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JURNAL PENDIDIKAN TINGKATAN ENAM 2019 JILID 3

Diagram 5.9 Identifying the points of elaborations in their friend’s answers

Diagram 5.9 shows students discussing as a group to identify the points of elaborations
in their friend’s answer. Students take part by giving ideas and voiced out the points of
elaborations identified. Students were also able to detect the mistakes done in the answers
especially in the use of terminology and elaborations simultaneously. This process is
repeated for each student answer allowing students to practice continuously in identifying
and detecting good points as well as mistakes that they need to rectify.

5.3.2 Reflection of Activity 1: ‘Kenal dan Cam’
Initially, the students were unable to identify and detect the trend on the graph shown.
Students were only familiar with an increased or decreased graph with an unvaried trend.
Thus students face difficulty in explaining the trend of melting points of elements in period
3 accurately in a graph showing a fluctuating trend. The technique enables students to
read the graph. When students were able to identify and detect the trend of the graphs,
then they were also able to explain why the trends exist in the graph. Thus, students were
able to compare each element in each trend in terms of structure and bonding that can
affect the melting point of the element. Students were monitored and guided to ensure the
structure and bonding of the element are correct. Through this activity, students were able
to distinguish the structure and bonding of each element according to the type of element
which is metal, non-metal and metalloid. Students were guided until they were able to
independently identify the four trends in the graph that should be explained in order. At the
end of the activity, students were able to identify the trends that exist in the graph.

5.3.3 Activity 2: ‘Mengecam’ (Reasoning)
The second part of “Teknik Kecam” is ‘Mengecam’ where students learn the skill of
reasoning. The activity is done in two steps involving the following:
Step 1: Reasoning and Correlating
Step 2: Conclusion

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