1. EDU 555
VERBAL INTERACTION
IN CHEMISTRY
SECONDARY SCHOOL
CLASSROOMS
PREPARED BY: NUR HASANAH BINTI AZAHAR
NO MATRIX: 2013657784
GROUP: ED2604A
PREPARED FOR: MOHAMAD HISYAM BIN ISMAIL
2. INTRODUCTION
• Published by Winnie Sim Li & Mohammad Yusof
Arshad in 2014
• Title: Verbal Interaction in Chemistry Secondary
School Classrooms
• Research about how teacher implement inquiry
approach in teaching chemistry subject through
verbal interaction
• 23 chemistry teachers from secondary schools have
been chosen as respondents
3. SUMMARY
Verbal interaction
-between teacher and
students
-students and other
students
Highly involves in inquiry
approach
Teacher still
dominating interaction
in chemistry
classroom
- Percentage of
teacher’s question lower
compared to teacher’s
statement
Inquiry approach
– One of pedagogical
approach that able to
enhance students’ ability
to:
- Think critically
- Emphasize science
process skills
- Increase students’
understanding
4. SUMMARY
Mean percentage for
students’ questions has
increases
- Teacher and student usually
ask with low level of order
thinking questions
-related to content
Silence of confusion
- Subcategories in verbal
interaction during classroom
activity contributes to quarter
of the mean percentage
5. OPINIONS/
CRITIQUES
Inquiry approach was
used wisely in the
process of teaching and
learning in science
classroom
-Malaysia looking forward
towards a status developed
nation
-can nurture students to
think critically
Benefits when inquiry
approach was used in
teaching and learning
-improving the attitudes of
students towards science
-students play an active role
6. OPINIONS/
CRITIQUES
Teachers and students
always ask low level of
order thinking questions
-Most rural areas school
have less facilities
-cannot developed critical
thinking skills
Teachers are still
dominating interaction in
chemistry classroom
-teachers skill is still lacking
in handling classroom
-should improve their
abilities using directives in
polite ways and sharing
authority with their students
-”Latihan Guru dalam
Perkhidmatan(LDP)”
7. OPINIONS/
CRITIQUES
Silence of confusion
- Subcategories in verbal
interaction during
classroom activity
contributes to quarter of
the mean percentage
- Teacher tends to
assume whole class
understood
- High achiever vs lower
achiever students
8. Inquiry approach
seem profound the
fundamental of
teaching and
learning process
toward students
Improvement
should be make so
that inquiry
approach could be
emphasizes
effectively through
verbal interaction.
Few of the drawbacks
of inquiry approach
such as the
generalization of
student’s performance
and newcomer
teacher could be
minimalizes.
CONCLUSION
Students seem to
have more
communication
with teacher and
increase their
understanding
using this method
