This module is mainly develop to investigate and explore the foundation, purposes and structures of Mathematics education in Malaysia. The factors that change the Mathematics education will be critically studied by comparing the issues in Malaysia with other countries. Issues such as the paradigm shift in Mathematics education, classroom concept and teaching and learning process are discussed. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop a module for emerging issues in Mathematics education. Then, the module was developed based on Sidek's Module Development Model. A four point likert scale questionnaire was given to the experts from Mathematics education field to check the content of the module. It is expected that with this module, students will be exposed to the current issues about Mathematics education...

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For Malaysian students, speaking in English is one of the most challenging skills to master, especially if they do not have a strong command of the language. Meanwhile in China, the English language is primarily employed as a means of academic communication and teaching. This paper aims to identify which linguistic items have been transferred positively and negatively from L1 (Bahasa Melayu and Mandarin) in speaking English (L2) among primary school students. A qualitative study among primary school students from China and Malaysia was carried out using purposive sampling. Based on the findings, four types of syntactic errors from the Malaysian students' speech were identified. It was evident that the students had difficulties to speak correctly in terms of sentence structure. The four syntactic errors found are simple past, simple present, verb ‘to be’ and subject-verb-agreement. Meanwhile, it has been found that Chinese students frequently produce linguistic mistakes during their.....

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A pedagogical agent is an on–screen virtual character that is used to serve instructional purposes in virtual learning environment (VLE). Of late, research about pedagogical agents has received increasing interest among researchers, but still there is little research on the facial appearance of animated pedagogical agent. Facial design of pedagogical agent is a key method to achieve believability among students. Pedagogical agent with more ideal facial design has greater motivational impact. Notably, a “cute” looking face is very essential as audience identifies with it the most. The term “cute” reminds one of the famous Japanese cultural term which is known as kawaii. Hence, this study aimed to develop kawaii design of pedagogical agent and look at its effect on students’ satisfaction in VLE. Successive Approximation Model (SAM) is the basis for design and development of the pedagogical agents and VLE. A set of Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) was used to .....

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The purpose of this research is study the relationship between socially productive activities and subjective wellbeing among rural elderly in Perak, Malaysia. Quantitative approach and survey method were used in this research. The questionnaire was distributed by simple random sampling to 480 people age 50 to 80 years old located in Muallim, Perak Tengah and Hulu Perak. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson correlation. Findings show that respondents agreed that their level of wellbeing is high (M=3.14, SD=0.41). Nevertheless, there is no difference in the wellbeing of the elderly based on their employment status. The findings also show that there is moderate positive relationship between volunteering activities and subjective wellbeing r(480)=0.52(p>0.05). In conclusion, the study found that elderly experiences high level of wellbeing when they participate in voluntary activities. In implication, elderly sh.....

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