To initiate a quick discussion among students, I normally use Think-Pair-Share activity. In this technique, it requires students to
Example of Think-Pair-Share activity is on this class note for my Educational Psychology class.
There are various activities that can be conducted to engage students’ team work and motivation. In cooperative learning, we can use Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) where a small groups of students with different levels of ability work together to accomplish a shared learning goal. In my case, I combine jigsaw activity with STAD. So, the instruction that I give for jigsaw activity would also include instruction for STAD.
I have done jigsaw activity for my class for several semesters. At first, I just gave verbal instruction to the students on how to do the jigsaw activity. But later on, I realise that it is better for me to give the students written instruction that they can refer to. In this case, they can have a copy of the written instruction so that they refer to it when they want to conduct jigsaw activity in their class when they undergo Teaching Practicum (or after they graduate) for the undergraduate and for PG students who are teachers, they can use this activity in their class as well and they can share it with their colleagues at school through Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan (LDP).
So, HERE is the written instruction that I give to students when I do Jigsaw activity in my class.
Pengsan nak menanda. That was commonly uttered by me when I was undergoing my Latihan Ikhtisas. I was often frustrated with their English proficiency but what can I say. They do not like reading even though there is Nilam program and whatsnot in school. This student will take SPM in few months time. I don’t know how she will perform in SPM for her English paper. I hope she would get a better grade than now.
My cats, Robyn and Batman know their names. But Robyn rarely will reply back when I call her name. Batman would always reply back by meowing loudly. I miss him badly. Every time I come back home, without fail (unless he is asleep inside the house), the moment he saw my car, he would run and start to meowing to welcome me back. Such moment would be something that I miss now since he went missing. Robyn is such a princess. She would only meow when I pet her. Not when I call her name. A research which has been published in Nature found that domestic cats know their names. Indeed
This is Robyn
This is Batman
One of my junior was attending a special course known as BC4DCP (Baseline Competencies for Differentiated Career Path). She searched for JASTIP but found my webpage instead. Indeed. JASTIP is more for science based field, so I am no eligible to apply. It does not mean that I should keep this information to myself. Dr Fatin shared the information via WhatsApp and I just transfer it to my webpage. This webpage is just a means to disseminate the information to many people as I could. I hope it would benefit those who could apply the grant based on their specialisation.
