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- Title
Disfluency and Learning Outcomes: A Case of Malaysian Higher Education Institution.
- Authors
Hamid, Masdiah Abdul
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of disfluency on student's performance in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach on undergraduate accounting students from Universiti Tenaga Nasional took part in this study. Findings: A significant improvement in educational performance when students are being asked to learn from materials that were presented in challenging and difficult to read fonts (disfluent fonts) than from materials that were presented in easy to read fonts (fluent fonts). Research limitations/implications: The outcome of this study is beneficial to educators in helping them formulate new guidelines and initiatives that will strengthen the existing learning methodology and thus help increase the number of quality graduates for the future. Moreover, this study also contributes to the research on disfluency. Practical implications: Improving student's performance and the Malaysian educational system as a whole is one of the critical aspects of the National Blue Ocean Strategy. Originality/value: This study contributes to the heterogeneous findings that disfluency is a desirable difficulty for learning. This study advocate that an effective learning approach is key for improving learning outcomes.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; MALAYSIAN students; ACCOUNTING students
- Publication
Global Business & Management Research, 2021, Vol 13, p388
- ISSN
1947-5667
- Publication type
Article