Abstract
This paper explores the changes in student’s level of achievement and per-ception towards authentic learning environment based on visual thinking elements. The three elements in visual thinking continuum are visual thinking, visual learning and visual communication. This research is a quan-titative design involving quantitative and qualitative data. Research instru-ments included pre and post achievement tests, and a questionnaire on stu-dent’s perception towards visualization level. There are 29 samples students, from teacher training first degree program in one of Malaysian public univer-sities. The research data were analyzed by inferential and descriptive statisti-cal analysis. Research findings through paired-sample t-test showed that there is a significant difference between scores of mean for the pre-test and post-test (p< 0.05) and shows positive student’s perception towards authen-tic learning environment. All students have experienced positive growth in their level of visualization through authentic learning environment activities which based on visual thinking elements. Therefore, it can be concluded that the visual-based website has helped to enhance the students’ performance and visualization levels.
Highlights
Several studies have looked at ways to improve as much as to address problems encountered by students in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes [31,36]
Issues related to ICT are typically derived from stakeholder training as ICT is a constantly evolving field attributed to the advancement of technology and the need for new knowledge and skills
According to [4] and [24], students of a teaching programme are expected to be proficient in ICT i.e., to master computer handling, possess comprehensive knowledge on ICT, technically capable of utilizing ICT and aware of their roles in the teaching of ICT in their future teaching profession
Summary
Numbers of research have been carried out on ICT education and the enhancement of students’ skills in technology and multimedia [15,47,9].In order to ensure that teaching and learning (T&L) in Computer Sciences remains effective, students of a teaching programme must have a firm foundation in terms of understanding and practical ICT skills [16,24]. This will encourage future teachers to teach, use and apply ICT within their T&L classrooms after graduation
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