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International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development

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ISSN: 2226-6348

The Impact of Psychomotor Element in Cognitive Domain Achievement of Electronics 1 during Open Distance Learning (ODL)

Asmalia Zanal, Norsabrina Sihab, Aida Zulia Zulhanip, Juliana Md Sharif, Samihah Abdullah

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARPED/v12-i1/16113

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Psychomotor domain is an essential skill required in any diploma engineering programme where it is empowering students’ practical engineering skills ability as a complementary element to the theories that were learned during lectures. Moreover, this learning experience engages the students with the engineering experimental laboratory work. This paper studied the impact of the psychomotor elements in enhancing the cognitive performance of second-year diploma students in a fundamental course, Electronics 1 at the Centre for Electrical Engineering Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang, (UiTMCPP), Malaysia. A standard course outline for Electronics 1 is adapted from the Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC) whereby it underlined the practical skills needed as competent engineering technicians. The data in this paper utilizes the examination results from two semesters as a comparison of students’ performance. The online distance learning (ODL) approach was implemented for both semesters, where the laboratory session was conducted in face-to-face (F2F) teaching mode. A practical test was conducted at the end of the semester to assess the student's psychomotor knowledge and skills. The statistical analysis of all data was carried out using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of the study using ANOVA and Pearson correlation provide important insight into students’ cognitive domain achievement is influenced by the implementation of psychomotor elements and students have better psychomotor skills at the end of the course.