Dr. Luqman Baehaqi

The Multisensory Method in an Online Only Setting

Dr. Luqman Baehaqi, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palangka Raya, Palangka Raya. Borneo, Indonesia.

Repeatability constitutes the foundational principle underpinning both knowledge and scientific inquiry. However, research indicates that a significant portion of findings across various scientific disciplines are not easily reproducible. For instance, a 2016 Nature survey reported  that a substantial majority of researchers across various fields, including chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, and medicine, have encountered challenges in reproducing others' experiment results, i.e., "more than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiment results (including 87% of chemists, 77% of biologists, 69% of physicists and engineers, 67% of medical, ..." (Wikipedia, 'Replication crisis'). 

Building upon Sudimantara's foundational research, research conducted in Palangka Raya Borneo sought to further examine the conceptual and evidence basis of the multisensory (MS) approach developed at CDU. It also tested the approach, only this time in the context of an online only learning necessitated by the COVID-19 lockdowns. This presentation will discuss the quantitative and qualitative findings from both studies, emphasising the challenges experienced by lecturers in the experimental group employing the MS approach and the project's long term impact on pedagogical change. 

The encouraging findings contribute significantly to the discourse on innovative teaching methods, particularly in the context of English literacy and teacher education.