The study aimed at developing and evaluating a simple green electrochemistry experimental kit named Lectrofun 2.0. Lectrofun 2.0 is an educational kit equipped with a module built with the criteria of user-friendly, cost-effective, and laboratory free. The basic concept of electrochemistry was introduced through a guided learning approach via the module. The objectives of this research were to (1) develop Lectrofun 2.0 module using green chemicals, recyclable and easily accessible materials and (2) evaluate the module effectiveness in terms of student achievement/understanding of the Electrochemistry topic. This is a Design and Development Research (DDR) using the ADDIE model as an instructional design model. The development phase involves the first objective of the study, while the evaluation phase involves the second objective. Total of 46 respondents of pre-post tests were involved in evaluating effectiveness of Lectrofun 2.0 in terms of student achievement/understanding of the topi.....

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The pandemic of Covid-19 has caused a shift of paradigm of education, from face-to-face to e-learning. E-learning leads to an escalation in digitalization of handwritten documents because it requires submission of homework and assignments through online. To help teachers in checking digitalized handwritten homework, this paper proposes an automatic checking system based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) for handwritten numeral recognition. The CNN is used to recognize four arithmetic operations in mathematical questions consisting of addition, deduction, multiplication and division. The performance CNN in handwritten numeral recognition have been optimized in terms of activation function and gradient descent algorithm. The proposed CNN is also trained and tested with the MNIST handwritten data set. The experimental results show that the recognition accuracy the improved CNN improves to a certain extent as compared to before optimization. ? 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier .....

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Oral tradition refers to the dissemination of cultural materials through oral or oral discourse. Elements like history, literature, and other cultural heritage are transmitted across generations. However, limited scholarly attention has been devoted to mapping the overview of this research area. Thus, this study addresses the shortcoming by mapping the current trend of the study on oral tradition. The data extracted from Scopus database has been analysed using bibliometric analysis. The search using keywords related to oral tradition has extracted about 486 documents over 100 years for publication analysis. The research productivity is reported together along with document and source type, language, country/region, active institution publishing, author, subject area, keyword and publication distribution of citation analysis. The data of 132 years has shown an increament of development rate of literature on the oral tradition from 1888 until 2020. The results show that various studies h.....

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Recent years, the top 3 of world's export products were monopolized by Electronic and Electrical sector. In Malaysia, Electronic and Electrical is the main contributor of export since 1980s. However, the export performance of Malaysian Electronic and Electrical is often affected by several issues including competitors, financial crisis and global pandemic crisis. Hence, this article aims to investigate the relationship between Malaysian electronic and electrical export value and exchange rate using Bayesian method to fit a two components normal mixture model. Bayesian parameter estimation method is getting popular in time series data analysis due to its asymptotic properties which is then furnishes reliable results. Through Bayesian analysis, the finding reveals that there is a positive relationship between Malaysian electronic and electrical export value with exchange rate. Meanwhile, Malaysian Electronic and Electrical export price increase when there is an appreciation of exchange r.....

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This needs analysis was conducted to gauge the extent to which a 5E Inquiry-Based Science Teaching Module is required by primary science teachers. A review of the literature indicates that questionnaires were prevalently used to elicit teachers' view on the needs for certain teaching materials such as modules. Accordingly, a questionnaire was developed and it consists of three pre-determined constructs, namely (a) Teacher's knowledge, (b) Teacher's skill, (c) Teacher's needs (towards a teaching module). The questionnaire has sufficient validity and reliability to be used as a research instrument. The questionnaire was then formatted in an online survey and sent to WhatsApp groups of primary science teachers. After two-week duration, 62 science teachers responded to the online questionnaire. Analysis of the data indicates that the corresponding self-reported means for Teacher's knowledge, Teacher's skills, and Teacher's needs for a teaching module are 3.77, 3.78, and 4.23 respectively. .....

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Malaysia is committed to intensifying digital services to satisfy the demands and needs of today’s society. The Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA) (2020-2022) was launched to concentrate on home learning needs by expanding broadband access with more reliable internet coverage as one of the national agendas. Google Classroom is one of the learning management system applications that are the top choice employed in Malaysia. The application enables communication and discussion facilities to facilitate students to perform collaborative learning. Earlier collaborative learning researchers have often examined its influence on academic achievement. Nevertheless, it leaves the question of to which extent Google Classroom’s collaborative learning approach impacts economics students’ self-efficacy. This research intended to test the effect of Google Classroom-assisted learning on the self-efficacy of economics students. This quasi-experimental study employed pre-questionnaires and post-quest.....

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This study is divided into two phases; development and validation of the instructional plan, and evaluation of student’s performance. In phase one, a flipped classroom instructional plan was developed for four topics of Management Accounting course. The content and learning activities in the instructional plan were based on the Malaysian Ministry of Education Curriculum Specifications for the Matriculation Department and also the First Principle of Instruction. The verification process had been conducted by three experts. The Percentage Calculation Method (PCM) was utilised to analyse the experts’ choice. The results of the expert evaluation showed that the overall PCM value of content validity was 93.33%. In phase two, a quasi-experimental design was conducted with 80 students enrolled in Management Accounting course. The students were split into two groups: one for the experimental group and one for the control group. The experimental group was taught using a flipped classroom st.....

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The development of teacher professionalism (PPG) is needed to boost the excellence of school institutions towards continuous and systematic improvement. The process of transformation and innovation desired by the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013-2025 (PPPM) is able to realize the world-class Malaysian education system. The study aims to identify the level of PPG practice of secondary school teachers in the state of Selangor (Malaysia) and the implications for teachers' self-efficacy. Data were collected using a questionnaire adapted from the Malaysian Teacher Standard. Stratified random sampling according to the ratio was used in the selection of 384 respondents in this study. Data analysis methods use Statistical Package for the Social Science Version 25 (SPSS) software and descriptive analysis, t-test, variance analysis test (ANOVA), and pearson correlation to determine the influence of teacher professional development on teacher self-efficacy. This study proves that the dev.....

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In Kelantan, the traditional pattern that existed in the designing the costumes for ‘Makyung’ exhibits the combination of organic and geometric styles. This balances and reinforces every produced design. The use of aesthetical values in designing patterns with underlying decorations is directly created to mirror the activities within its social community through resources that reflect their customs and culture. Based on the displayed designs, we can learn one branch in JKKN’s ‘Makyung’ performances in Kelantan. The research on the conservation of aesthetical values in designing traditional pattern for ‘Makyung’ costumes is a qualitative research, carried out descriptively through observing and analysing the performances, as well as interviewing the costume designer which entails the analysis of aesthetical and sociocultural values to explain the connection and role of the traditional designs in the costumes. The result of this study on the conservation of aesthetical valu.....

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The power of media is not to simply inform, but to transform the viewers’ beliefs, and to influence people positively and/or negatively based on their interpretations. Thus, this study was conducted to understand Islamic commodification signs on advertisement and to explore the effects of semantic noise interpretation based on the visual communication design meaning used. Symbolic interactionism and communication model are the two important theories in the visual field that are used as the main framework of the study. The study began with content analysis of 7 billboards as case study and continued with semi-structured interviews to get in-depth feedback from 12 informants. Maximum variation sampling was selected ranging from industry practitioner, educator to students from the same field. Thematic analysis is applied in this qualitative study, and subsequent analysis using symbolic interactionism theory in describing the result. The Islamic element is often appear in images and text.....

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