Active learning: effective teaching strategies / Najah Mokhtar... [et al.]

Mokhtar, Najah and Andin Salamat, Azni Syafena and Abd Rahim, Maisarah (2010) Active learning: effective teaching strategies / Najah Mokhtar... [et al.]. In: ICOPS 2010 : International Conference on Public Polices & Social Sciences : E-Proceedings, 26 to 27 May 2010, SP Inn Hotel, Sungai Petani Kedah, Malaysia.

Abstract

Students are the main assets of learning institutions. The performance of students should be the main concern of educators in creating students with excellence performance. The role of an educator is to facilitate the students’ learning process. The educator has to create a conducive and attractive learning environment to ensure the teaching is effective in order to stimulate students’ interest. Through traditional teaching methods, students passively receive information from the lecturers. Therefore, it is important to know the practice of active learning that significantly improve performance for students in classes with substantial use of interactive-engagement methods. The core elements of active learning are student activity and engagement in the learning process. It involves the students to solve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class. A review of the past and current literature indicates that active learning has significant contribution towards students’ performance. Active learning strategies have proven in more retention of subject matter and a deeper comprehension of the concepts covered in class. This paper presents the practices of active learning in the classroom to facilitate student’s learning and reflection.

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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Mokhtar, Najah
najahmokhtar@kedah.uitm.edu.my
Andin Salamat, Azni Syafena
azni_syafena@kedah.uitm.edu.my
Abd Rahim, Maisarah
maisarah435@kedah.uitm.edu.my
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Teaching (Principles and practice)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Learning. Learning strategies
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus
Event Title: ICOPS 2010 : International Conference on Public Polices & Social Sciences : E-Proceedings
Event Dates: 26 to 27 May 2010
Page Range: pp. 1-6
Keywords: active learning, students, educators
Date: 2010
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33439
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