This study aims to find out the effectiveness of dialogue journal writing via e-mail on students’ English writing development. The evaluation was done by looking at the writing qualities that include overall effectiveness, the development of topic selection, the ability to control the sentence structure and grammar and the use of vocabulary. This study was conducted for five weeks and a total of 60 e-mail dialogue journal entries were gathered. Besides that, a questionnaires session was conducted after the e-mail dialogue journal writing session. The findings revealed that dialogue journal writing via e-mail activity helps to develop students’ writing skills in relation to writing quality and quantity. The study also revealed that e-mail dialogue journal writing activity encourages students to write as they are free to choose their own topics. In addition to that, they can also express and develop their ideas as their writings are not being evaluated by the teacher. The subjects al.....

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Epidemiological studies pensensitifan allergens allergic three groups consisting of food , inhalan and apiculture products was conducted among residents Tanjong Malim , Perak . A total of 2523 respondents , including 141 indigenous population ( 41.4 % male , 58.5 % female : 30.8 % of children , 69.2 % adults : 94.4 % of the population urban , rural 5.6% ) were interviewed and underwent skin prick test . A total of 633 complete data index of mother, father and siblings were used to Familial aggregation test model . Design ex post facto correlation using a questionnaire to obtain information from the self- reporting respondents . Questionnaires were divided into five groups with two ( familial and symptoms) represents a factor of atopic booster while three others ( settlements , style life and behavior ) represents an environment encouraging factors . Panel battery test containing 43 allergens ( 19 meals , 9 and 15 inhalan apiculture products ) used to test for allergic sensitivity respo.....

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The purpose of this research is to develop a chemistry learning courseware that incorporates analogy. The topic selected for this research is ‘stoichiometry’ in the form 4 syllabus. The learning courseware produced is known as ‘Perisian Multimedia Stoikiometri berasaskan Analogi (PM2SA)’. In the development of the courseware, problems and weaknesses in the learning of stoichiometry were identified and suitable analogies for each concept were provided. A quasi-experimental approach of ‘non-randomized control group, pretest-posttest’ design was used in this research. The samples were 64 students consisting of 32 students for the experiment group and control group respectively. The experimental group used PM2SA (software with analogy) whereas the control group used PM2STA (software without analogy). The result for the t-test analysis showed that there was significant difference between the pretest and posttest result for both of the groups (p = 0.001, at the significant level .....

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This research has developed an educational computer based software named FracBlock to enhance learning the topic ?fraction? for year 4. This software is used as an enhancement activity and to help students to master the topic. FracBlock software is developed based on the Multimedia Development Alessi & Trollip Model. The design of this research is Quasi Pre & Post Trial method with a controlled group. The sampel for this research is sixty students from year 4, comprising thirty for the treatment group and another thirty for the controlled group. This research also determines the change in student‘s attitude towards computer and learning mathematics after using the FracBlock software and evaluating the software. The change in attitude is measured using questionnaire which was translated from the Yong Children’s Computer Inventory and childrens attitude towards learning mathematics is measured with also a questionnaire translated from the Fennema-Sherman Attitude Scales. The quality .....

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The application of computer in education has become very important and has a great impact in teaching. Students can develop their creativity and innovative strength and also becoming more skillful in using technology with more interactive and enjoyable learning environment. The main purpose of the study is to compare the using of Excel Program (interactive learning) to the traditional approach in the teaching and learning of accounting on academic performance. The study also identifies students’ perception regarding to the effectiveness of the implementation of using Excel Program (interactive learning) on students’ interest, skill and confidence on accounting subject. The method used in this study is quasi experiment involving 60 students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Alor Star Kedah. The students were divided into two groups; experiment group and control group. After learning sessions, the students were given achievement test. Questionnaires were delivered to ex.....

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The aim of this research is to survey the frequency of using laptop amongst form one teachers teaching Science in Mersing. This research has identified the basic skills needed by teachers to operate laptop, teacher’s attitude towards the laptop use in teaching and learning, problems faced by teachers while handling the laptop in the classroom and the frequency of using laptop amongst teachers in Grade A and Grade B Schools. Fifty respondents have been selected among form 1 Science teachers from 9 schools in Mersing. The research used descriptive method.. The reliability for this instrument is 0.8350 in section B, 0.6104 in section C, 0.7843 in section D and 0.7245 in section E based on a pilot study on 5 respondents. The data collected, processed with SPSS 11.0, using mean, mode, standard deviation and inference analysis. This has been done by using t test and Spearmen Correlations to identify the differences between score and mean to measure rate of usage, gender, teaching experienc.....

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The purpose of this research is to study the relationships between extrovert-introvert personality with values and value dimensions and their relationship with disciplined and indisciplined students. Besides, the study also try to observe in details the relationship between: extrovertintrovert personality, discipline and indicipline character, gender, S.E.S with values and value dimensions which comprise of intellect, economy, esthetic, religion, social, moral, health and citizenship. The sample consists of 350 Form 2 students selected among the discipline and indiciplined students from 4 secondary schools in the Kemaman District of Terengganu. The instruments used were Eysenck Personality Questionnaires and Value Questionnaires. The results of the study indicated that the extrovert-introvert personality has positive and significant relationship with values and two value dimensions: religion and moral. The extrovert-introvert personality too has negative and non-significant relationshi.....

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This investigation is a form of a quantitative survey for the implementation of Physics practice for Form 4 and Form 5 at Kinta Utara District, Perak. This implementation is divided into 3 steps: i) investigation of respondents background and status level practice of the implementation, ii) investigation through interview of structured answer, iii) investigation through interview of open answer. Sample steps i), ii), and iii) were taken from 78, 46, and 17 teachers respectively from 52 secondary schools. The level of implementation can be divided into five categories; Level 5 – fully performed by the students. Level 4 – teacher’s demonstration. Level 3 – teacher’s presentation using computer simulation. Level 2 – teacher’s presentation without computer. Level 1- self study by the students. Form Four Physics has 29 Physics Practicals while form five has 32 Practicals which were suggested in the Curriculums Specification of Physics Secondary School. The huge number of Physi.....

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The aim of this research is to determined whether there is a difference on the students achievement through test score in Bulatan III: Tangen kepada Bulatan topics by using Geometer’s Sketchpad software compared to the conventional method of teaching and learning mathematics. Research also investigated the perception of the students and teachers towards the usage of GSP software. The experimental research was done during school hours. Samples of 70 respondents who were in Form 4 were divided into two groups where 35 students were in experiment group and 35 students in controlled group. This research uses a pre test and post test which consists of 20 objectives questions on Bulatan III: Tangen kepada Bulatan topics which can be answered within 40 minutes. Questionnaires on perception consists of 30 items while the teacher’s perception were collected from an oral interview. Research data on test score was analysed by using suitable statistical package. Findings showed that there was .....

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This study focuses on constructivism concept of teaching and learning process. This study is inclusive of the background study, research problems that refer to the matters that will be conducted in this research, methodology and definitions of the concepts that are central to this study. This study was carried out to identify the status of the implementation of the constructivism concept of teaching and learning process in Bahasa Melayu in 1 (one) school at Gua Musang, Kelantan. This study focuses on 5 (five) aspects according to Needham’s 5-Phase Constructivism Model. The phases are orientation, idea initiation, idea restructure, idea usage, and reflection.The literature review about constructivism concept of teaching and learning was explained in detailed. The quantitative methodology was used in this study and 150 students were selected as respondents for this study. A set of questionnaires that contained two parts was used as the instrument to conduct this study. The first part i.....

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