PROFESSOR DATO’ DR NORAINI IDRIS
President
National STEM Association
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Professor Dato’ Dr. Noraini Idris is a Founder and President, National STEM Association Malaysia and President IMT-GT Uninet STEM  She gained her PhD from The Ohio State University, USA.   She published a variety of national and international academics publications to her credit and is a Fulbright Research Fellow.Conducted several researches with UNESCO, the British Council, Australian Universities and the Sumitomo, Japan.    Among her distinctions are the Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Awards, Graduate Research Alumni Student Award from Ohio State University, a Gold Medal for ITEX (Geneva, 2005) and Best Award at MTE since  2007 on designing assessment system for school-based assessment and higher education on Gold Medal at ITEX 2011, 2013, 2018 for designing Module of Teacher Education. Most recently, she has been awarded the Leadership STEM 2018 from the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) and Visionary Leadership Category from the International Education Award 2018.

 

BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS: USAGE OF GRAPHING CALCULATOR

In this era of fast technological advancement, keeping up with the latest innovations and inventions that technology can offer is essential to be relevant now and in the future. The graphing calculator provides millions of students worldwide as well as in Malaysia, with useful and exciting experiences, enhancing their mathematics learning with computer visualizations. Educators are now able to present mathematical ideas, concepts, and applications in both traditional as well as computer-generated numeral and graphical representations. Students who are engaged in their mathematical works are energized by four goals: success, curiosity, originality, and satisfying relationships. But the questions now are “How do we cultivate these drives in the students’ lives? How can we connect them?” To prepare students for life in today’s highly technical society, their mathematical knowledge must include and go beyond knowing the simple skills to solve more complex problems, and the use of graphing calculator-based instruction materials would be beneficial. One of the questions in the educational community is whether students will have a more meaningful learning experience by engaging themselves with mathematics and technology. In this presentation, the presenter will share what kind of work they find engaging and how to engage in work that stimulates students’ curiosity, permits them to express their creativity, and fosters relationships with others.