Student assessment is a process that entails the collection of evidence of learning in diverse and systematic ways to make judgments on students_ learning. What then is the perception of this vital tool in the hands of the users (teachers)? This study investigates teachers_ conceptions of assessment and their choices of assessment tasks in postgraduate teacher training. Action research with one group pretest-posttest design was adopted for the study. The survey used to collect data for this study has three sections (A, B, & C). Section A elicits participants_ personal information; Section B contains 20 different assessment tasks. Section C includes 26 items that examined participants_ conceptions of assessment from four different sub-scales (school accountability, student accountability, improvement of teaching and learning, and irrelevance factors). The researchers further validated the survey, and the Alpha reliability coefficient of the whole scale was 0.85. Data collected from twen.....

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Skilled human capital is highly important in economic development. This career aspiration is to create a skilled workforce in a country. A lack of Orang Asli involvement in vocational fields is worrisome for many parties, especially the government. Thus, this study aims to explore the participation and involvement of Orang Asli youths in Vocational Education and Training (VET). Qualitative research methods were used in this study to provide in-depth knowledge of the involvement of Orang Asli youths in VET. Ten Orang Asli youths from various ethnics groups, aged 17__18, were selected as study participants. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews and document analysis. From the analysed data, themes were pointed out and a triangulation technique was performed to determine the validity. The findings showed that awareness about VET among the Orang Asli youth is satisfactory. This paper also will discuss the involvement of Orang Asli youth in VET courses nationally and the unempl.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai kebolehgunaan senarai pentaksiran autentik bagi perkembangan imaginasi-kreatif kanak-kanak prasekolah. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah set soal selidik pakar dan protokol temu bual pakar. Kajian ini menggunakan gabungan pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan menggabungkan kaedah Meta Analisis, temu bual, dan soal selidik menggunakan teknik Fuzzy Delphi. Kajian ini dilaksanakan melalui tiga langkah utama. Langkah pertama menggunakan kaedah Meta Analisis, di mana sebanyak 20 bahan kajian dianalisis untuk mengenal pasti ciri-ciri imaginasi-kreatif kanak-kanak prasekolah serta elemen-elemen pentaksiran yang bersesuaian. Langkah kedua melibatkan kaedah temu bual pakar bersama tiga orang responden pakar dalam bidang prasekolah yang mempunyai pengalaman mengajar lebih 10 tahun. Tujuan langkah ini adalah untuk mendapatkan pandangan praktikal dan pengalaman profesional berhubung kesesuaian dan keberkesanan item-item pentaksiran yang diken.....

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The increasing occurrences of youth unemployment and the associated vices led to the introduction of Marketing Trade subject, and other trade/entrepreneurship subjects, at senior secondary schools in Nigeria. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the instructional strategies and students_ entrepreneurship empowerment through the acquisition of competences in Marketing Trade subject. The study raised and answered two related research questions and also formulated and tested one relevant research on the null hypothesis (H0). The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised 1367 students of Marketing Trade subject in the randomly selected public senior secondary schools under Education District IV of Lagos State, Nigeria. Using Taro Yamane_s sample size calculation method, the sample size was 309 respondents, but 308 was returned eventually. The research instrument used was structured questionnaire. The Cronbach Alpha corre.....

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This study aims to identify optimal parameter configurations in Differential Evolution (DE) by considering population diversity and dimension size. The goal is to select control parameters that balance exploitation rate and algorithm performance. The proposed approach introduces two adaptation stages - microadaptation and macroadaptation - to influence offspring generation and maintain population diversity. An adaptive population sizing scheme called Self-Adaptive Ensemble-based DE with Enhanced Population Sizing (SAEDE-EP) further enhances diversity. Microadaptation and macroadaptation are triggered based on individual fitness and solution stagnation. SAEDE-EP was evaluated on 26 benchmark functions, the CEC 2019 challenge suite, and 57 constrained optimization benchmarks from CEC 2020. Findings showed SAEDE-EP achieved efficient optimization across unimodal, multimodal, hybrid, and composition problems without exhaustive parameter tuning. Comparative analysis indicated that SAEDE-EP .....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti hebahan promosi Bangsawan Lama menerusi analisis dokumen pada sekitar tahun tahun 1906an hingga 1930an dengan menggunakan Pendekatan Sejarah sebagai metodologi kajian manakala Model AIDA pula diguna pakai sebagai prinsipal analisis bagi mengintegrasi elemen promosi. Menurut Gottschalk (2008) pendekatan sejarah merupakan proses kritis rakaman dan peninggalan masa lampau serta merupakan satu kaedah yang sistematik bagi mengumpul sumber-sumber sejarah secara efektif. Melalui kaedah ini, subjek kajian berupaya dinilai dengan kritis serta dapat mengemukakan sintesis daripada hasil yang ingin dicapai dalam bentuk penulisan. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis serta menjustifikasikan elemen promosi Bangsawan Lama yang menarik perhatian, minat, keinginan dan tindakan penonton yang seterusnya menyumbang kepada faktor kemasyhuran teater Bangsawan Lama pada zaman kegemilangannya di Tanah Melayu. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga memfokuskan kepada an.....

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The implementation Omnibus Policy on Kindergarten Education was conducted primarily to determine the extent the implementation of the provisions stipulated in the DepEd Order no. 47, series 2016. It serves as the basis for the continuing enhancement in the operation and management of the kindergarten program; a benchmark that will motivate the administrators to initiate continuous improvement on all areas of concerns in the operation of the program as to Instruction, assessment, learning resources, and instructional materials, learning space and environment, and monitoring and evaluation in cluster 2 of the City Schools Division of Dasmarinas, Cavite. The methodology used was a descriptive normative survey through a structured questionnaire which contents were based on the DepEd Order no. 47, series 2016. The nominal data were treated using simple frequency count and percentage distribution, weighted mean was utilized on the areas of implementation in the Omnibus Policy on Kindergarten.....

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How to enhance and maintain quality of education in Nigerian University education system has become one of the central issues in educational assessment and evaluation. It is important to note that no nation can rise above the standard of her education. The quality of education in Nigeria is presently rated as low. Many scholars have observed that many graduates are unemployable because they lack relevant and required skills. Therefore, this paper examines the present educational quality in Nigeria, reasons for the current trend, assessment issues, advantages and disadvantages of computer-based tests in the university system, recruitment of staff without thorough assessment and politics of accreditation in Nigeria. It was concluded that the quality of education in the University system can be enhanced and maintained through qualitative assessment. Also, there is the need to review the process of recruitment of staff, accreditation procedures, monitoring and evaluation of standard as wel.....

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Direct assessment has adopted in matriculation college as an innovative change in assessment method for practical in line with the implementation of outcome-based education. The purpose of this study was to obtain the views of matriculation lecturers on the use of direct assessment to assess students_ manipulative skills in titration experiment during Chemistry practical. A qualitative case study approach was adopted, in which four matriculation lecturers were purposely selected. Observation and interview were conducted to obtain their views regarding to the perception, implementation, effectiveness, and critical factors for sustainability of direct assessment. The findings of the study indicated that lecturers positively perceived direct assessment were able to enhance students_ manipulative skills in Chemistry practical, by identifying their weaknesses in skills and to increases their motivation in hands-on practical. Several issues such as lack of skills among lecturers and the requ.....

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Beach Ridges Interspersed with Swales (BRIS) soil, widely distributed along the Kelantan_Terengganu plains, is characterized by poor physical and chemical properties, making it a challenging environment for agriculture. Soil hosts a dynamic ecosystem with diverse microbial communities that play essential roles in metabolic processes and soil health regulation. However, these communities are strongly influenced by physico-chemical properties, and in BRIS soils, the extreme conditions pose significant challenges. A comprehensive understanding of microbial community composition can help identify strategies to improve soil health in BRIS environments. This study investigated the microbial community composition of BRIS soils using a metagenomic approach, evaluated the effects of physico-chemical characteristics, and predicted microbial metabolic functions. Soil samples were collected from four BRIS series (Jambu, Rudua, Baging, and Rhu Tapai) at four depths each. Extracted DNA was analyzed .....

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