version 2010 to develop the 3D molecules of Alkenes structure. Two group of students called Experimental group (EC) and Control group (CG) involved in this process and a set of questionnaires is used during pre-test and post-test for this purpose. A pilot study is running to determine the effectiveness of the courseware before testing is carried out that learning using this courseware is more effective, accepted to be used in teaching and learning process. From this research the researcher finds out that learning using courseware is more improve the learning achievements during teaching and learning process as teaching aid as it implement constructivism and contextual approach in learning process. Learning using courseware with these approaches also help to increase student’s performance for the topic. i