Enhancement of reasoning skills of 7th grade students using Malcolm’s modeling based on KWL thinking strategy

Abstract

Abstract One of the skills that need to be implemented in learning is reasoning skill and Malcolm’s Modelling is one of learning models to improve reasoning skills. This research aims to investigate students’ problem solving skills. The students were taught using Malcolm’s Modelling that was based on KWL thinking strategy to achieve the minimum criteria scores in the scientific notation. The participants of this study were 705 seventh grade students of Tainan Municipal Jincheng Junior High School Taiwan that were selected in random sampling techniques. The data were collected and analyzed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel® for t-test and proportion test. The results showed that the reasoning skills of students was classified as good and sufficient.