Research Publications

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Myanmar Academy of Art & Science List of Research

No. Researcher Title Abstract Year
1951 Aye Aye Myint A STUDY ON STUDENT TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TEACHING OF SCIENCE AT EDUCATION COLLEGES The purpose of the study is to investigate attitudes of student teachers towards the teaching of science at Education Colleges. In order to produce qualified teachers, the positive attitudes of student teachers are fundamentally important. The sample of the study consisted of 600 primary student teachers at six Education Colleges in upper and lower Myanmar. Questionnaire survey method was used to collect data from the participants in January, 2020. The collected data were analysed by applying descriptive statistics. The results of findings are that most of student teachers have positive attitudes towards the teaching of science. According to the results of mean scores, ‘science learning’ is the highest while ‘assessment’ is the lowest despite numerical values are not different. It is found that over 90% of student teachers are in the high understanding level on the attitudes towards the teaching of science whereas below 10% of them are in the lower group of it. The results indicated that there are strong correlations between variables and most of the student teachers have favourable attitudes on the teaching of science. 2021
1952 Kyaw Thet FAMILY COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AND RESILIENCE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAGAING DISTRICT The main purpose of this study was to investigate family communication patterns and resilience of students from universities in Sagaing District. The quantitative research design and survey method were used in this study. A total of 997 students were randomly chosen. Revised Family Communication Patterns (RFCP) Instrument developed by Koerner and Fitzpatrick (2002) measuring two underlying dimensions of family communication patterns: conversation orientation and conformity orientation was used to identify the students’ family communication patterns and Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) developed by Friborg et al. (2003) to measure the resilience of students. The results showed that students’ family communication patterns were consensual (29%), pluralistic (22.4%), protective (22.6%) and laissez-faire (26%). There was no association between gender and family communication patterns of students according to chi-square analysis. However, education level of students and mother’s education affected family communication patterns of students. The overall results revealed that students were high in resilience. There was no gender difference on resilience. However, there were significant differences in resilience according to education level and across universities. And, students’ resilience was significantly different according to their family communication patterns. It was found that students of consensual families possessed the highest resilience followed by pluralistic families. The result of multiple regression analysis revealed that 32.8% of resilience of students can be predicted by the combination of two family communication dimensions. It was stated that conversation orientation had the larger effect on resilience than conformity orientation. According to findings of the study, parents need to create a more hospitable and open atmosphere in their families encouraging family members to express and discuss their ideas and feelings to be more resilient. 2021
1953 Tin Mar Naing FAMILY FORGIVENESS AND SUBJECTIVE HAPPINESS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FROM SAGAING UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION The main purpose of this study was to investigate family forgiveness and subjective happiness of pre-service teachers from Sagaing University of Education. The study conducted a survey research design and quantitative method. As the research instruments, family forgiveness scale (Pollard M.W, 1998) and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (Hills & Argyle, 2002) were applied. A total of 800 pre-service teachers (400 males and 400 females) were randomly selected from Sagaing University of Education. The results revealed that there were significant differences in family forgiveness by gender and grade. The family forgiveness of females was higher than the family forgiveness of males. The results showed that there was significant difference in family forgiveness by grade. Family forgiveness of the fifth year students was the highest among the four selected grades. Similarly, the results revealed that there were significant differences in subjective happiness according to gender and grade. The fifth year pre-service teachers from Sagaing University of Education were higher in family forgiveness and subjective happiness level than that from other three grades. The Pearson product-moment correlation result revealed that a positively significant relationship (r=0.768) was found between family forgiveness and subjective happiness. The results of this study revealed that fifth year pre-service teachers who have high family forgiveness may experience better subjective happiness level. Therefore, it was vital to emphasize the pre-service teachers' family forgiveness and subjective happiness. 2021
1954 Khin Khin Nyein DEVELOPING A COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TEST FOR CIVIC EDUCATION The main purpose of this study was to develop a Computer Adaptive Test for Civic Education. To achieve the purpose of the study, four test forms of a basic knowledge test for civic education were first constructed according to the table of specifications. The basic knowledge test for civic education is composed of environmental sustainability, intercultural communication, human rights education, civil rights and duties of citizens. Each test contained 40 multiplechoice items. The sample was randomly selected from five divisions and two states of Myanmar by using Quantitative Survey Research design. The sample size of totally 1176 students from ten Education Colleges in Myanmar participated in this study. According to the results, it can be concluded that the tests were neither too easy nor too difficult for students with different abilities. IRT Rasch Model was used to analyze the data with RStudio. For computer adaptive test, catR software package was used. To create an online computer adaptive test, Google Forms application was applied and the QR code was used to send the test online. 2021
1955 Hnin Witt Yee THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT IN STUDENTS’ LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS The primary purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of portfolio assessment in students’ learning of mathematics. Sixty Grade Nine students from Basic Education High School (Wei Gyi) participated as sample in this study. Mathematics Achievement Test, Mathematics Attitude and Perception Survey (MAPS), Portfolio Scoring Rubric, Self-Assessment Form, Students’ learning log and Interview Question were used as the research instruments. According to the qualitative data analysis, the results of self-assessment form and students’ learning log showed that using assessment form and learning login portfolio development process could point out the strengths and weaknesses of each student. The results of portfolio scoring rubric pointed out that most of the students could perform well in developing of portfolio in learning of mathematics. The results of students’ interview question also revealed that students in experimental group enjoyed constructing portfolio in learning of mathematics. As a quantitative data analysis, the results of achievement test showed that students who used portfolio in learning of mathematics performed better than the students without using portfolio. The results of mathematics attitude questionnaire also showed that the use of portfolio in learning of mathematics could change positive in students’ attitude towards mathematics. 2021
1956 Hla Yin Oo CONSTRUCTING EQUIVALENT TEST FORMS OF GRADE SIX SCIENCE: IRT EQUATING APPROACH Nowadays, the application of equivalent test forms has been increasingly interested in many testing situations because it can produce fair and equitable test scores for every student. In Myanmar, in accordance with changing in the curriculum, fair and square testing sites need to be constructed with the use of equivalent test forms. Therefore, in this paper, two equivalent forms of Grade Six science achievement tests were built. To develop the tests, a two-parameter logistic model (2PLM) of item response theory (IRT) was utilized. The two test forms were administered to the 1002 students from selected eight schools in Yangon Region in last week of September. Consequently, the responses of students were scored and two test forms composed of 25 items were equated with the use of equate IRT package in RStudio. 2021
1957 Su Yi Hein GENDER AND AGE BASED COMPARISON: DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING ANALYSIS ON DIAGRAMMATIC REASONING SKILL The main purpose of this study is to investigate the level of Diagrammatic Reasoning Skill based on gender and age by using differential item functioning analysis. This study focuses on fairness of the test for everyone. Firstly, Diagrammatic Reasoning Test was developed with the reference of Savillie Diagrammatic Reasoning Test, and Practice Aptitude Tests (Assessment Day). As a pilot test, total 90 items were administered to 115 students from Grade 9 and Grade 11 students from Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon Region on first week of September, 2019. According to the result, 30 good items were selected to develop the Diagrammatic Reasoning Test for the field study. Field study was conducted with 1142 students from Grade 9 and Grade 11 from four districts of Yangon Region. Item Response Theory (IRT) was used to analyze the data. The IRT assumptions of unidimensionality and model-data fitness were checked by using SPSS 22 and BILOG-MG 3.0. And then, parameter estimation was conducted by using Marginal Maximum Likelihood method. After that, DIF analysis was conducted by using Logistic Regression (LG) method and Lord’s Chi-square (LC) method to compare gender and age groups. From the result of gender DIF analysis, it was found that there were four common DIF items for LG and LC methods. According to the result of age DIF analysis, there were only one common DIF items for LG and LC methods. 2021
1958 Htike Htike Aung MATHEMATICS TEACHING ANXIETY OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN LOWER MYANMAR The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the mathematics teachers’ mathematics teaching anxiety. The research design for this study was a descriptive survey method. A total of 328 mathematics teachers from selected regions in Myanmar were used as the sample. McAnallen Anxiety in Mathematics Teaching Survey (Mc Anallen, 2010) was used as a research instrument. Concerning gender, the significant differences were not found to be on mathematics teaching anxiety. Moreover, primary teachers have a higher mean score of mathematics teaching anxiety than that of the principles of primary school, junior teachers, and senior teachers. The participant teachers from Kayin State possess higher mathematics teaching anxiety than those of teachers from other regions and states. The significant differences were found to be on Mathematics Teaching Anxiety by region. 2021
1959 Soe Soe Mar EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES ON ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AT TAUNGOO EDUCATION COLLEGE This study aims at exploring the effectiveness of strategy instruction on pre-service teachers' academic writing skills and self-regulation abilities. The data were collected through learners’ essays, reflections and questionnaires which were used as pretest and posttest. This research was carried out in a classroom of 48 students for four weeks. Students were given self-regulation strategy instruction and modeling, and then assigned academic writing tasks. The strategy they used in their writing tasks was investigated through a questionnaire, their mini-assignments and reflections. Students’ errors and difficulties were the key focus and their opinions were taken through focus group discussions. The results showed that self-regulated learning strategy training could help students improve their writing skills but further instructions and feedbacks were needed as they used a small number of strategies and only a slight improvement was seen in their writing skills, significantly, in such strategies as receiving relevant information (from mean value 33 to 36), searching for options (from mean value 33 to 37), formulating a plan (from mean value 27 to 32), implementing the plan (from mean value 31 to 35) and assessing the plan's effectiveness (from mean value 32 to 35). Though this study was a small scale research, it illuminated that self-regulated learning strategies are part of 21st century learning. 2021
1960 Su Myat Aye AN INVESTIGATION INTO ADJUSTMENT AND HAPPINESS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN YANGON UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION The main purpose of this study is to investigate adjustment and happiness of prospective teachers in Yangon University of Education and examine prospective teachers’ adjustment and happiness by gender, by year, by age group and by native. In this study, quantitative research design and descriptive survey method were used. A total of 500 prospective teachers from Yangon University of Education were selected. According to the result, most of the prospective teachers from Yangon University of Education possessed high level of adjustment and happiness. According to independent sample t-test, there was significant difference by gender, it may be due to the fact that females emphasize on aspects of adjustment and they are more control herself. ANOVA result pointed out that there was a significant difference in adjustment by year. The are more control themselves teachers from first year were higher than that of second year, fourth year and fifth year at 0.01 level. Prospective teachers from third year were higher than fourth year at 0.05 level. And then, by age group, ANOVA result pointed out that the mean score of prospective teachers from (15-17) ages were higher than that of (18-19) and (20 and 20 over) at 0.05 level, (18-19)were higher than (20 and 20 over) at 0.01 level. In happiness, there was no significant difference by gender, year, age group and native. Again, the result also indicated that prospective teachers’ adjustment and happiness was found to be positively correlated. 2021