Journal of Science and Education (JSE)

Developing A Board Game-Based Supplementary Learning Material Prototype for Accounting

2024-03-08T16:10:05+07:00

The most effective approach for educators is to provide students with the knowledge and enhance their motivation to study, employ diverse pedagogical approaches shifted away from one-way teaching approaches, and prioritized students’ needs by encompassing innovation tools such as the utilization of board games. This research aims to develop a prototype of an interactive board game as a supplementary tool for learning accounting. The game focuses on preparing financial reports and is designed to provide a practical learning experience in the field of business. This research utilized the waterfall model in research and development (R&D). Prototyping consists of communication, planning, design, construction, and distribution stages. During the communication stage, user requirements are elucidated through interviews with prospective users, observations of business practices, and examinations of relevant literature. Preliminary interview findings from culinary entrepreneurs indicate the challenges in preparing financial statements, which hinder their ability to communicate business performance and secure finances. The user's needs have been determined, and specific activities, timelines, resources, and budgets are set. The research employed an iterative prototyping approach in the prototype design process, wherein a sequence of tests is conducted consecutively to refine the prototype. In the production phase, the prototype is tested and assessed based on comments obtained during playtest sessions, with results satisfying testimonials. The advice received from students about the time limitation of the games was because of the complexity of accounting transactions, and then the games were modified by providing the spreadsheet version of the journal form that can be accessed from the barcode. This instructional tool was developed to enhance the efficacy of learning techniques, particularly in comprehending and mastering the accounting process, whether pursued individually or in a collaborative setting; hence, for the next research, we can transform this game into digital games to make it more interesting.

Analysis of Geometry Units in the Mathematics Curriculum of Cambodia from the Perspective of Coherence

2024-03-23T22:30:23+07:00

This study aims to analyse the units in the Cambodian mathematics curriculum on geometry from the perspective of coherence. Four of the recently revised mathematics syllabi of primary and secondary education in Cambodia published in 2018, the latest version available during the research period of 2022-2023, have been collected. The document analysis following the procedure of General Topic Trace Mapping (GTTM) was used because it embraces curriculum coherence. The results of the analysis revealed that the Cambodian mathematics curriculum on geometry lacks coherence in terms of the four points: (1) the relations of the subdomains and contents are not well-organised and unnecessarily repetitive; (2) the contents and sub-contents are poorly ordered and are not age-appropriate, due to some contents are addressed as a prerequisite and other contents have a higher level than the student’s grade level; (3) the relations of some contents, sub-contents, and their learning outcomes are not clearly specified, as through a lack of logical or conceptual connections within and across years; and (4) the domains, sub-domains, contents, sub-contents, and learning outcomes are not clearly related nor sequenced. These four points indicate the importance and necessity of improving the coherence of geometry units in Cambodia’s mathematics curriculum. This analysis focused on the content relation aspect among three internal coherence aspects. Further research should be done on the two other aspects of internal coherence, structural and pedagogical, as well as external curriculum coherence. Analysis of all these aspects will contribute to the holistic improvement of the curriculum.

Development of Textbooks with a Contextual Approach Based on Local Wisdom: Product Validity Analysis

2024-10-13T17:45:45+07:00

Improving creativity in writing descriptive essays among students is one of the challenges in learning Indonesian, especially when the teaching materials are not directly connected to the students' cultural background. Therefore, this study aims to develop and analyze the validity of contextual textbooks based on local wisdom in order to improve students' writing creativity. This study uses the Research and Development (R&D) method with the Plomp development model which includes the Preliminary research stage, Prototyping stage, Assessment phase. The validity of the textbook is analyzed through the aspects of content feasibility, presentation feasibility, language feasibility, approach feasibility. The research instrument is a validation sheet of the textbook product. There are 4 validators involved in the validation process. The results of the study indicate that the textbook developed has a high level of validity in the four dimensions, which include content feasibility of 84.47%, presentation feasibility of 88.33%, language feasibility of 88.00%, and approach feasibility of 87.68%. And overall, the average percentage value was 86.25%. Based on the validation results, it was concluded that the developed textbook product was in good criteria. The implications of this study indicate that the development of local wisdom-based textbooks is not only culturally relevant, but also feasible in encouraging students' creativity in writing descriptive essays. The obtained textbooks can be tested in the field so that the effectiveness and practicality of the developed textbook products are found.