This study aims to develop Synthetic Pathways of Organic Compounds (COPS) and investigate matriculation students’ perceptions towards the board game. The research employed the developmental design based on ADDIE model. A total of 171 respondents participated in this study where data were gathered via four types of questionnaire. The needs analysis survey on 36 chemistry educators revealed 86.1% of them required or had intention to use GBL in their organic chemistry lessons and 91.7% agreed on suitability of GBL for the same purpose. After designing and developing COPS, a questionnaire was administered among five experts whom averagely scored 90.8% of agreement on its validity. Pilot study on 30 respondents showed high reliability coefficient (α = 0.993). One hundred and five matriculation students strongly agreed that COPS has positive impact on learning organic synthetic pathways with high mean scores for all the five constructs. Findings showed mean scores and standard .....

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It is an ultimate learning experience to be able to bridge theory and real-world practice in sales class. Nonetheless, it is a challenge for educators in higher learning institutions to incorporate practical aspects into teaching. In response, this study was conducted to expose students to perform selling in a real-life situation. 42 students enrolled in a professional selling course in a higher learning institution in Malaysia were given a selling task. The students were asked to promote a financial product (i.e., insurance) to a potential client under the supervision of an insurance agent. The task given to the students was part of the course assessment and carried out throughout a semester. Students’ perceptions of the benefit gained from performing selling in the real sales environment were obtained through student evaluations at the end of the course. This study indicated that the students had a positive selling experience, and the selling activities aided students’ understand.....

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This paper aimed to identify students’ awareness and knowledge on the issue of tax. For this purpose, 106 secondary school students participated in this study. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and processed by using SPSS software. The findings documented majority of the respondents aware the responsibility of income earners to pay taxes and the role of the government in collecting tax. Most of the respondents agreed taxation should be taught as a subject at secondary school. They perceived taxation as a general knowledge in which everyone should know and learn from the beginning. Among the suggested strategy to increase tax awareness and knowledge is through awareness campaign, awareness of online tax payment, implementation of severe tax laws, development of tax application, ease of tax payment, and incentive for responsible taxpayers.  ..

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In a fast-moving modern era with many moral problems, Islamic work ethic (IWE) has been a pivotal concept in the success of innovation in the public sector. The perfection of “Akhlaq” is a major priority of the IWE. Its principles contain virtues derived from the Qur’an and Hadith. Practising these values will provide benefits for both individuals as well as society. Thus, Muslim who embed the values of IWE directly in their work will have more innovative behaviour. However, the value of IWE is not easy to be implemented to support innovation in the public sector. The concept of IWE is not easily accepted and applied by Islamic workers, even though they understand and know that these values are derived from the Qur’an. This situation is further worsened in a problematic public sector environment and culture. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify the significant relationship between IWE and innovation in the public sector by identifying factors or aspects to solve t.....

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Effective and inclusive Knowledge Sharing is an integral part of successful and practical university learning. This study examines the factors impacting Knowledge sharing among students as there is a lack of studies conducted among students in the context of middle east countries. A survey was carried out among undergraduate students at Cihan University-Erbil, Iraq and questionnaires consisted of two main sections were used to collect the data. Demographic information was collected in the first section, and the second section contained six factors: File-sharing, Perceived Enjoyment, Perceived Reciprocal Benefit, Information and Communication Technology, Technology Availability, and Knowledge Sharing. Out of 150 questionnaires distributed, 114 were valid for analysis representing a 76% response rate and the data were analysed using Smart-PLS 3.2.9. The results indicated that Files-sharing, Perceived Enjoyment, Perceived Reciprocal Benefit, and Information and Communication Technology po.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan hubungan pengetahuan konseptual dan pengetahuan prosedural dengan sikap terhadap matematik murid Tingkatan Empat. Penumpuan diberikan kepada aspek sikap yang terbahagi kepada empat iaitu keselamatan, nilai, motivasi dan keseronokan. Pengukuran aspek pengetahuan adalah berdasarkan Ujian Pengetahuan Konseptual (UPK) dan Pengetahuan Prosedural (UPP). Pengukuran aspek sikap pula menggunakan instrumen Attitude Towards Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) yang terdiri daripada 40 item berskala Likert. Seramai 350 orang responden telah dipilih daripada lima buah sekolah menengah harian biasa di Daerah Petaling Utama, Selangor sebagai sampel kajian. Data kajian telah dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensi. Hasil korelasi Pearson menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan konseptual dan pengetahuan procedural dengan sikap terhadap matematik. Seterusnya, menerusi analisis regresi pelbagai, dapatan menunjukkan baha.....

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary meal plan on anthropometric andphysiological indices such as body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences, percentage of fat and blood pressure among overweight women practicing Zumba. The participants consisted of 20 overweight women who wereaged 18 until 55 years old, which were not involved in weight loss program, not onmedication, did not have any chronic diseases and did not consume any weight losssupplement or meal replacement. Body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, percentage of fatand diastolic and systolic blood pressure were measured at the end week 1, week 4 and week8. Zumba exercise together with dietary meal plan interventions were given to all participants and the data were collected by using 24-hours diet recall and 3-days diet record. The effects of Zumba exercise with applied meal plan were analyzed by using one-way repeated measures MANOVA. The resultssho.....

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Kajian eksperimen ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk menguji kesan Kaunseling Kelompok Terapi Kognitif Tingkah Laku Berfokuskan Trauma (KKTKTK BT) terhadap kemurungan, kebimbingan dan stres dalam kalangan murid mangsa buli serta meneroka maklum balas responden, ibu dan rakan responden murid mangsa buli terhadap kesan intervensi KKTKT BT. Kajian yang dijalankan ini berbentuk kuasi eksperimen siri masa dengan melibatkan empat jenis selang masa iaitu Pra ujian (PRT), Pos ujian 1 (PT1), Pos ujian 2 (PT2) dan Pos ujian 3 (PT3). Seramai 32 orang responden kajian dipilih secara persampelan bertujuan dari tiga buah sekolah berbeza iaitu sekolah A, sekolah B dan sekolah C di sekitar negeri Selangor. Data kuantitatif pra ujian dan pos ujian antara selang masa dikumpul menggunakan ujian DASS 42 dan dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi melalui ujian statistik min, analisis Anova Dua Hala Pengukuran Berulangan dan Post-Hoc Bonferroni pada aras signifikan 0.5. Hasil dapatan kajian kuantitatif menu.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan membangunkan modul pengaturcaraan menggunakan aplikasi Scratch dan mengenal pasti kesan modul terhadap pencapaian murid-murid tingkatan dua bagi mata pelajaran Asas Sains Komputer (ASK). Sebuah modul telah dibangunkan berpandukan model Sidek bagi topik Struktur Kod Arahan. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kuantitatif dengan kaedah kuasi-eksperimen yang melibatkan 30 orang murid tingkatan dua di sebuah sekolah di Kuala Lumpur. Teknik persampelan rawak berkelompok digunakan dan murid-murid dibahagikan kepada kumpulan rawatan dan kumpulan kawalan. Dua jenis instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah ujian pra dan pasca dan soal selidik kebolehgunaan modul. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferens yang melibatkan ujian-t sampel bebas. Dapatan kajian bagi soal selidik kebolehgunaan modul telah diperoleh daripada tiga orang pakar dalam bidang ASK. Bagi kebolehgunaan modul, dapatan kajian menunjukkan panel pakar bersetuju bahawa modul pengatu.....

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Tujuan kajian adalah membangunkan alat latihan solar fotovolta menggunakan teori penyelesaian masalah secara inventif atau dikenali sebagai TRIZ. TRIZ dijadikan asas kajian ini kerana kesesuaian teori ini dalam membangunkan alat latihan solar fotovolta. Empat prinsip inventif TRIZ iaitu Segmentasi, Ekstrak, Pengkhusyenan awal dan Dinamik digunakan dalam kajian pembangunan alat latihan solar fotovolta. Objektif kajian adalah mengenalpasti jenis alat latihan solar fotovolta yang sesuai digunakan di industri, membangunkan alat latihan solar fotovolta menggunakan kaedah TRIZ serta menguji reka bentuk dan kebolehfungsiannya. Reka bentuk pembangunan alat latihan digunakan sebagai kaedah kajian. Metodologi kajian dijalankan melalui tiga fasa. Fasa pertama adalah analisa keperluan untuk menentukan samada alat latihan solar fotovolta diperlukan oleh pihak industri. Tiga orang pakar solar ditemubual dan mereka bersetuju bahawa alat ini diperlukan. Fasa kedua adalah fasa reka bentuk da.....

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