Programming courses are an essential and challenging component of the education of future computer specialists. Many beginners struggle with the abstract nature of these courses, resulting in high failure rates. Mastering programming languages is incredibly challenging for non-computer science students, as the subject can be unfamiliar and complex. The abstract concepts and problem-solving skills required in programming pose significant hurdles for newcomers. This article proposes a development project for game-based programming education at the primary school level. Features of the application that enable students to learn programming by solving problems while playing games. This project follows the game development life cycle (GDLC) methodology, which encompasses different stages. It begins with initiation, where the initial concept and vision for the game are defined. Next is the pre-production phase, where the concept is refined, and a detailed plan is created. The production phase.....

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COVID-19 is seen as a transformational agent for the widespread implementation of online learning at the school and higher education levels. A conducive learning environment, with the help of digital technologies, is essential to be incorporated into our learning process to enhance student’s understanding of each course taken. The topic of Direct Current, in electricity, for foundation and matriculation level, is quite dense with formulas of electric current, resistance, and resistivity including the analysis of a simple Direct Current circuit. Therefore, we proposed the video of interactive notes (e-DC) which aims to improve students' understanding of the topic of Direct Current (DC). The notes created contains terminologies, formula, and a brief description of electric parameters such as electric current, resistivity, and conductivity. The current study was carried out among 183 pre-university students to highlight the effectiveness of the e-DC. To achieve the objective of the stud.....

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Digital technologies are essential in the distance education environment. Several learners who enroll in distance education programs have difficulty using the technologies during the learning sessions. This study focuses on factors influencing digital literacy in distance education programs. A predictive model was developed based on four phases of the study; preliminary study, dataset preparation, experimental design, and analysis. For this study, 232 survey data were successfully collected. The experimental design has two phases, including data pre-processing and feature selection. - The target class is defined based on the device used and the generation. Five machine learning algorithms have been selected for the classifier model in the data analysis phase. They are logistic regression as a baseline model, k‐nearest neighbour, random forest, support vector machine (SVM), and multilayer perceptron. In addition, five cross-validation settings were chosen, which are 2, 3, 5, 10, and 2.....

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The study aimed to determine the gender and industry-practice gaps in the Technical-Vocational Teacher Education (TVTEd) program and fill these gaps through a curriculum model to make TVTEd gender and industry-responsive. The study used a mixed method approach where quantitative and qualitative data were utilized to develop the curriculum model. Phase 1 is quantitative descriptive research that focuses on the adequacy and usefulness of the pedagogical and technical skills of the curriculum using the lenses of TVTEd graduates and their supervisors. Phases 2 is a literature review that mapped the gender and industry-practice gaps in TVET. Phase 3 is a qualitative case study research focused on identifying the emerging gender issues constraining gender-responsive curriculum practices. Participants for Phase 1 were seventy-one (71) TVTEd graduates and thirty (30) academic and industry supervisors. Phase 2 scrutinized fifty-five (55) related studies. Participants of the Phase 3 included six.....

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of employee happiness dimensions, namely employee engagement, job satisfaction, and affective employee commitment, and transformational leadership on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and the moderating effect of transformational leadership on the relationship between employee happiness dimensions and OCB. Data was collected from 405 government employees in Abu Dhabi. Partial Least Squares- Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and the bootstrapping technique were used to test the hypotheses. The findings showed a positive and significant effect of employee engagement (β 0.553, t=10.164, p..

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan Modul Pentaksiran Pendidikan Kesihatan (MoPPK) Tahun Empat Sekolah Rendah di Malaysia. Kajian ini melibatkan tiga fasa, iaitu Fasa Analisis Keperluan, Fasa Reka Bentuk dan Pembangunan, dan Fasa Pelaksanaan dengan berpandukan model ADDIE (Rossett, 1987). Metodologi yang digunakan bagi fasa analisis keperluan adalah kajian tinjauan bagi melihat amalan pentaksiran dalam kalangan guru Pendidikan Kesihatan sekolah rendah. Manakala bagi fasa kedua pula, seramai 30 orang pakar telah dipilih untuk melengkapkan soal selidik bagi proses kesahan dan kebolehpercyaan modul. Reka bentuk bagi fasa penilaian adalah kajian kes sekali yang melibatkan 194 orang murid tahun empat dan 12 orang guru Pendidikan Kesihatan di beberapa daerah di negeri Pulau Pinang. Dapatan analisis keperluan menunjukkan purata keseluruhan soal selidik bagi konstruk persetujuan dan kekerapan adalah adalah 70.57 peratus. Hasil pengujian bagi fasa reka bentuk dan pembangunan men.....

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In every culture and time period, music has always been a medium of expression that gathers people together. In Thailand, the Sadhukarn, ceremonial music from the early Rattanakosin era (1782-1851), expressed a bodily and mental salutation to heavenly spirits, reinforcing a unified belief system before the start of an event. In a parallel era in Central Europe, the music of the Biedermeier period (1815-1848) also had a unifying function as it grew out of societal conditions in which the distinction of classes became less pronounced. In order to more fully engage with these concepts, a concert was devised featuring an ensemble of instruments that would commonly have been played in a Viennese salon during the Biedermeier era. The repertoire studied and performed for this research were serenades written for the relatively rare and under-performed combination of guitar, violin, and viola by Biedermeier-era composers Leonard von Call, Wenzeslaus Matiegka, and Anton Diabelli, as well as a ne.....

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Despite the growing recognition of the importance of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in music education, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the precise nature of its role and how it contributes to effective teaching and learning. The objective of this systematic literature review is to examine and synthesize existing research on the roles of teachers' PCK in music education. Specifically, the study aims to explore how the PCK of music educators influences their teaching strategies, curriculum development, student engagement, and assessment practices. The research seeks to examine how these roles may vary across different scenarios and the implications of these variations for teaching and learning, especially in the context of music education across various educational settings. By synthesizing findings from diverse educational levels and cultural contexts, this review seeks to offer profound insights into the optimization of music education across various educational se.....

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of compensation strategy (CS) on employee performance in Iraqi universities. In addition, the study identified the mediating role of organisational justice (OJ) on the relationship between compensation strategy(CS) and employee performance (EP). The population of this study comprised of 29,435 academic staff from 22 Iraqi universities in the middle and southern territory of Iraq. A sample was selected by using stratified random sampling. A sample which include 400 academic staffs was selected by using stratified random sampling technique.. A questionnaires was developed and verified for its construct validity and reliability based on the arbitrators of six (6) experts. Structural Equation Modeling SEM analysis was performed to answer research questions by testing the hypotheses. Findings revealed that CS dimensions, namely financial compensation (β=0.216, p..

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This study aimed to explore how migrant workers (MWs) from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan adjust to Malaysian culture, including their well-being and language acquisition. It also examines potential differences in their learning approaches and if MWs received orientation/training on Malaysian culture and language or not. Using the qualitative methodology and phenomenological approach, thirty MWs were interviewed about their lived experiences which were selected via purposive (snowball) sampling technique. The thematic analysis indicated 42 themes. NVivo -12 software was used to measure response frequency to integrate quantitative elements for a better understanding of the data. The results discovered that initially in new culture MWs preferred socializing with other MWs from their countries and believed in the superiority of their own culture. MWs have faced well-being issues like uncertainty, culture shock, isolation, worries, stress, and language difficulties. They were n.....

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