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The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the 'STEM Kid Module on the scientific literacy of fifth-grade students in the 'Energy' topic. The module was developed based on the combination of constructivism and constructionism as a fundamental learning theory. Meanwhile, the STEM Kid instructional phase was formed using a STEM integrated approach that included engineering design processes and inquiry-based science learning. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess the effectiveness of the STEM Kid Module. This study included 116 children, 61 of whom were high achievers and 55 of whom were moderate achievers. Two elementary schools using the STEM Kid Module were selected as the treatment group, while another school using conventional teaching approach as the control group. Data for this study were gathered by a scientific literacy test that included (i) scientific knowledge, (ii) science process skills, and (iii) daily science application. Results from repeated measurements MANOVA analysis revealed a significant difference in scientific knowledge and daily science application between groups. The study's implication was that the use of the STEM Kid Module through a STEM integrated approach can be implemented in elementary school science teaching and learning for children of varying levels of achievement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TVET is an education and training process with a strong emphasis on industry practises that strives to generate competent workers in particular fields. Cooperation with industry in TVET has the potential to improve the quality and relevance of TVET programmes and equip students with the practical skills and knowledge demanded by employers. Thus, there is a need for a complete bibliometric study of research linked to collaboration between TVET and industry, despite the fact that the number of studies in this field continues to increase. The bibliometric analysis in this research which was extracted from Web of Science database is analyze using VOSviewer. The research conducted a descriptive analysis of the publication number trends, the top authors and leading journals in this field. Next, the researcher also analyzed the co authorship based on authors and countries, research trends, citation and keywords analysis as well as co citation analysis. The article found that most of the articles in this field are published by authors from developed countries where the majority is from the United States. Other than that, the recent research hotspot were also identified indicating the future direction of the research in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]