Ebook DIC

Dotted Ionic
Card Technique

an innovation that guide Na+
students to construct
chemical formula and
balance chemical equation

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H+ Mg+2

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

CONTENTS 3

Reseacrh background……………………………. 4
My Reflection……………………………………………. 5
Objective of Innovation…………………………………. 5
Focus Group………………………………………………
How this innovation is created………………………….. 6
7
About Innovation………………………………….. 8
Learning concept………………………………….. 9
Intervention……………………………………….. 9
Material……………………………………………. 10
Cost………………………………………………… 10
How it works……………………………………….. 11
Effectiveness……………………………………….. 14
Distribution potential………………………………
About Innovator………………………………………….

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

Understanding chemical formula and
equation is important as this subtopiv is
applied in another 10 topics in chemistry
form 4 and form 5.

But teaching this subtopic using
textbook is not the best method as it
can demotivated student. trmation of ion
is abstract concept. thus a teaching aids
need to developed.

The teaching aid that is created
must be easily handle by students and
colourful to attract their attention. the
card that is developed considered the
materials that low cost and can easily
prepaired as well as very related to the
concept atom and ion

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

MY REFLECTION

Construct a chemical formula and write
balance chemical equation is the basic in learning
chemistry. All the chemical names in chemistry
is shown using chemical formula and reaction in
chemistry is represented by chemical formula in
the form of equation.

However, this concept is abstract as
student cannot see the ions, thus they need to
imagine the ion before the can formed the
chemical formula, so problem occured when they
write wrong chemical formula.

When writing the chemical equation,
students faced problems to balanced the
equation when they do not understand the
number of ions involve in the chemical formula.
everything in this concept is abstract.

Thus I proposed Dotted ionic card so
that student can see the number of ion involved
in the chemical formula and equation.

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

OBJECTIVE OF INNOVATION

the main objective of his innovation are:
1. to facilitate student so that they can

imagine the form of atom that
becomes ion
2. guide student to form chemical
formula by combining the card at
their dot
3. help student to see the number of
ion involve in the contruction of
chemical equation so that the
equation is balanced.

FOCUS GROUP

involved 17 students from 4 DLP

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

ABOUT INNOVATION

1. every card is shape into round as the atom is
always represent as round

2. all the metal atom that donate electron will
have dotted on right side. the number of
dotted is corresponding with the number of
charges

3. while the nin metal atom that receive electron
has dotted at the left side.

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

LEARNING CONCEPT

base on the formula of ion, students supposed to cross
the charges of each ion to form a compound, but they
cannot do so as they dont understand why the number of
chloride ion becomes two. it abstract.

base on text book student need to imagine the number of
ion involve to balanced the equation. but they cannot
understand since it is abstract

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

INTERVENTION

• teacher shows the ionic card to
students

• explain one example to use doted ionic
card

• then in group of 4 students explore and
contruct as many as they can the
chemical formula

• then used the techniqu to construct
equation and balance the equations

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

MATERIALS

• Glossy paper 6 pieces • Laminating film 6 pieces

• File 1 piece • printing

COSTS Rm 6.00
Rm 6.00
Glossy paper 10 pieces
laminating 10 pieces Rm 1.00
film
file 1 piece

printing Own printer

Total Rm 13.00

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

HOW IT WORKS

scan the QR code below to
watch a video on how the
Dotted Ionic Card is used
to form chemical formula
and balance chemical
equation.

EFFECTIVENESS

• A set of question is given
before DICT is used.

• After DICT id administred, a
same set of question is given.

• the expected result is, there
are increse of marks before and
after DICT is used

Dotted Ionic Card Technique

DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL

• can easily cormeciallize
• promote cooperative and

collaborative learning (21
st century learning)
• easy to use and effective
• can commerciallise

ABOUT INNOVATOR

MUSFIRAH SALMA BINTI MOHD RADZI
13 years teaching experience
Teaching Chemistry, science and mathematics
Teaching at SMK Toh Muda Abdul Aziz
Bachelor od education with honour (Biology/ chemistry)
Master Degree in Chemistry Education