Islamic Studies is one of the core subjects that require to be taken by each and every Muslim student in Malaysia. Even though these subjects are considered trivial by public and deemed nonessential compared to other subjects, instead it requires high concentration and focus from the students. Each year, the increment of students that failed in this subject arise. Therefore, study shows the Blended Learning method by combining application of Google Classroom and VAK learning style in the process of teaching and learning will overcome arise matter. Technology consolidation such as Google classroom application seem suitable and compatible to the students in this new millennium. Since this Islamic Studies consisting of reading activities, memorizing and practicality the selection of VAK Learning method will provide the most suitable learning pattern to the students. The outcome of this study is expected to increase students interest and enable them to dominate the subjects.  ..

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Kajian ini bertujuan membina modul pembacaan awal yang berunsurkan integrasi muzik dan gerakan (MUZKAN). Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk interaktif dan holistik. Seorang guru dan 18 orang kanakkanak prasekolah yang dipilih secara bertujuan dilibatkan sebagai peserta dalam tiga fasa kajian iaitu pembinaan, pelaksanaan dan penilaian. Modul yang mengandungi empat sub topik, iaitu ‘Nyanyi Fonik ABC’, ‘Rasa Sayang KV’, ‘Saya Suka Baca’ dan ‘Nyanyi dan Baca’ dibina berteraskan Model Dick dan Carey. Data kajian dikumpul menerusi proses pencerapan pengajaran dan pembelajaran, temu bual, dan bukti dokumen. Data tersebut dianalisis bagi mendapatkan maklumat tentang kekuatan dan kelemahan modul ini dalam proses pembinaannya. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa modul MUZKAN yang dibina dapat menggalakkan kemahiran kesedaran fonologikal, kelancaran membaca dan kefahaman kandungan bahan bacaan. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa modul in.....

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The world is currently facing a scarcity of energy resources in the electricity generation sector. The current pattern of electricity generation has brought harm to the environment. Fuel cell provides a huge potential in reducing the negative environmental impacts. Malaysia as a tropical country has abundant sources of biogas production that can be fed into the fuel to produce electricity and water. The paper aimed to identify the environmental impact towards the consumption of biogas feeding into fuel cells for electricity generation. The result showed that in this modelling of system boundary, the greenhouse gas emissions were high due to large contributions from the transportation and storage processes. Hopefully, the outcome from this study could help future researchers or stakeholders in making decisions to design fuel cells for electricity generation with minimum environmental impact contribution...

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The objective of this study is to propose a practical solution to help improve the performance of the routing discovery process in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs). The study involved the development of two new routing protocols, namely Less-Flooding Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (LF-AODV) and Route Stability Aware (RSA) protocols, with the aim of reducing the number of transmitted route request (RREQ) packets and link failures during the route discovery cycle. Accordingly, a series of simulations carried out with the NS-2 simulator to examine the performance of such new protocols for 100 mobile nodes in an area measuring 600 meters x 600 meters. The performance criteria were based on routing overhead (the total number of packets transmitted by a source node during the route discovery process), average end-to-end delay (the average time taken by a packet to arrive at a destination node from a source node), and network lifetime (time taken until all nodes in a network die .....

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Composting is an aerobic or anaerobic organic waste decomposition process that is biologically produced. It is a method in managing solid waste, more specifically organic waste, that consists of food and agricultural waste. Disposal of food waste on a daily basis has led to the launching of several studies through a programme conducted to raise awareness and provide information to the public regarding the benefits of managing food waste. In Malaysia, a Taka kura based composting programme was held in Village A, a rural township in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Meanwhile in Indonesia, an overlay brick composting programme was held at RW22 to look at the level of knowledge and practice of residents about composting activities before and after the composting programme was implemented. The results of programmes in both countries showed that the level of knowledge and awareness of the population about food waste management has risen to a higher level than .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti kesan Program Latihan Acai Adidas (PLAA) berasaskan Model Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) berbanding Model Latihan Teknikal (MLT) terhadap prestasi permainan mini 4 lawan 4, kecergasan motor (KM) dan penulisan nota refleksi (PNR) pemain-pemain bola sepak Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG). Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kuasi eksperimental dengan dua kumpulan iaitu 32 orang dalam kumpulan rawatan (PLAA) dan 32 orang kumpulan kawalan (MLT). Jumlah keseluruhan iaitu seramai 64 pemain berumur antara 18-23 tahun yang diagihkan secara rawak. Prestasi permainan dinilai berdasarkan keupayaan pemain membuat keputusan (MK) dan pelaksanaan kemahiran (PK) dalam aspek hantaran, menggelecek, menanduk dan menjaring, sokong, lindung serta KM pemain (kepantasan, imbangan, koordinasi, kuasa, kelajuan dan masa tindakbalas). Selain itu, PNR pemain (keseronokan, penguasaan taktikal dan kemahiran serta peningkatan pemikiran) diuji ke atas pemain p.....

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There is  a dearth of empirical studies  on young political activist in Malaysia, specifically on how and  why  they  get  involved  in  political activism,  and  in  relation  to  the  rich  literature  that  has developed in Western democracies. By applying Klandermans’s framework of ‘Demand and Supply of Participation’ framework, together with the data collected primarily from interviews with youth political activists, this study examines the engagement of youth activists who were actively involved in  political  activities  including  social  movements,  protests  and  civil  society  in  Malaysia.  This includes  their  motivations  to get involved and the challenges  they faced as  political activists. The findings  showed  that  most  of  the  activists  interviewed  started  to  actively  participate  in  political activism  at  university,  as  student  activists.  Even  though  most  of  them  have  graduated, .....

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This paper discusses two important aspects of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) implementation in Malaysia, namely the evolution and the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in crafting the future of TVET in the Malaysian education landscape. The evolution of TVET is elaborated in seven stages, starting from the era of before the Second World War up to the present new millennium. On the other hand, the role ICT is narrated based on several contexts, such as the history behind ICT integration in TVET education, the advantages, and disadvantages, as well as the challenges and readiness to move along with rapidly shifted industrial demands. Education policies on TVET are constantly enacted and enhanced to ensure that the nation could overcome the challenges of the industrial revolution 4.0. These policies are implemented within three types of TVET institutions, which are school-based, non-school-based, and registered private entities. Therefore, this.....

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Sustainable practices in campus development plan are crucial especially in preserving the environment in all universities. This study aims to identify the level of awareness of postgraduate students in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). The data is collected using qualitative method by using questionnaire which distributed to 351 random postgraduate students in UPSI. The level of awareness is measured from the aspect of knowledge, perception, comfort, realization, and appreciation in campus sustainable development practices. The results showed that perception and comfort aspects showed high level (M = 4.03, SP = 0.59) and (M = 4.13, SP = 0.53) respectively, while knowledge, realization, and appreciation aspects showed moderate level (M = 3.45, SP = 0.81), (M = 3.65, SP = 0.66), and (M = 3.41, SP = 0.89) respectively. This finding explains postgraduate students have moderate level of knowledge about sustainable development practices that are crucial in understanding sustainabili.....

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This investigation addressed the outcomes of a comparative study on attitude towards engineering ethical issues between engineering undergraduates of Malaysia and Indonesia. The study was conducted involving 83 Malaysian and 135 Indonesian undergraduates who pursuing their study in engineering programmes. A quantitative method was used in which a questionnaire was administrated to elicit relevant data. The outcomes of the data analysis showed that the attitude towards engineering ethical issues among Indonesian engineering students was positive and significantly higher than Malaysian engineering students. These findings revealed that various pedagogical approaches for teaching engineering ethics course will have positive impact on students' attitude towards ethics. Therefore, the study findings opens up a new dimension in ethics education which highlighting the importance of teaching strategies in developing the attitude towards engineering ethical issues. This is vital in facilitating.....

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