Assessing the Effectiveness of Using Online Google Meet Tools in Improving Students' Understanding of Econometrics Subject among Public University Students in Malaysia

Gamification in education is important as it provides a new pathway for learners to be more engaged in their learning journey. “Google Meet” is an online meeting tools that is used by educators for academic purpose and enables the students to promote collaborative teaching and engage with students. The study in this paper is a quantitative study undertaken to examine the perception of 32 university’s students towards the effectiveness of Google Meet in improving students understanding of Econometrics subject in a public university in Malaysia. The students that have taken Econometrics class and undergone Google Meet teaching in a university in Kuching, Sarawak are chosen as respondents. Questionnaire in Google Form is then given to the respondents to answer. The data is analysed using descriptive (frequency and percentage) analysis in Excel and SPSS 29.0 software. The results show that Google Meet can increase the understanding of students on definition and concepts of Econometrics by 50 percent and improvement of numeracy skill in Econometrics by 50 percent as well. It is hoped that the findings could provide some insights to educators in employing Google Meet as their formative assessments to improve universities’ students’ performance.

Google Meet, gamification, Econometrics, numeracy skill.

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