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Thinking Based Learning (Decision Making)

In my 2nd previous post of this blog, I have explained about TBL for Compare and Contrast Template. By referring to the syllabus of Physics subject for either the high school or the matriculation, there are quite a lot of concepts that we can do for Compare and Contrast for example,reflection and reflection, transverse and longitudinal wave, series and parallel circuit and many more. In my opinion, this is among the thinking template that we can simply practice with my students. 

In my last Friday's class with Dr Nurulhuda, we once again gone through TBL but this time we explored another thinking template that is for Decision Making. If we refer the thinking skills in KBKK that I've shown in my previous TBL post, decision making is among the 3 highest thinking skills apart form conceptualizing and problem solving. It means that this thinking skill is not that simple to be implemented. In real life, we are actually used to make decision in whatever we do especially when it comes to a big thing in our life such as buying properties and accepting job offer. The decision making process is significant to us if it involves an amount of money to invest on I think and might be because of other important factors!! To make this process easier, TBL outlines a thinking strategy map ( a set of questions) and thinking template that is suitable for decision making. We have practiced this template to decide the suitable dominant alternative energy source to substitute petroleum resources in a long term plan. Here I show you the thinking template for decision making:



In order to answer all the questions in the thinking template, we have to dig as much as we can the information that is related to our option. If we could not understand the concepts of the option properly, the process of deciding become harder. Students might spend a lot of time in classroom to do this TBL. Even we as teachers have also spent about 2 hours to complete the template 2 days ago🙈🙈. I really have no idea of how it is going to be if I apply this in my lesson, as so far I have no chance to practice it since we are on 1 month holiday right now 😂 I probably do extra class to specifically teach the students about TBL. Can't wait to apply  to my students everything I learned from this Technology and Innovation subject. Whatever it is, I always believed that practices make perfect! If we apply the similar method to our students, by time they well get used to it.


Ummi Atiah Mohamad
Med Physics
UPSI

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