This paper discusses part of the findings in a case study conducted to student teachers who were in teacher education programme in a selected university. The discussion focuses on the findings of interviews done to the students regarding with their readiness for their teaching practice or teaching practice at schools where there were placed. Open ended interviews were done to randomly ten students who had gone to the schools for their social visit before they go for their teaching practice. Audio data were collected from the participants of the interviews. The data were analysed and categorised thematically. There were main themes of the readiness that emerged from the analysis include social readiness, psychological readiness, general pedagogical knowledge readiness, pedagogical content knowledge readiness and basic skills readiness. The findings show that the student teachers admitted confidently that they were ready socially and psychologically for their teaching practice. They were.....

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The focal point of this study is to investigate the impact of total primary energy consumption, gross domestic product, index of industrial production and employment toward the total carbon (CO2) emission in Malaysia from 1986 to 2018. This study employs the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) model in developing the estimation model between dependent and independent variables. The diagnostic model consist autocorrelation, multicolinearity, heteroscedasticity and normality tests were employed in order to test the model whether is adequate or not. The empirical results showed that the total primary energy consumption is the significant factors that affecting the CO2 emissions while per capita real gross domestic product is the least impactful factor in Malaysia. There are positive relationships between the independent variables on CO2 emissions. Therefore, this study suggested that implementing policies are needed in order to developing economy in Malaysia. Adopt new technologies or install sol.....

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This study is conducted to examine the relationship between green lifestyle among lower income group households and their spending pattern on green products. Compared to previous studies, the novelty of this study is important due to the increase in households’ cost of living that is related to a spending pattern on non-green products. The rising cost of living among these households’ groups may have its influence on green products in three aspects, namely consumer perception, practice level and willingness level. Therefore, this study focuses on monthly expenditure pattern of the lowest income group (B40) on green products. This study uses the quantitative approach through questionnaires distribution and employs a method of multiple linear regression models, in estimating the augmented consumer behaviour model. In general, the findings show a positive relationship between income and expenditure on green products. In other words, increase in income will lead consumers to buy more g.....

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The objectives of this study were to design and develop visualised worked examples for introductory  programming at tertiary level, evaluate their effectiveness compared to subgoal labelled worked  examples, explore students’ engagements with visualised worked examples, and explore students’  preferences and perceptions of the two types of worked examples. Quasi-experiment was conducted  with 87, 79, and 78 students in three sessions in an introductory programming course in a  foundation programme at a university  in  Selangor.  Test  data  were  collected  and  analysed   using  analysis  of covariance  and  chi  square  tests.  Students’  engagements  with  visualised   worked examples   were   observed   and   analysed   qualitatively.   Another   intervention   was  conducted with 38 students in undergraduate programmes from the same university, who  were   presented  both  types  of  worked  examples.  Questionnai.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  mengintegrasi  pendekatan  Caring  melalui  Teater  Forum dalam   pengajaran  dan  pembelajaran  Pendidikan  Moral  tingkatan  satu.  Pendekatan Caring  atau   "kepedulian"  dalam  Pendidikan  Moral  dipeloporkan  oleh  Noddings. Kajian  ini  juga  dijalankan   untuk  meneroka  perkembangan  penaakulan,  emosi,  dan amalan moral caring. Reka bentuk kajian  tindakan digunakan dalam kajian ini dengan melibatkan murid Pendidikan Moral tingkatan satu. Hanya  27 orang murid daripada 70 orang murid dari dua kelas telah dipilih sebagai peserta kajian  berdasarkan komitmen murid untuk memberi input. Data kualitatif telah dikumpul melalui protokol  temu bual, catatan pemerhatian  dan  catatan jurnal.  Analisis  tematik Miles dan Huberman telah  digunakan untuk menganalisis data kualitatif. Dapatan utama temu bual dalam gelung pertama  berdasarkan situasi penderaan haiwan mendapati murid membuat penaakulan mor.....

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Kajian yang menjurus kepada penularan gejala buli siber semakin giat dijalankan. Tujuan kajian  ini   dijalankan  adalah  untuk  meninjau  situasi  gejala  buli  siber  dan  implikasi terhadap  emosi,   motivasi  dan  sosial  dalam  kalangan  murid  sekolah  menengah.  Kajian berbentuk  kajian   tinjauan  melibatkan  250  orang  murid  sekolah  menengah  dari  sebuah bandar di Pulau Pinang.  Instrumen kajian merupakan soal selidik yang dibina penyelidik dan diadaptasi dari Cyberbullying  and Online Aggression Survey Instrument, bagi menilai empat  aspek  utama  iaitu  situasi  gejala   buli  siber,  implikasi  emosi,  motivasi  dan  sosial. Kesahan  dan  tahap  kebolehpercayaan   item-item  soal  selidik  kajian  berada  pada  tahap yang baik iaitu semua bahagian berada di aras  tinggi ( > 0.8 ) dengan nilai yang diperoleh adalah 0.825. Data kajian dianalisis secara deskriptif  dan inferensi dengan menggunakan keker.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  mendapatkan  kesahan  dan  kebolehpercayaan  instrumen  soal selidik   Penilaian  Kendiri  Modal  Insan  dan  Penilaian  Kendiri  Persekitaran  Sekolah berdasarkan  aktiviti kokurikulum yang telah dijalankan selama enam bulan terhadap murid lelaki dan perempuan  berumur 13 tahun di negeri Perak. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk  pra  eksperimental  kaedah   One  Group  Pre  Test-Post  Test.  Seramai  380  sampel kajian dipilih dengan menggunakan kaedah  sampel perkadaran, melibatkan sepuluh buah sekolah   yang   mewakili   lima   daerah   di   negeri    Perak.   Analisis   pair   sample   t-test menunjukkan  min  skor  pasca  keseluruhan  modal   insan  dan  persekitaran  sekolah  lebih tinggi berbanding ujian pra. Analisis One-Way ANCOVA pula  menunjukkan perbezaan min skor  modal  insan  dan  persekitaran  sekolah  dalam  skor  pasca   adalah  signifikan  dengan .....

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Historically, the development of the country's economy has explained how the country's financial and fiscal policies are being utilized in order to achieve the country's goals of increasing productivity and achieving developed nation status. The dynamic integration of the two policies each year requires a detailed investigation, especially as they involve specific policies to address the economic crisis. Thus, the motivation of this study is to examine the dynamic relationship between money, output and economic growth in two different exchange rate regimes in Malaysia, namely exchange rates before the Asian financial crisis (floating exchange rate) and exchange rates after the Asian financial crisis (floating with basket currencies exchange rate). Although many similar studies have been carried out, there is still little exploration in the issues studied involving different exchange rate regimes, particularly for Malaysian issues. In order to achieve this objective, monthly frequency t.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti imej wanita, menganalisis emansipasi wanita dan  menghuraikan status wanita dalam cerpen-cerpen terbitan akhbar Makkal ?sai dari 2006 hingga 2017.  Pendekatan kualitatif iaitu kaedah kepustakaan dan kaedah analisis teks  berdasarkan  teori   ginokritik  yang  diperkenalkan  oleh  Elaine  Showalter  telah digunakan   untuk   menjalankan    kajian   ini.   Dapatan   kajian   menunjukkan   bahawa sebanyak 30 cerpen sahaja mencerminkan  feminisme daripada 624 cerpen yang telah diterbitkan  dalam  jangka  masa  12  tahun  tersebut.   Daripada  jumlah  cerpen  tersebut, aspek-aspek imej dapat dilihat sebagai ibu dalam 6 cerpen,  isteri dalam 5 cerpen, anak gadis  4  cerpen,  anak  dan  guru  masing-masing  3  cerpen,  anak   dara  tua  dan  kawan masing-masing 2 buah cerpen dan sebagai kakak, kekasih, menantu, mentua dan  cucu masing-masing dalam sebuah cerpen sahaja. Dari aspek emansip.....

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Assessment of learning involves determining whether the content and objectives of education have been mastered by administering quality tests. This study assesses the quality of Chemistry Achievement Test and compares the item statistics generated using CTT and IRT methods. A descriptive survey design was adopted using a sample of N=530 students. The specialised XCALIBRE 4 and ITEMAN 4 softwares were used to conduct the item analysis. Results indicate that, both the two methods commonly identified 13(32.5%) items as “problematic” and 27(67.5%) were “good”. Similarly, a significantly higher correlation exists between item statistics derived from the CTT and IRT models, [(r=-0.985,) and (r=0.801) p..

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