Memahami gaya pemikiran dan hubungannya dengan pendekatan pembelajaran pelajar kolej matrikulasi dalam subjek perakaunan (Understanding thinking styles and its relation to students learning approaches in accounting subject in matriculation college)

Noor Lela Ahmad, Suzana Md Hezir

Abstract


Kertas ini bertujuan meneroka hubungan antara gaya pemikiran dan pendekatan pembelajaran pelajar kolej matrikulasi dalam subjek perakaunan. Kajian ini merupakan kajian tinjauan menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif dan soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian. Seramai 250 orang pelajar kolej matrikulasi dari jurusan perakaunan terlibat sebagai responden. Soal selidik terbahagi kepada tiga bahagian iaitu Bahagian A bagi maklumat demografi, bahagian B untuk konstruk gaya pemikiran yang terdiri daripada lima jenis gaya iaitu legislative, executive, judicial, internal dan external dan Bahagian C untuk dua konstruk pendekatan pembelajaran iaitu pendekatan mendalam dan pendekatan permukaan. Soal selidik diadaptasi dan diubahsuai dari Thinking Style Inventory (TSI) dan Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) dan disesuaikan dengan keperluan dan objektif kajian. Hasil kajian mendapati pelajar perakaunan kolej matrikulasi lebih cenderung menggunakan gaya pemikiran executive diikuti dengan gaya pemikiran external. Gaya pemikiran internal adalah paling kurang digunakan. Manakala bagi kecenderungan pendekatan pembelajaran yang digunakan, hasil analisis mendapati pendekatan mendalam lebih cenderung digunakan berbanding pendekatan permukaan dalam mata pelajaran perakaunan. Pelajar lelaki lebih cenderung menggunakan gaya pemikiran internal manakala pelajar perempuan lebih cenderung dalam gaya pemikiran executive. Selain itu, terdapat hubungan positif dan signifikan antara gaya pemikiran dan pendekatan pembelajaran pelajar dalam mata pelajaran perakaunan. Kajian ini menegaskan pendidik perakaunan harus memupuk dan menggalakkan pelajar mengamalkan pendekatan mendalam dalam pembelajaran. Pendidik perlu menambahbaik strategi dan kaedah penyampaian pengajaran dan pembelajaran bagi menyesuaikan dengan gaya pemikiran pelajar dengan menyediakan bahan kuliah, tugasan atau projek yang distruktur dengan jelas.

 

Kata kunci: Gaya pemikiran, matrikulasi, pelajar, pendekatan pembelajaran, perakaunan

 

This paper aims to explore the relationship between thinking styles and learning approaches of matriculation college students in accounting subjects. This is a survey study using quantitative methods and questionnaires as research instruments. A total of 250 students from the accounting major participated as respondents. The questionnaire is divided into three parts, namely Part A for demographic information, Part B for thinking style construct which consists of five types of style namely legislative, executive, judicial, internal, and external and Part C for two constructs of learning approach namely deep approach and surface approach. The questionnaire was adapted and modified from the Thinking Style Inventory (TSI) and Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) and adapted to the needs and objectives of the study. The results of the study found that matriculation college accounting students were more inclined in using the executive thinking style followed by the external thinking style. Internal thinking style is the least used. While for the tendency of the learning approach used, the results of the analysis found that the deep approach was used more than the surface approach in the accounting subject. Male students are more inclined in internal thinking style while female students are inclined in executive thinking style. In addition, there is a positive and significant relationship exists between thinking style and students' learning approach in accounting subjects. This study concludes that accounting educators should foster and encourage students to adopt an in-depth approach in learning. Educators should improve educational delivery strategies and methods to adapt to students' thinking styles by providing clearly structured lecture materials, assignments, or projects.

 

Keywords: Thinking styles, matriculation, students, learning approach, accounting


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Gaya pemikiran, matrikulasi, pelajar, pendekatan pembelajaran, perakaunan (Thinking styles, matriculation, students, learning approach, accounting)

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