ACER ConQuest is a generalized Rasch-type item response modelling software. It is widely used in the fields of measurement, psychometrics, and educational assessment. This paper introduces ConQuest’s functions, the analysis models fitted, and its applications. An analysis example is shown for investigating psychometric properties of a psychological instrument with a multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) model. The paper displays preparation of the input files and the main analysis outputs. Finally, a number of useful studies and resources have been provided for users to conduct more comprehensive analyses with ConQuest...

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As the world advances in technology, and its subsequent integration in education at all levels, especially higher education, different forms of learning modes/methods continue to emerge. Every student has their unique learning modes, which is partly due to the way they process information. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many universities to suddenly embrace remote and hybrid modes of instructions without giving room to examine students’ choices. Because compatibility in perceptions, and preference are likely to improve learning outcomes, therefore, this study investigates pre-service teachers’ perception of remote and hybrid modes of instructions. The study which took 13 weeks was descriptively designed, with a sample of 472 students purposively selected from the Department of Science and Technology Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria. Microsoft forms-based instrument titled “Students Perceptions of Online and Hybrid Modes of Instruction Questionnaire .....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk untuk mengenal pasti hubungan penggunaan Information Communication Technology (ICT) dengan pengajaran dan pembelajaran subjek Sejarah prauniversiti. Kajian ini dijalankan di Pusat Tingkatan Enam, daerah Penampang, Sabah yang melibatkan 152 orang pelajar prauniversiti yang mengambil subjek Sejarah. Intrumen kajian yang digunakan adalah borang kaji selidik. Item yang terdapat dalam soal selidik ini menggunakan skala empat mata. Analisis data telah dilakukan dengan menggunakan Statistical Package For Sosial Science (SPSS) Version 21 untuk menjalankan Ujian-t. Dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara penggunaan ICT berdasarkan jantina dengan perbezaan min adalah sebanyak 0.09. Manakala, hasil kajian bagi hubungan antara penggunaan ICT dengan pengajaran dan pembelajaran subjek sejarah prauniversiti, (r=.442**N=152, p..

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Membaca merupakan kemahiran asas yang perlu dikuasai dalam proses pembelajaran. Kegiatan membaca secara ekstensif melalui Program Nadi Ilmu Amalan Membaca (NILAM) dijalankan di luar bilik darjah pada waktu sengang dengan memberikan imuniti kepada pembaca untuk memilih bahan bacaan yang disukai. Oleh kerana masalah membaca masih berlaku dalam kalangan murid sekolah rendah, maka perancangan yang sesuai perlu untuk mengurangkan kadar celik huruf dalam kalangan rakyat Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan Pendekatan Reka Bentuk dan Pembangunan (DDR). Model ADDIE dipilih sebagai model sandaran. Tujuan fasa analisis keperluan ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti keperluan terhadap pembangunan modul bacaan ekstensif bagi murid sekolah rendah. Penyelidik telah menggunakan kaedah temu bual dan analisis dokumen dalam fasa ini. Kaedah temu bual separa struktur diaplikasi terhadap tujuh orang pakar iaitu pegawai Bahagian Sumber dan Teknologi Pendidikan, Guru Perpustakaan dan Media (GPM) Cemerlang.....

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This panel discussion was one of the sessions in International Multidisciplinary Prospective Research in Education and Social Sciences (IMPRESS21) conference that took place on 7-9 September 2021. This discussion was about community involvement in mental health research and the panel members were Professor Mohamed Hatta Shaharom, a senior medical practitioner and Professor of Psychiatry. Next panellist, Dr. Kahar Abdulla is an International Coordinator at European Alliance against Depression who is passionate in increasing mental health awareness in the community. Final panellist, Mr. Gan Chun Hong is a lecturer and clinical psychologist whose work focuses on the area of rehabilitation clinical psychology. The aim of this discussion is to illustrate the role of community in mental health management, research and in post-graduate training. This discussion hopes to highlights the needs of community engagement in mental health research for an impactful outcome...

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors impacting online gaming addiction on mental health including emotional, psychological and social well-being of adolescents from five secondary schools of Karachi, Pakistan. It was hypothesized that engagement in online gaming (referring to electronic game playing over a computer network) has impacts on the overall mental health of these adolescents. This study employs between-subject design and a survey research method in which a sample from the population of gamers is taken using purposive sampling. The sample is composed of 103 participants who play online games (average age = 14.6, SD=1.8). The researchers conducted a survey for finding out the factors impacting online gaming addiction (OGA) and Mental Health (MH). The Internet gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) and Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF) was utilized as measures. Statistical analysis was done through SPSS V-26.0. Descriptive statistical tools w.....

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Recently, researchers have shown an increasing interest in flipped classroom pedagogical frameworks. This new paradigm flips the role of teachers and pupils in the classroom. Meanwhile, the recent pandemic has changed education dramatically with the distinctive rise of hybrid learning. Therefore, this study attempts to propose a new conceptual framework of how primary school Mathematics teachers collaboratively incorporate flipped classroom pedagogy in teaching Year Five Mathematics for hybrid learning. This paper discusses the literature review on the flipped classroom, collaborative teaching, and current teaching interventions during the new norm. The four main constructs supporting the conceptual framework are big ideas, tasks, tools, and talk. The new conceptual framework supports a hybrid collaborative teaching model for teaching Year Five Mathematics in Malaysia..

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Aside from documenting his daily life, Zhu Ziqing’s diary also recorded his interactions with other literati and scholars. The diary recorded 55 interactions w it h Tschen Yin Koh, however studies on their interactions have been scarce. Despite coming from different backgrounds and knowledge systems, Zhu Ziqing and Tschen Yin Koh shared the same literary viewpoint of “an era for an era,” which pertained to the syn ch ronicity of literary style’s development in the Tang Dynasty. This raises the concerns of whether their interactions affected their thoughts on Tang Dynasty's literary style. Hence, this paper took Tschen’s first appearance (1932) until his last appearan ce (1948) in Zhu’s diary as the temporal scope and investigated their literary thought and exchanges. Additionally, this paper explored the possibility of more academic dialogues between Tschen and Zhu, which is believed to be of significance to academic history...

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Sound pattern is a description of speech sound which including vowels p attern, consonants pattern, tone pattern etc. Studies on sound pattern of Mandarin was first conducted on Mandarin Dialect and it has extended to the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database were u sed to retrieve articles related to sound pattern in SLA. 81 articles published from year 2001 2021 were collected and analyzed. Descriptive analysis on research methodology, selection of respondents, topics covered in the study of SLA sound pattern were c arried out in this study. Findings of this study show that three research methodology were utilized in the study of SLA sound pattern which are experimental phonetics, perceptual perception and mixed method. Majority of respondents were SLA learners from A sia, it is followed by Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania. Result of this study shows studies on vowels pattern was the major scope of sample s.....

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The article Makeup by Yasunari Kawabata provides a slender insight into the horrible experience that people overlook the smile of a girl with makeup and thus peeks into the unknown secrets of human development. Makeup is a kind of mirroring catering for women, reflecting their own life values through the visual, linguistic and symbolic standards of men. In ancient times , women had a high and sacred status and were worshipped by men for their reproductive organs. Men turned to language and writing to create a world of history in an attempt to conceal the sublime nature of women, while women were gradually sculpted as wea k, subservient and beautiful in men's eyes. In the symbolic world, men have unconsciously given women the power of beauty, which is the legacy of men's subversion of matriarchal society, but also the source of women's subversion of patriarchal power. Ther efore, make up is the attachment and sorrow for beauty in men' s mirror image, but because of this, wom.....

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