This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of Indian Folklore Animation among Year Five SJK (T) pupils in Kulim District. This study was divided into two steps. First, a qualitative approach was used in the analysis of twelve principles of animation in three series Indian Folklore Animation using a checklist of animation principles done by ten animators. The verification process was done by one senior lecturer by exploring and identifying the five narrative elements in the animation series using a table of narrative elements. Second, a quantitative approach using a pre-test and post-test experimental research design was used to measure the effectiveness of Indian Folklore Animation. The measurement was done using a questionnaire on four components of Keller’s ARCS Model of Motivation among Year Five pupils. The research participants were 108 pupils from three schools. The participants were randomly assigned to the treatment and the control groups, comprising 54 pupils each. Collec.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pengajaran al- Quran terhadap pelajar disleksia daripada perspektif guru pendidikan khas di negeri Perak.   Pengkaji  memilih  reka  bentuk  kajian  kes  dengan  menggunakan  model  Ibnu Khaldun sebagai  teori asas mengenai pengajaran al-Quran yang menekankan tentang pengetahuan, kaedah pengajaran dan  kemampuan pelajar. Seramai tiga guru pendidikan khas yang mengajar al-Quran kepada pelajar  disleksia serta tiga pelajar disleksia dipilih sebagai  peserta  kajian  daripada  dua  buah   sekolah  di  negeri  Perak.  Data  dikumpul dengan menggunakan instrumen ujian dan temu bual. Data  temu bual telah dianalisis menggunakan analisis tematik. Hasil ujian menunjukkan penguasaan bacaan  al-Quran dalam  kalangan  pelajar  disleksia  berada  pada  tahap  sederhana  lemah.  Temu  bual  terhadap  murid  mendapati  murid  lebih  cenderung  meminati  subjek  yang  mudah. Ka.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  mengenal  pasti  hubungan  kebergunaan  dengan  sikap terhadap  penggunaan   Augmented   Reality  (AR)   dalam  aplikasi   bentangan tiga  dimensi  sekolah  rendah  bagi   pelajar  yang  berbeza  tahap  keupayaan spatial.  Kajian ini menggunakan  kaedah  kajian  kuantitatif  dengan  reka bentuk kajian  korelasi.  Pemilihan  sampel  dijalankan  secara   persampelan  bertujuan melibatkan  62  orang  pelajar  dari  sebuah  sekolah  luar  bandar  yang   terdapat dalam  daerah  Kuala  Langat,  Selangor.  Pengumpulan  data  dilakukan  dengan menggunakan  instrumen  soal  selidik  dan   ujian   keupayaaan   spatial.   Data dianalisis    dengan     menggunakan    analisis  deskriptif  dan  inferensi.  Analisis deskriptif menjelaskan tahap  kebergunaan dan sikap terhadap penggunaan AR dan  tahap keupayaan spatial.  Manakala analisis  inferensi menggunakan ujian korelasi  Sp.....

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The purpose of this study is to analyze parental savings for children’s tertiary education. This  study used  a  questionnaire set  as  the  research  instrument  and  purposive  sampling  method had been adopted for data collection purposes. A total of 392 respondents; which were   comprised  of  parents  with  children  at  tertiary  education  level  participated  in  this  study.  Data  were  analyzed  through  mean,  frequency,  percentage,  multiple  regression  analysis  tests  and  were  processed  by  using  SPSS  software  version  23.    The  results  showed, there is no significant difference between number of parents who make savings and the  number of parents who do not make savings for their children’s tertiary education. In addition, own  savings accounts were identified as the most popular medium of savings among the parents. The  findings of multiple regression analysis showed that; income (β= 0.179, p .....

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The objectives of the study were to identify Thalaiyial in Sivapuranam, to analyse the identified   Thalaiyial  using  Sivagnana  Botham  and  to  know  the  understanding  of Thalaiyial among  Malaysian religious teachers. The major idea was to overcome the misconception issue on Saiva  Siddhanta with the three Sadhana Iyal’s entity namely Uyiriyal,  Malathiyal  and  Mayayial  of   Sivagnana  Botham  theory.  Mixed  method  of research  was  applied  in  this  study.  Both   qualitative  and  quantitative  approaches  of research were used. The former was used to achieve  the first two research objectives whereas the latter was used to achieve the third research  objective of the study. The poem   Sivapuranam   was   read   and   the   Thalaiyial   concepts    were   identified   and analysed.  Moreover,  11  religious  teachers  were  selected  and   interviewed  with  a questionnaire.  The  instrumentÂ.....

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English language instructors have always pursued new and interesting approaches that may help to overcome language teaching and learning barriers. Therefore, this study was  conducted   mainly  to  explore  Media  Assisted  Language  Learning  Approach (MALL) using one of the most  prominent media application known as WhatsApp as an instructional tool in communicative language  learning classroom.  This study was specifically proposed to examine the effect that WhatsApp voice  and video features may have towards learners’ oral communicative competence as well as exploring  their perception towards its use by conducting a social media learning scale survey. This research   adopted  a  quasi-experimental  approach  that  compares  experimental  and control group which  were assigned with different treatment. The learning process of both experimental and control group  were based on two hours of in-class learning but supplemented  with  different  t.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti pengaruh faktor-faktor kejayaan perniagaan (produk, promosi,  pendidikan dan latihan, pengurusan, modal dan motivasi kerja) terhadap kejayaan perniagaan koperasi  sekolah. Kajian ini juga dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti kesan faktor- faktor  kejayaan  perniagaan   melalui  mediator  motivasi  kerja  Ahli  Lembaga  Koperasi (ALK) terhadap prestasi perniagaan  koperasi sekolah. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk  bukan  eksperimen  telah  digunakan   dalam  kajian  ini.  Kaedah  pengumpulan  data menggunakan  borang  soal  selidik  terhadap  211   orang  ALK  di  kalangan  guru  sekolah menengah   di   negeri   Sabah   yang   dipilih   secara    rawak   berstrata.   Analisis   dengan menggunakan  Model  Persamaan  Struktur  (SEM)  menunjukkan   bahawa  54  peratus  (R² =0.54) daripada variasi yang wujud dalam prestasi perniagaan koperasi boleh diterangkan oleh  faktor-.....

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Seni Dikir Barat merupakan salah satu muzik tradisional yang dikenali umumnya dalam masyarakat  Malaysia walaupun seni budaya ini bertapak asalnya dari negeri Kelantan. Seni ini semakin mendapat  tempat dijiwa rakyat Malaysia dan mula dipertontonkan di seluruh pelusuk negara tidak kira melalui  persembahan pentas malah disiarkan juga di dalam media utama negara. Namun demikian Dikir Barat  dipentaskan dalam bentuk pertandingan bagi peringkat pelajar sekolah menengah dan walaupun begitu,  tidak ada satu keselarasan justifikasi pentaksiran terhadap penjurian dan tidak ada satu landasan  teori yang kukuh terhadap elemen-eleman penjurian. Dengan ini, satu kerangka konsep penilaian yang  berasaskan teori yang kukuh perlu dibangunkan untuk digunakan dalam penilaian   pertandingan    Dikir   Barat   di   peringkat   sekolah.   Oleh   itu   kajian   ini menggunakan  rekabentuk   kajian  kualitatif  yang  mana  menggunakan  pemerhatian, analisis  dok.....

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Gallery Walk has the potential to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Many teachers have especially been interested in using this strategy as a means of providing learning opportunities. This paper explores and discusses the definition of gallery walk, and the potential of this approach and its limitations.  This article discusses the advantages of gallery walk and shows that researchers are still wondering on how gallery walk will help reaching the goals of a better learning, and how it will be different from the rest of learning method. This study can become a guidance or reference for educators, and researchers in the field.  ..

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This study aimed to examine the implementation of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in a TESL teacher education programme in a public university. This case study was conducted to determine the HOTS among third-year TESL student-teachers in a public university. HOTS in this study were based on the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. Fourteen lessons of the semester 5 TESL programme involving a TESL teacher educator and twenty-seven student-teachers were observed and analysed inductively for emerging issues and categories. Research instruments consisted of an interview protocol and a classroom observation checklist. Interview sessions with the teacher educator and the seven student-teachers were conducted besides classroom observations on the 27 student-teachers for one semester. Qualitative data collected were analysed using the Atlas.ti software. The emerging themes from the interview showed that HOTS were integrated into the classroom via teaching and learning process, resources, and feedba.....

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