Hi there! I am Sya Azmeela Shariff
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Informatics Department, at Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics. The place I call home is located in a hip area called Subang Jaya, Selangor. I love doing outdoor activities and exploring new skills. Welcome to my website!
Education
2000
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY WITH EDUCATION IN LIVING SKILLS
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
2002
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-EDUCATION
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
2012
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
United States
2014
POSTDOCTORAL IN
PHYSICS EDUCATION
Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
United States
Completed Research Projects
Team Formation Study
Harvard University
Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
The Team Formation study was an extension of the previous research projects, which includes Project 1 (Formulating Team Assessment), Project 2 (Team Effectiveness Index), and Project 4 (AP50b Summary of Keirsey Report). In this research project, student teams are assigned based on selected criteria.
Peer Instruction Online Module
Harvard University
Spring 2014 – Summer 2014
The Peer Instruction Online Module is a part of a large project funded by the National Science Foundation in United States, titled “Collaborative Proposal: CI-TEAM DIFFUSION: PORTAL, Pedagogical Open-access Research-based Tools for Advancing Learning in Science and Engineering “. This project is a collaboration between Harvard University and the University of Texas, Austin.
Team Effectiveness Index
Harvard University
Spring 2014 – Summer 2014
Team Effectiveness Index is a metric that would be used to measure the level of goals and performance accomplished by each teams and comparing them to other teams in the same class. The team performance was evaluated by using the Readiness Assurance Activity (RAA) Hake gain. RAA is a student activity where content-specific goals and problem solving skills is assessed. Hake gain captures the performance growth of teams for each RAAs.
Formulating Team Assessment
Harvard University
Spring 2014 – Fall 2014
Students studying Applied Physics (AP50b) in semester Spring 2014 at Harvard University were assigned into three different teams for three projects, namely Ecotricity, Crack-a-thon, and inSPECT. There were several factors that determined the assigned teams, which included gender, pre CSEM scores, and personality index scores on Keirsey, MSLQ, 5Dynamics, and 6Hats. This research project focused on preparing the Team Assessment questionnaire that was distributed to students after the completion of each project. The questionnaire was used to measure which team formation method was effective in affecting students’ learning and attitude in AP50b course. The teams were formed based on a diversity of personality index scores (Keirsey, MSLQ, 5Dynamics, 6Hats).
Think-pair-share Class Activities via Mobile App
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
October 2012 – November 2014
This research was funded by the New Academic Staff (NAS) grant from UTM. The research is titled “The effects of think-pair-share in promoting active learning assisted with ARS using mobile phone”. This research was enhanced from my dissertation study. Instead of using clickers, my team and I designed an online interactive system that can be used to promote active learning by using think-pair-share in postgraduate classes at UTM AIS. The results indicated that students were more active in the class activities when engaged with think-pair-share via mobile app.
Biography
Sya Azmeela Shariff is a Senior Lecturer in Informatics Department, at Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics. She has had a few years of experience as an Instructional Designer, while working as a lecturer. To get more biography information, please click on the following link.