My first ISI- and Scopus- Indexed Journal Article in 2020

Alhamdulillah. Our latest ISI-indexed journal article has just been published. To complete this ISI- (and also Scopus-) indexed journal article, it is not a one-man show. The research was conducted by the 1st author. She was supervised by the 3rd author and some of her instruments and worksheets were validated by the 4th author. The 1st author also compressed the whole thesis into an article with the assistance of the 2nd author. After the manuscript completed, the 3rd author had a consultation with the 6th author. He highlighted some points to improve the manuscript. And again, the 3rd author asked the 2nd author, who is also a Phd student under the 3rd author’s supervision, to add some important contents into the article.The whole article was finally proofread by the 5th author. Indeed, to produce an indexed journal article, it is not as easy as ABC. It is a collaborative work that goes across universities and countries. Congratulations to all of us. Job done well!

Enhancing Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) Through an Inductive Reasoning Strategy Using Geogebra

Noor Suhaily Binti Misrom, Abdurrahman Sani Muhammad, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Sharifah Osman, Mohd Hilmi Hamzah, Ahmad Fauzan

Abstract

The concept of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) is one of the highlighted aspects in producing human capital of high quality. However, the level of HOTS among students in Malaysia is still at a lower stage. Among the causes of this problem is the learning strategy used in classroom, which is less effective in creating and enhancing HOTS optimally. Therefore, the main focus in this study was to investigate the potential role of an inductive reasoning strategy using Geogebra in increasing the students’ level of HOTS. Besides, it also aimed to identify the relationship between HOTS and students’ inductive reasoning for the topic of Graphs of Functions II. The design of study was quasi-experimental which involved 94 form-four students from a secondary school in Johor. The sample of this study was divided into three groups: (1) Treatment Group 1 (inductive reasoning strategy using Geogebra); Treatment Group 2 (inductive reasoning strategy); and (3) a control group (conventional). The instrument of the study comprised a set of HOTS questions and a worksheet based on an inductive reasoning strategy using Geogebra. Using the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), it was found that the overall HOTS level of the students, which included applying, analysing, evaluating and creating skills, could be enhanced through this strategy. The findings also show that there was a positive relationship between HOTS and inductive reasoning. In conclusion, an inductive reasoning strategy can provide positive impacts on students’ HOTS in the topic of Graphs of Functions II.