The use of illustration in biochemistry teaching and learning
Biochemistry is known as a complex course, especially the metabolic pathway topics. The main issue that instigate this initiative is the learners’ difficulty in understanding metabolic pathway topic(s), resulting in uninteresting learning environment. Hence, ‘the metabolic town’ illustration, tha...
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my-ukm.journal.156882020-11-16T10:38:15Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15688/ The use of illustration in biochemistry teaching and learning Azila Adnan, Biochemistry is known as a complex course, especially the metabolic pathway topics. The main issue that instigate this initiative is the learners’ difficulty in understanding metabolic pathway topic(s), resulting in uninteresting learning environment. Hence, ‘the metabolic town’ illustration, that depicts three metabolic pathways (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and electron transport chain) is used as an initiative to revive learners’ enthusiasm, which could breed interest and motivation to study this course. Trials were conducted with 35 students of Crop Science learners from the Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Eighty-six percent (86.2%) responded ‘strongly agree’ and 13.8% responded ‘agree’ that the overall learning experience through the use of this illustration has created a positive and fun environment. Additionally, around 79% learners responded ‘strongly agree’ that their knowledge on these topics have improved while 17.2% responded ‘agree’. Nearly 100% of the learners agreed thus establish the connection between the lecture notes and the illustration. Other than that, from an intrinsic aspect, 72.4% of learners firmly agreed that this illustration aided their interest and motivation towards Biochemistry subject; while the other 27.6% agreed. 89.6% who answered strongly agreed showed that they are in favor of the use of illustration for revision while the rest agreed. Consequently, 86.2% of learners strongly agreed that the illustration boosted their understanding and boost their imagination, and the other 13.8% ‘agreed’. This study investigates how an illustration of analogy could improve the learning process. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15688/1/44177-141875-1-PB.pdf Azila Adnan, (2020) The use of illustration in biochemistry teaching and learning. MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara, 21 . pp. 142-149. ISSN 1511-8393 http://ejournals.ukm.my/malim/issue/view/1351 |
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Biochemistry is known as a complex course, especially the metabolic pathway topics. The main
issue that instigate this initiative is the learners’ difficulty in understanding metabolic pathway
topic(s), resulting in uninteresting learning environment. Hence, ‘the metabolic town’
illustration, that depicts three metabolic pathways (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and electron
transport chain) is used as an initiative to revive learners’ enthusiasm, which could breed
interest and motivation to study this course. Trials were conducted with 35 students of Crop
Science learners from the Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu. Eighty-six percent (86.2%) responded ‘strongly agree’ and 13.8% responded
‘agree’ that the overall learning experience through the use of this illustration has created a
positive and fun environment. Additionally, around 79% learners responded ‘strongly agree’
that their knowledge on these topics have improved while 17.2% responded ‘agree’. Nearly
100% of the learners agreed thus establish the connection between the lecture notes and the
illustration. Other than that, from an intrinsic aspect, 72.4% of learners firmly agreed that this
illustration aided their interest and motivation towards Biochemistry subject; while the other
27.6% agreed. 89.6% who answered strongly agreed showed that they are in favor of the use
of illustration for revision while the rest agreed. Consequently, 86.2% of learners strongly
agreed that the illustration boosted their understanding and boost their imagination, and the
other 13.8% ‘agreed’. This study investigates how an illustration of analogy could improve the
learning process. |
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