One of the plagiarism acts that commonly occur among undergraduates is the unintentional plagiarism. This could happen due to their lack of knowledge on how to write references correctly. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using the Educational Intervention (EI) (Smedley et al., 2015) to reduce plagiarism act among ESL undergraduates (70 undergraduates) taking the PPU 6022 Academic Writing course at one of the private institutions in Perak. In this study, quasi- experimental design was used to gather the quantitative data by using the Avoiding Plagiarism Test (APT) and collection of exercises and assignments. Meanwhile focus group interview was used to collect the qualitative data. The result of one way ANOVA for the post-tests between the experimental group and the control group are (F(1,68)=10.593, p=.002) for writing in-text citation, (F(1,68)=21.975, p=.000) for paraphrasing and (F(1,68)= 8.011, p =.006) for writing a reference list u.....

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Jigsaw Learning Method as one of the cooperative learning strategies is known to be effective in promoting active learning and students’ engagement in the classroom. While there are many studies conducted to investigate the effects of the Jigsaw method in the classroom, studies that focuses on online learning environment are found to be limited. This quasi-experimental study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Jigsaw Learning Method on students’ reading comprehension in online learning. A total of 50 students participated in the study where they were divided and assigned into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received treatment classes of Jigsaw Learning Method for about 4 weeks. Pre-test and post-test were administered to the students to investigate any significant difference after the intervention of the Jigsaw Learning Method. A survey was also conducted in order to attain knowledge on the students’ perceptions of the Jigsaw Learning Meth.....

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The lipid composition such as fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins is the second-most abundant composition of human milk providing dietary energy to infants. Micronutrient dietary intake such as vitamin A, D, E, K and C by breastfeeding mothers plays an important role in regulating the quality of human milk for optimum infant health and growth. The objective of this paper is to determine the distribution and correlation of maternal micronutrient intake of lipid-soluble vitamin and vitamin C towards fatty acids composition in human milk of exclusively breastfeeding mothers. A total of N=36 nursing women were recruited from Dengkil, Selangor, and Kuantan, Pahang, using a convenience sample method. A 24-hour dietary recall (24HR) was performed to collect thorough information on all foods and beverages ingested in the previous 24 hours by the respondent. The data on micronutrients intake per mother was tabulated using Nutritionist Pro. (NP) software. Following the diet recall, the human sa.....

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Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti tahap kepuasan pelanggan di kaunter­ kaunter Jabatan  Pelajaran Terengganu (JPT). Perkara yang paling penting pada hari ini adalah kepuasan hati  pelanggan. Sekiranya pelanggan tidak berpuashati, mereka akan memberikan satu pandangan yang  negatif terhadap mutu kerja sesebuah organisasi tersebut. Sekiranya sesebuah organisasi tidak  berjaya memuaskan hati pelanggannya, segala tindakan yang organisasi lakukan untuk mencapai kualiti  dan menawarkan perkhidmatan terbaik, tidak bermakna sama sekali. Di sini bolehlah dikatakan bahawa,  kepuasan pelanggan adalah ialah tanggapan pelanggan bahawa harapan mereka telah dipenuhi  ataupun   melebihi  apa yang  dijangkakan.  Matlamat  utama  organisasi sepatutnya ialah menghasilkan  seseorang pelanggan yang sentiasa berpuashati dan setia bersama-sama organisasi. Justeru itu  meyediakan perkhidmatan yang berkualiti tinggi dan perkhidmatan yang terbaik akan tercapai apabila  org.....

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Electrocardiogram (ECG) examination is of great importance in medical diagnosis of the cardiac disease, but wrong interpretation due to noise interference in the signal could be dangerous as this may lead to wrong diagnoses of patient’s heart condition. De-noising helps to reduce the noise level for a better interpretation of the signals. In this study, an analysis of Savitzky-Golay (S-G) filter for ECG de-noising using Daubechies wavelets has been carried out using MATLAB version 2015a. Noisy ECG signals downloaded from physionet.org under MIT-BIH arrhythmia database was de-noised using S-G filter of polynomial order 9 to data frames of length 21 displayed in both time and frequency domains while a quantitative evaluation was carried out to check the performance of the filter under signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), mean square error (MSE) and signal-to-interference ratio (SIR). Results show that de-noising using S-G filter for SNR, MSE, and SIR gives an average value of 32.78dB, 0.0001 a.....

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This case study aims to analyze voice-controller (VC)’s implementation of five, national-type secondary schools, Kinta Utara, Ipoh, Perak, teachers in teaching mathematics form-one (T1) Dual Language Programme (DLP). VC consists of three elements: sound level and voice level practice (SL-VL-P); marker and voice level practice (M-VL-P); and activity and voice level practice (A-VL-P). Students’ voice level barrier disturbs teaching and learning. Teacher should control students’ voice level. This study contributes an alternative classroom control strategy for teachers and reflection to Secondary School Standard Curriculum planner about learning and facilitating’s situation in school from communication perspective. Data collection methods were teaching observation, interview, and document analysis. Content analysis method was used to analyze data. The research’s findings indicate the number of participants who had the VC’s goal: cognitive domain (five), affective domain (four),.....

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The baking industry in the Philippines is vast. The demand for baked goods has developed and evolved into a huge sector, opening up and providing more business and job options. Baked goods have become a regular component of the diet, with some serving them as dessert-like macaroons. The study investigated another food item as an option in generating a product with nutritional value and health advantages; it may also be a great aid to the community to use the availability of products to earn more money and give a better product to the public. However, this is also in reaction to the Department of Science and Technology's initiative (DOST). The experimental research design underpins the study. The experimental design theory is based on assessing the connections between and among variables; in general, one variable, the independent variable. The purpose of this study was to make macaroons with coconut curd (latik) and determine the level of acceptance and attractiveness of the macaroons w.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk melihat kesan latihan kalistenik dan gabungan aerobik terhadap parameter obesiti, psikologikal dan kecergasan dalam kalangan pelajar obes di Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Reka bentuk pra dan pasca experimental digunakan, dimana kedua-dua kumpulan eksperimen melakukan intervensi program latihan selama 12 minggu, manakala kumpulan kawalan tidak diberikan sebarang program. Dua puluh lapan orang pelajar perempuan (umur; 20 hingga 30 tahun) dengan mempunyai BMI lebih daripada 30 kg/m² terlibat dalam kajian dan dibahagikan kepada 3 kumpulan iaitu kumpulan KAW (n=9), kumpulan K (n=9) dan kumpulan KA (n=10). Parameter kajian adalah komposisi tubuh (indeks jisim tubuh, peratusan lemak dan nisbah pinggang pinggul), glukosa dan lipid profile (High Density Lipoprotein (HDL), Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL), dan triglycerides) serta jumlah kolesterol. Parameter psikologikal adalah menggunakan Borang soal selidik Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES), .....

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Penciptaan ini menghasilkan pengaplikasian teknik Pepper’s Ghost ke dalam diorama panggung Mak Yong Kelantan. Bagi kajian ini telah dibina sebuah diorama panggung Mak Yong Kelantan yang berukuran 3.5x4 kaki dimana binaanya ¼ dari saiz sebenar panggung tradisional Mak Yong Kelantan iaitu 14x16 kaki dan juga di dalam diorama panggung tersebut diaplikasikan teknkik Pepper’s Ghost untuk mewujudkan figura tarian Mengadap Rebab. Kajian ini telah dijalankan di Kampung Gabus, Pasir Mas iaitu tempat tinggal informan panggung Mak Yong dan juga tempat kesenian Mak Yong dijalankan. Kajian ini dijalankan supaya generasi kini peka dengan bentuk panggung Mak Yong Kelantan dan pengaplikasian teknik Pepper’s Ghost. Juga untuk memudahkan para pemain Mak Yong agar tidak perlu hadir ke panggung bagi membuat persembahan kerana figura mereka mampu diwujudkan dengan menggunapakai aplikasi teknik Pepper’s Ghosts sahaja dan juga dengan projek karya ini untuk pengkaji menerangkan sinografi .....

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Kepelbagiaian kaedah mengajar dengan penggunaan teknologi maklumat yang berunsurkan animasi amat membantu menarik minat dan kefahaman pelajar khususnya pembelajaran secara atas talian. Justeru kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tahap, hubungan serta sumbangan antara pemboleh ubah kesediaan, motivasi, minat terhadap sikap penggunaan elemen animasi dalam mata pelajaran Geografi dalam kalangan pelajar Tingkatan Satu sekolah menengah di daerah Jempol, Negeri Sembilan. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk tinjauan serta soal selidik telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 320 orang pelajar Tingkatan Satu dengan menggunakan teknik pensampelan rawak mudah manakala pemilihan sampel sekolah adalah secara rawak berstrata. Analisis deskriptif (min, peratus) dan analisis inferensi (korelasi Pearson, regresi linear) digunakan untuk menjawab setiap persoalan kajian. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap kesediaan (M=4.707, SP=.438), motivasi (M=4.750, SP=.421), minat (M.....

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