Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pengaruh ladang karas (Aquilaria malaccensis) terhadap komuniti fauna dan faktor fizikal. Kajian telah dijalankan di ladang karas Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) dari Mac 2016 hingga Ogos 2017 dan di Kg. Tambak, Slim River (SR) dari Julai 2017 hingga Januari 2018. Ladang karas UPSI dan SR masing-masing berusia dua dan empat tahun. Pertumbuhan pokok karas diukur berdasarkan ketinggian, ukur lilit, bilangan daun, bilangan dahan dan ketinggian dahan pertama dari paras tanah. Komuniti fauna pula adalah vertebrata (burung dan mamalia kecil) dan invertebrata (serangga, anelida dan moluska). Faktor fizikal yang dikaji termasuk suhu udara, kelajuan angin, keamatan cahaya dan kualiti tanah. Kajian dijalankan selama tiga hari pada setiap bulan. Pertumbuhan pokok karas menunjukkan bahawa ukur lilit dan ketinggian dahan pertama meningkat, manakala ketinggian, bilangan daun dan bilangan dahan menunjukkan kenaikan dan penurunan sepanjang temp.....

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Classroom Assessment is slowly replacing standardized examinations in Malaysia primary schools. In year 2020, it is announced by the Ministry of Education that the examination for primary pupils is abolished, and pupils will be assessed through Classroom Assessment. Therefore, teachers’ assessment knowledge and competence has become a concern for many. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the level of assessment literacy of primary school English Language teachers and their views on assessment literacy and classroom assessment in primary schools. For this study, survey and interviews is used to gain insights regarding the research questions outlined. Data is collected through survey and interview sessions. The data gained from inventory survey is analyzed using descriptive analysis through IBM SPSS 23. The data gained from interview sessions is analyzed using thematic analysis where the data was tabulated and grouped according to its themes. The research shows .....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menilai keberkesanan Modul Amali Sains Sukan (MASS) bagi pelajar Tingkatan Enam. Kaedah pra eksperimen kajian kes sekali melibatkan seramai 196 orang pelajar Sains Sukan yang terdiri daripada 100 lelaki dan 96 perempuan. Pemilihan sampel secara “intact sampling” melibatkan lima buah sekolah di Negeri Kedah. Kesahan kandungan bagi modul MASS diperoleh daripada enam orang pakar dengan nilai r = 0.94 manakala nilai kebolehpercayaan ialah r = 0.92. Analisis menunjukkan tahap pencapaian keseluruhan MASS ialah lelaki 91.8% dan perempuan 91.6%. Ujian-t sampel tidak bersandar digunakan bagi membandingkan skor min tahap pencapaian pelajar kumpulan kerja kursus dan MASS antara pelajar lelaki dan perempuan. Bagi kajian ini, perbezaan peratus pencapaian kumpulan kerja kursus menunjukkan nilai t (100) = -.367, p =.715 (p>0.05) dan perbezaan peratus pencapaian bagi kumpulan MASS t-(194) = -7.06 p = 0.000 p(..

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The hegemony of advanced keroncong figures in keroncong singing has made the Solo keroncong singing style more recognised by the wider community with its lilting characteristics. However, for the Surakarta people (Solo), there is something more essential than that, namely ngroncongi, also known as undul usuk. This term is often given to keroncong singers as an assessment of the quality of their singing. Hence, this research aims at identifying and describing undul usuk and its achievement process by employing descriptive qualitative methods. Observation, interviews, and documentation studies were used to collect the data, while the triangulation technique was used to test the data’s validity. The findings show that the undul usuk concept is a sub-concept of the ngroncongi basic concept. There are various hierarchical stages in the achievement of Solo keroncong singing, which consist of the beginner stage, the average stage, the skilled stage, the specialist stage, and singing ngronco.....

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This study aims to reveal the development and distribution of the slendro tuning and analyze the concept of balungan gending and the inner melody of gending in Jawatimuran karawitan. It became essential to do as an effort to build a scientific milestone in Jawatimuran karawitan. This study uses the participant method, which is an effort to involve the researcher in the study he is studying thoroughly. In-depth observations and active interviews were carried out so that the data obtained from the participant method could continue to be contextualized with reality. The researcher tries to place the resource person as a speaking subject, not a passive object. As a result, apart from Malang, almost all Jawatimuran karawitan cultures use slendro gamelan with a unique side and distinctive character. The concept of balungan gending and the inner melody result in the gendings in Jawatimuran karawitan having complex musicality dynamics, in contrast to other musical styles, Surakarta and Yogyaka.....

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Practice-based research has gained increasing prominence in the field of creative arts enquiry. Its engagement has fueled disruptive discourse on its nature, methodology and application in music research. Textbooks and journal publications on practice in arts-based research and a host of eminent practitioner-scholars have contributed to this nascent field of study. Several of these publications focus on the creative arts industry with fewer discourse on practice-based research approaches in the subdomains of music. This article deliberates on the multi-facets of practice-based approaches in performance, composition, and interdisciplinary music research. It shares the process of crafting methodological designs that encapsulate research in and of practice. Keywords that frame practice-based techniques include terms such as praxis, divergent and multi-methodological processes, design thinking, and research about/through/for practice as represented by performative-compositional artefacts a.....

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In recent years, computer technologies have been impactful in the design and development of Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs). As music interaction became prominent in the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field, emphasis on user requirement upon the design of musical interfaces has also grown since the last decade. Although designing new DMIs is becoming very popular, it is often determined by the designers and often not reflective of users’ needs. In this study, we explored user requirements for the design of a virtual musical instrument of the Malay bonang, an instrument found in the Malay gamelan ensemble. The requirements were elicited from a group of gamelan experts to establish the bonang playing techniques to be mapped to the virtual instrument which we called Air Bonang. Findings revealed that in designing the Air Bonang that is natural and expressive, the fundamental playing techniques of the bonang should be integrated into the system using mid-air interaction. In addition.....

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Within consumer behavior’s studies, impulsive buying behavior is always an interesting issue, where many researchers and marketers make efforts to understand it. However, due to various marketing techniques and innovations, it is much easier for consumers to buy impulsively. The research objective of this study is to investigate how extrinsic cues affect impulse buying behavior amongst working ladies. The five extrinsic cues involved in this research are price, store atmosphere, brand reputation, country of origin and social influence. The target population of this study is full-time working ladies aged between 16 to 35 years. Purposive sampling technique was used, with sampling size of 400. Questionnaire is the research instrument used, and 400 questionnaires were distributed in One Utama shopping mall, Selangor. The data collected was then analyzed using Statistical Packages for the Social Science (SPSS). Multiple linear regression analysis was conducted for data analysi.....

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the essential oils, phytochemicals, and antioxidant activity of Magnolia candollii and Magnolia alba (Magnoliaceae). The essential oils were obtained via hydrodistillation technique and their chemical compositions were determined by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The phytochemicals were isolated using chromatography techniques and their structures were confirmed by spectroscopic data and comparison with literature. The antioxidant activity was determined through total phenolic content and DPPH free radical scavenging assay. The study showed that the essential oil of M. candollii consists of α-pinene (29.7%), elemol (10.2%), β-pinene (8.5%), β-caryophyllene (7.2%), α-terpineol (7.0%), and guaiol (5.4%). In addition, the major components of essential oil from M. alba were linalool (65.4%), β-caryophyllene (6.7%), and (E)-nerolidol (5.2%). Isolation and p.....

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Rolf-Dieter Arens is a distinguished and revered musical figure with a career spanning more than fifty years as a concert pianist, chamber musician, and educator. His innovative teachings have influenced professional pianists, teachers, and students worldwide. The purpose of this study is to document and explain Arens’s distinct piano teaching approach. Data collection methods were participant observation, interviews with students and communication with Arens. Arens’ teaching strategies involve ideas such as the establishment of goals, modelling, listening, visualisation, deconstruction of the musical structure, and subdivision support. However, a major distinction in Arens’s teaching as compared to others is the notion that techniques and artistic interpretation are a holistic unit and are taught simultaneously rather than compartmentally is common. Another major aspect of Arens’s teaching approach involves what is called the “organic” flow which is an understanding of how.....

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