This research project investigated the formation of the architectural heritage identity in Damascus within the context of globalization by analyzing the architectural principles of Damascus's prevailing architecture in the contemporary era. The research aims to identify the impact of globalization on the formation of heritage identity in terms of design and characteristics, influence on social lifestyle and architectural aesthetics on space and environment. The key elements in the research project consist of design and features, social lifestyle, space and environment. The main artists involved in this research are Nazem Al- Jaafari, Mamdouh Qashlan, Abdelkader Al Rayes, Fahd Khalif, Mohamed Salmi, Fadel Abbas Al-Daami, Mohamed Sabry, John Sloan and Pham Xuan Trung. Work references of art addressed the architectural heritage from several aspects, such as the elements of heritage architecture, the social lifestyle within the heritage and the relationship of the architecture of.....

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This study aimed to explore the challenges of Malaysian firefighters, the impact of the challenges, and to understand the coping strategies. The study adopted a qualitative research method through semi-structured interviews with 23 firefighters in the central region of Malaysia, consisting of 8 supervisors and 15 subordinates. Findings suggest that two superordinate themes emerged relating to challenges, workplace challenges and personal challenges, which are aligned with the affective experience as explained through AET. The challenges impact the firefighters psychologically, which is aligned with the affective reaction as explained by the AET but further divided into mental and physiological, emotional as well as behavioural and psychosocial impacts. The findings also suggest the coping strategies were derived based on emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, and serving both emotion-focused and problem-focused, reflected through social support. By uncovering the th.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan sebuah modul gamifikasi fizik (P-GIM) bagi topik Haba, Hukum Gas dan Termodinamik serta pengujian keberkesanannya terhadap pencapaian pelajar matrikulasi. Kajian ini menggunakan Pendekatan Reka Bentuk dan Pembangunan (PRP) yang mengandungi tiga fasa iaitu; (i) analisis keperluan, (ii) reka bentuk dan pembangunan, dan (iii) penilaian. Kajian tinjauan telah dilaksanakan bagi mendapatkan maklum balas pelajar dan pensyarah terhadap keperluan pembangunan modul. Seterusnya, bagi fasa reka bentuk dan pembangunan modul, kesepakatan bagi 11 orang pakar telah ditentukan menggunakan kaedah Fuzzy Delphi bagi mendapatkan maklum balas terhadap elemen-elemen dan isi kandungan yang sesuai dimasukkan dalam modul yang ingin dibangunkan. Kaedah kuasi eksperimen telah digunakan pada fasa ketiga kajian bagi melihat keberkesanan modul terhadap pencapaian pelajar. Seramai 52 orang pelajar telah terlibat sebagai kumpulan kawalan dan 52 orang pelajar lagi seba.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti tahap kesediaan Guru Pendidikan Khas dalam pelaksanaan Program Transisi Kerja (PTK) di sekolah menengah Negeri Perak. Kajian kuantitatif berbentuk deskriptif dan inferensi dijalankan secara tinjauan menggunakan instrumen soal selidik melibatkan responden seramai 185 orang guru dalam kawasan kajian yang dipilih secara pensampelan kluster. Hasil dapatan kajian dianalisis secara peratusan, min, sisihan piawai, ANOVA dan Ujian-t menggunakan Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) versi 25.0. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap pengetahuan (Min=3.74) dan tahap sikap (Min=3.74) adalah tinggi manakala tahap kemahiran (Min=3.60) adalah sederhana. Secara keseluruhan tahap kesediaan guru dalam pelaksanaan PTK di Negeri Perak adalah tinggi (Min=3.69). Seterusnya Ujian ANOVA mendapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan (p..

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Selaras dengan perkembangan dan teknologi pada masa kini, dasar pendidikan di negara kita sering mengalami perubahan dari masa ke masa. Dalam usaha membangunkan Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia (PPPM) yang baharu secara lebih menyeluruh lagi, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) telah mengkaji semula sistem pendidikan Malaysia yang sedia ada pada Oktober 2011. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetengahkan aspek-aspek yang utama dalam Standard Pendidikan Antarabangsa di mana ianya semakin meningkat seiring dengan peningkatan aspirasi negara untuk mempersiapkan generasi muda masa kini berhadapan dengan dunia abad ke-21...

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Most students need to improve their writing skills. Writing can be challenging. Process writing  approach can help students to develop the ability to explore new ideas through writing. During  process writing activities, students are given ample time to write, think and analyse their  narrative writing and they will be able to express ideas in new ways. The process writing does not  merely provide language exercise for the writers but gives them a chance to be adventurous with the  language as well. The outcome of this study proved that there was improvement in the students' writing scores after  the implementation of the process writing approach. The outcome of the study also showed that there  was improvement in the organization of the narrative essays and linguistics used in the narrative  essays after the process writing activities. Students included the characteristics of the narrative essays in their essay writing after the  second process writing activity. Th.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti tahap penglibatan murid tingkatan empat sekolah menengah di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dalam proses pembelajaran melalui kaedah Pembelajaran Hibrid Serentak (PHS). Selain itu, kajian ini juga berhasrat untuk menentukan pengaruh kawalan kendiri, interaksi pengajaran dan interaksi sosial terhadap penglibatan murid serta peramal terpenting ke atas penglibatan murid. Metodologi kajian yang digunakan ialah kaedah kajian tinjauan. Pengumpulan data bagi kajian ini adalah melalui edaran soal selidik kepada 350 orang murid tingkatan empat sekolah menengah di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (WPKL) yang mempunyai pengalaman dalam PHS. Hasil analisis deskriptif menunjukkan skor min tahap penglibatan ialah sebanyak 3.40, iaitu berada pada tahap sederhana. Manakala hasil analisis regresi berganda menunjukkan gabungan ketiga-tiga faktor ini mempengaruhi sebanyak 53.6% penglibatan murid. Keputusan analisis juga menunjukkan bahawa kawalan ken.....

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The ability to solve problems is an important and integral part of learning Mathematics. Teaching students to use Heuristic Problem-Solving strategies can help them become expert problem solvers and assist them in transferring and applying their contextual knowledge to novel problems and situations. It is on this background that this study examines the effects of Heuristic Problem-Solving strategies on students’ achievement in and retention in Mathematics in Ogun State, Nigeria. The research used quantitative and quasi-experimental design. A total of eighty students from two public secondary classes participated in the study. Three hypotheses guided the study. Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) was used as an instrument to collect data. The reliability coefficient of MAT is 0.82. Data was analysed using independent t-test analysis. This finding revealed that the students that were exposed to Heuristic Problem Solving performed better than those in the conventional group. In conclusio.....

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Growing scallion plants using organic farming is one of the healthy ways that reduce agrochemicals. One of the interesting problems in organic farming is the right amount of fertilizer that maximizes the growth and yield of plants. This study intended to evaluate the growth of scallions (Allium fistulosum L.) using eggshells and wood ashes as organic fertilizer. It aims to assess and determine the optimal fertilizer material combination that is compatible with the growth performance of scallions using eggshells and wood ashes. Four different treatment combinations were considered in this study as follows: T1 (consisting of 100% garden soil), T2 (consisting of 75% garden soil, 25% wood ash), T3 (consisting of 75% garden soil and 25% eggshells) and T4 (consisting of 70% garden soil, 15% wood ash, and 15% eggshells). The height and number of leaves per experimental unit were gathered as the variables of interest. A Complete Randomized Design (CRD) was employed in this study as an experime.....

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Academic engagement has been a persistent problem and potentially more harmful to the future well-being of the educational system in Nigeria, as students show low turnout in achievement. Therefore, this study investigated behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagements as predictors of Mathematics achievement in senior secondary school. A descriptive survey research approach was used for the investigation. Sample used in the research comprised 1680 senior secondary school 2 (SS2) offering Mathematics from the twenty one randomly selected schools in the three local government areas of Ogun State's Remo division using purposive and simple random sampling technique. The instruments for the collection of data are Mathematics Student Academic Engagement Scale (MSAES) with reliability coefficient 0.776 and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with reliability coefficient 0.88. Four hypotheses were developed and put to the test at a significant level using multiple regression analysis. Results.....

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