Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor penglibatan gengsterisme dalam kalangan murid India di sekolah menengah. Secara khususnya, kajian ini meninjau hubungan taraf sosioekonomi keluarga dan pengaruh rakan sebaya yang mendorong kegiatan gengsterisme murid India. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk kajian tinjauan telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Sampel dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik persampelan bertujuan melibatkan 234 orang murid India tingkatan 1, 2 dan 4 dari 7 buah sekolah menengah harian di Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur. Tiga jenis instrumen kajian digunakan iaitu Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), Instrument Kuppuswamy Scale of Family Socioeconomic Status (1976) dan Instrument Attitudes Toward Gangs (ATG). Data yang diperolehi dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi dengan menggunakan perisian SPSS. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa min berada pada tahap tinggi bagi keempat-empat faktor tahap sosioekonomi keluarga; persek.....

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This study aimed at assessing the usage of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) for effective teaching and learning of financial accounting in senior secondary schools in Benue state, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey design. Based on the available literature, 33 item questionnaires for financial accounting teachers and 33 item questionnaires for financial accounting students using a four-point rating scale was developed and used for the study. The respondents were 62 financial accounting teachers and 180 financial accounting students in zone B senatorial district of Benue state. The entire population of the financial accounting teachers was adopted as its size is manageable while a multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain the population of financial accounting students. Mean, standard deviation and t-test were the statistical tools used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed a low extent of utilization of CAI in teaching and learning of financial .....

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Tujuan kajian ini untuk mengenal pasti tahap penguasaan dan pencapaian pembelajaran murid permainan bola baling dalam Pendidikan Jasmani Tingkatan 2 melalui Standard Pentaksiran Holistik (SPH) menggunakan pengajaran Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU). Kajian ini terbahagi dua fasa iaitu fasa pembinaan dan fasa keberkesanan instrumen. Reka bentuk kajian ini berupa kaedah pra eksprimen – kajian kes sekali bagi kedua-dua fasa. Keputusan mendapati tahap penguasaan dan pencapaian murid mengikut kategori sekolah dan jantina pada Tahap Penguasaan 5 dan memperoleh pencapaian baik. Analisis ANOVA sehala mendapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh dan Sekolah Menengah Agama bagi domain psikomotor [F(2, 488) = 17.526, p = 0.000], kognitif [F(2, 488) = 15.071, p = 0.000] dan afektif [F(2, 488) = 18.299, p = 0.000]. Analisis Ujian – t menunjukkan perbezaan yang signifikan antara lelaki dengan perempuan bagi domain psi.....

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The study investigated vocational educators’ competencies required for job performance. Four questions gave credence to the study, and one reasonable guess. A descriptive survey design was adopted. A population of 127 vocational and technical educators’ participated in the study. Cronbach alpha technique was used for reliability coefficients of 0.84. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. Mean and standard deviation answered the research questions, while a t-test was used for the hypothesis at an alpha level of 5 percent. The finding revealed that vocational and technical educators require pedagogical, problem solving, and internet networking competencies to a very high extent for their job performance, and vocational and technical educators’ competencies were not influenced by gender. As such, the null hypothesis was rejected. It was therefore recommended that pedagogical, problem-solving and internet networking competencies contained in this study be embedded in voca.....

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Implementing the Common European Framework or CEFR in English as a Second Language learning in the Malaysian education system is the focus of this paper. CEFR is a generally established international standard for depicting language proficiency. It is also extensively recognised in Europe and is becoming more widely accepted globally; it is now incorporated into the Malaysian education system. The CEFR provides thorough descriptions of what foreign or second language learners can perform in listening, speaking, reading, and writing at six proficiency levels. Thus the methodology used in this paper is qualitative through review documents specifically on past studies from 2015 to 2021 highlighting CEFR implementation. This study aims to answer two research questions; what are the importance of implementation of CEFR in the Malaysian ESL classroom, and how CEFR can be implemented in classroom assessment in the Malaysian ESL classroom. The findings related to the first aim indicate that the.....

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Within the purview of educational settings, students possess some unique traits which make them react in an unexpected manner to the learning environment. Students are not only unique in terms of personality characteristics, family background, age and gender, they also showed diverse states of mind and enthusiastic reactions to the environment. Therefore, this study modelled the Big Five personality traits and academic achievement of students in Lagos State, Nigeria. A non-experimental design of scale development research type was adopted. A sample of 480 senior secondary school III students selected through multi-stage sampling procedure across the education districts 2 of Lagos State. Student’s Personality Traits Scale (SPTS) and Physics Achievement Test (PAT) were deployed to capture the needed data after subjecting them to exploratory factor analysis using the psych package implemented in R programming language and item calibration of Item Response Theory. Data were analysed usin.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan menganalisis perkembangan penanaman koko di Pahang Barat antara tahun 1930 - 1957. Pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk analisis dokumen dan manuskrip digunakan dalam kajian ini. Sumber utama diperolehi dari Arkib Negara Malaysia dengan merujuk fail-fail kolonial British seperti Pahang Annual Report, District Office Files, Secretariat Files of Pahang dan fail-fail kerajaan Pahang manakala sumber sekunder pula adalah dikumpul daripada jurnal, buku dan majalah koko. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan pengenalan tanaman koko di Pahang Barat oleh pihak British disebabkan faktor kesesuaian tanah, keluasan daan iklim yang sesuai dengan tanaman koko. Pelbagai dasar dan insentif telah dilaksanakan oleh pihak British untuk menarik minat petani terlibat dengan penanaman koko di Pahang Barat. Penglibatan masyarakat tempatan dalam penanaman koko di Pahang Barat telah menyebabkan tanaman ini berjaya dimajukan dan menyumbang kepada pendapatan negeri Pahang pada era ko.....

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The present study was an attempt to assess, diagnose, and enhance the listening skill of Iranian TOEFL iBT candidates through Group Dynamic Assessment (G-DA). An interactionist format of dynamic assessment was conducted in the present study. Twenty participants took part in the G-DA program which lasted for nine weeks; one week for the pre-test; seven weeks for the enrichment mediation program; and one week for the post-test. The study revealed a significant difference between the participants’ pre-test (non-dynamic) and post-test (dynamic) scores. The learning potential score (LPS) differentiated among the learners with similar pre-test scores. Finally, the analysis of the participants’ interactions with the mediator along with the LPS score helped the mediator to have a thorough diagnosis of each participant’s weaknesses regarding different sub-skills included in the listening section of the TOEFL iBT test. Consequently, the mediator was able to develop more fine-tuned individu.....

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This study aims to reveal the experiences and obstacles on distance education faced by students during the Covid-19 pandemic in Bauchi State Nigeria. A phenomenological research was adopted for the study through shorter case interview. Ten (10) senior secondary school students were selected through purposeful and snow-ball sampling for the study. Thematic analysis was used to synthesize the data collected and highlight key findings. The results indicate that the students views were categorized into positive and negative while the obstacles faced were technical, pedagogical, environment and longing for school. Recommendations were offered to overcome and understand these obstacles to benefit teachers, students and curriculum developers in the future.  ..

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Open Distance Education (ODE) in the Philippines was institutionalized through Republic Act Number 10650. Ifugao State University started offering distance education in the graduate programs in 2006. The study focused to determine the experiences and challenges of the graduates of the university’s ODE program, and how they hurdled the challenges they encountered as students. The phenomenological method was applied with an unstructured interview guide as a way of gathering data. Follow up questions were asked through online communication among the participants until data saturation. There were 11 graduates coming from Africa, Lao PDR, Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, United States of America and Vietnam who participated in the study. Data gathered were analyzed and interpreted. Results disclosed that the graduates experienced a very well-designed, learner-centered, research-based, and relevant curricular programs; the instructional delivery mode was innovative, learner-orient.....

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