Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk membangunkan sebuah modul perisian pengajaran berbantukan komputer (PBK) menggunakan Microsoft Power Point interaktif untuk kanak-kanak prasekolah. Sampel dalam kajian ini terdiri daripada 70 orang guru yang mengajar kelas Prasekolah Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. Dapatan kajian melalui statistik deskriptif menunjukkan tahap persetujuan terhadap Modul Perisian PBK yang dibina ini dengan min aspek multimedia interaktif (min = 4.16), unsur-unsur teori Pembelajaran Konstruktivisme (min = 4.15) dan penggabungjalinan Tunjang Komunikasi (min = 4.13), Tunjang Perkembangan Fizikal dan Estetika (min = 4.13) dan Tunjang Sains dan Teknologi (min = 4.09). Modul Perisian PBK Sayur-Sayuran yang dibina ini mengandungi elemen multimedia interaktif, unsur-unsur teori pembelajaran konstruktivisme dan gabung jalin Tunjang Komunikasi, Tunjang Perkembangan Fizikal dan Estetika dan Tunjang Sains dan Teknologi. Metodologi pembinaan modul perisian PBK ini berasaskan reka bentuk.....

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Our study empirically investigates the relationship between managerial ownership and company performance of public listed companies in Malaysia. Three years panel data of 730 Malaysian public listed companies were examined. Our findings demonstrated that managerial ownership had negative and significant relationship with Tobin’s Q and share price. Therefore, the involvement of management in monitoring and controlling activities fail to reduce agency conflict in the emerging economy. This study is perhaps the first that explain the extended agency theory in developing country..

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This research aims to develop and evaluate an instructional manual for Interactive Lecture Demonstration using PASCO DataStudio.The manual developed is based on the ASSURE model and is evaluated in terms of its content, objectives, presentation and design. Other aspects include its suitability as an instructor’s reference and the setting and running of the demonstration. The manual was validated by two experts in the field of Physics who have prior experience using PASCO DataStudio. Using the survey method, the revised manual was evaluated by a group of 20 Physics teachers in the Ipoh area. They were selected through purposive sampling method where zero exposure to PASCO DataStudio was one of the selection criteria. Results show that both experts gave a positive evaluation on almost all aspects of the manual with a percentage agreement of 100% except for the aspect of setting and running of the demonstration, whereas the teachers gave a positive evaluation on all aspects of the manua.....

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Kajian kraf buluh ini dijalankan dalam masyarakat etnik Iban, Melanau dan Bidayuh yang tinggal di rumah panjang dalam Bahagian Kuching di Sarawak, bertujuan untuk melihat dan mentafsir bagaimana kraf buluh itu memberi makna dalam kehidupan seharian. Pendekatan multi disiplin digunakan dalam kerangka Teori Seni Susanne Langer..

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Poverty is perceived as something unending in most poor and developing countries and it still occurs in areas including which have become tourist attraction centres. Tourism is an economic sector that is increasingly growing in importance to most poor and developing countries especially in rural areas and in the interior. Tourism activities have the ability to stimulate regional development rapidly which in turn benefits the locals. However, there is also a situation whereby its development is not equally beneficial to the government, investors and locals despite the rapidly developing tourism activities in that area. Pro Poor Tourism (PPT) is a mechanism that is able to benefit the poor at tourism centres; several strategies and approaches were identified as capable of increasing the cooperative bonding between the government, private sectors and local population as well as providing benefits to all three parties without ignoring the locals in the area. This study aims to present the .....

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The main purpose of this study was to understand the nature of learning for school managers in government schools as they learn and make decisions at different stages of the socialization stages from accession to retirement. A phenomenological approach was utilized and participants were selected from excellent and successful school managers through elite sampling. The data collection methods employed to achieve the purpose of the study were mainly in-depth interviews with the participants. The thematic findings which emerged from this data included four socialization stages namely: (1) Entry into Headship; (2) Identity Formation; (3) Making a Difference; and (4) Reformulation of Personal Values. The study concluded that the findings of this study provided a helpful guide for understanding school managers’ learning in the socialization process towards achieving better leadership and decision making. Implications for relevant training and appropriate support for leadership preparation .....

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The purpose of this study was to determine the variants of phonology sounds /θ/, /ð/, /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ among different races which are Malays, Chinese, Indians and other races such as Kayan, Melanau and Dusun. In Malaysia, the English language is the second official language and there are varieties on how people of different ethnicity pronounce certain words in their speech.This study was mainly based on the investigation on the pronunciation of words which had those sounds of 32 participants from Sultan Idris Education University. The first language of these participants varied as we have selected eight participants from each category of races. This study was conducted by adapting the variability model developed by William Labov (1970). The findings indicate that the majority of the participants had varieties in the pronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/ sounds. However, for /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ sounds, almost all of the participants managed to pronounce it correctly. The researchers found that eac.....

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Air tirisan atau lebih dikenali sebagai air bukit terhasil apabila sesuatu bentuk muka bumi diteroka atau dipotong untuk tujuan pembangunan khususnya untuk pembinaan jalan raya atau lebuh raya baharu. Air tirisan ini mengalir dari celah rekahan batuan dan dianggap sebagai air semula jadi yang mengalir dari dalam tanah. Menjadi satu trend pada masa kini, orang awam mengambil air ini untuk tujuan minuman di samping keperluan lain. Air tersebut diminum terus tanpa dirawat terlebih dahulu. Artikel ini menganalisis tahap kualiti air tirisan di dua buah lokasi iaitu Ulu Yam dan Kuala Kubu Bharu yang terletak dalam daerah Hulu Selangor. Sampel kualiti air di lokasi ini telah diambil sebanyak tiga kali dan dianalisis secara insitu serta dalam makmal. Data kualiti tirisan ini dibandingkan dengan Piawai Interim Kualiti Air Kebangsaan (INQWS), Jabatan Alam Sekitar dan Standard Kebangsaan Kualiti Air Minuman (NSDWQ), Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia memandangkan majoriti orang awam mengambil air ini.....

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This paper proposed the model of the development of knowledge entrepreneur that can be used for the entrepreneurship development program in Malaysian organizational context. The entrepreneurship concept is based on a multi dimensional approach, which integrates personality trait, business skill, business processes and business environmental. The knowledge entrepreneur is an extension of the entrepreneurship concept. Knowledge entrepreneur begins in the recognition of the potential value of knowledge, a likely result organisational, and ends in the implementation of an innovation aimed at the realization of that added value. Knowledge entrepreneur describes the entrepreneur ability to respond to learning, to capitalize on an opportunity, and protect against a threat by adopting an innovation. In summary, a knowledge entrepreneur is a combination of people, know-how and technology which can be brought together and beneficially manages and understand how to establish, launch and manage a .....

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Zakat is the fourth pillar of Islam and mandatory to be conducted by every Muslim with the compliance of syara’ prescription. Among the types of zakat that closely related to every Muslim is Zakat Fitrah. The law of zakat fitrah is mandatory and has its own specific duration of payment. Thus, this article intends to analyze the extend of payment made by the Muslim society using the formal channel through Zakat Centre. Based on the amount of zakat fitrah collection, the rate of zakat fitrah and the number of Muslim in Malaysia, the finding of the study indicates that the amount of zakat fitrah is increasing each year. However, the result also finds that the payment of zakat through informal channel or direct distribution to receivers is also increasing. Therefore, direct distribution must be controlled to ensure the government objective in establishing the zakat centre is efficiently achieved due to the fact that centralized distribution will ensure fairness and justice...

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