The Effect of the Use of Teaching Kits for Single Phase as Tools and Teaching Aids

The use of the Material-centered Teaching method by using the Teaching Kit Single Phase Electrical Wiring (KSPEW) is an innovation in the teaching process especially electrical wiring modules in community colleges. The purpose of this study was to develop a teaching kit for single phase and see to what extent the effectiveness of the use of KSPEW can help improve students interest towards the electrical wiring and assist instructors in teaching process. This study was carried out in Jempol Community College, Malaysia. The samples consist of 14 students of the Electrical Installation Certificate Program semester 1 and 4 teachers. To see the effectiveness and suitability of the KSPEW, the assessment made on the behavior of students who are divided in small groups during KSPEW activities carried out while the instrument is a set of questionnaire. Statistical analysis is used for the purpose of analyzing descriptive data and it using the Statistical Package For Social Science for Windows Release 20.0 (SPSS) in order to obtain the value of the frequency and percentage. Findings show that interest is at a high level and KSPEW can help educators in the teaching process. Besides that KSPEW produced shall be in force and modified again in order to enhance its effectiveness.