The purpose of this study was to investigate the mathematical problem-solving behavior of mathematics teachers during their problem-solving endeavors and how their mathematical problem-solving behavior ensured their problem-solving success. Specifically for this study, the teachers’ mathematical problem-solving behavior involved their problem-solving strategies, decisions, and beliefs about mathematics. In view of this, the researcher employed the generic qualitative study design and the collected data included the teacher’ interviews and observations, and their completed mathematics problems document. The teachers’ data were then analyzed based on the conceptual framework of this study which is the conceptual framework of mathematical problem-solving behavior. Also, the mathematics teachers selected for this study were based on their level of degree qualification, years of experience in teaching mathematics, and the education level that they have taught. The findings of the stud.....

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Manusia sebagai makhluk yang dijadikan oleh Allah s.w.t. dengan sebaik-baik kejadian diberikan tugas dan amanah yang sangat besar, iaitu untuk mentadbir, memakmur dan membangun peradaban. Berbekalkan kejadian penciptaan manusia yang terdiri daripada unsur jasmani dan rohani dengan kelebihan akal dan kudrat, manusia berkemampuan merubah dan mencorak masa depan peradaban mereka sendiri. Persoalan tentang pembinaan dan perkembangan peradaban telah pun dibincangkan oleh beberapa orang tokoh sarjana dan pemikir tersohor di Timur dan di Barat dengan menjadikan manusia sebagai fokus utama perbincangan. Cetusan minda sarjana dan pemikir silam wajar direnungi dan dimanfaat oleh generasi hari ini untuk membangunkan kembali kegemilangan peradaban manusia. Pembinaan peradaban harus bercirikan keseimbangan antara kemajuan material dengan ketinggian akhlak yang berpaksikan tauhid. Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis dan membahaskan beberapa aspek pemikiran dua orang tokoh pemikir Muslim yang berkaitan.....

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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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