The purpose of this study was to examine distance learners’ performance and interest after using mobile learning. Another purpose of this study was to investigate distance learners’ views after the intervention. This mobile learning with QR code allowed the distance learners to access mobile apps easily and communicate with peers and lecturers anytime and anywhere. Research Methods The mix-method explanatory design was used in this research. The quantitative study employed descriptive method and follow-up interviews served as the qualitative method. A set of performance tests was used as an instrument for the study. A total of 152 Malaysian distance learners who majored in economics were the sample. GLM Univariate mean were used for analysing the data. Findings: The findings showed significant results for distance learners’ performance and interest. However, the students who had taken economics in secondary school had higher level interest and also performed better as compared to.....

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Hydrophilic backbone chains with substituted hydrophobic organic groups give rise to amphiphilic polysiloxane. This property is of great interest as it can form a Langmuir monolayer, an orderly arranged layer that can be utilised in any potential nanoscale application. Hence, a study was conducted on the surface pressure, surface potential and effective dipole moment of various homopolysiloxane and copolysiloxane Langmuir films to clarify some of their monolayer properties. A NIMA Langmuir 611D trough accompanied with a NIMA surface potential (S-POT) probe was employed in this work. The space filling model, generally known as the Corey, Pauling and Koltun (CPK) precision molecular model, was used to construct the siloxanes unit of each set of polysiloxanes to estimate the siloxane unit size. From the surface pressure isotherm, it was observed that copolysiloxanes are more condensed than homopolysiloxanes. By comparing the results extrapolated from the graph with CPK modelling, the stru.....

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The purpose of this study was to identify the level of learning achievement in psychomotor domain by using Extensive Assessment Instruments (EAI) for fielding category games in Year 5 Physical Education subjects. One shot case study design was used in this study. This study was conducted at nine primary schools in Muar district of Johor with 8 Physical Education (PE) teachers and 570 Year 5 students in PE class involve as participant. The Extensive Assessment Instrument (r = 0.96) contained a rating rubric for the psychomotor domain. The percentage of teachers' agreement on the EAI use was 94.14%. The results of this study showed that the level of students achievement on psychomotor domain for fielding category games in PE subjects was (M = 68.33, SD = 0.87) at the mastery level. Based on these findings, EAI was ideally to used as a standardized measure for assessing student learning achievement in the fielding category games for Year 5 PE subject..

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The aim of this study is to develop a framework of children’s personality based on the BrainHex model that can help identify the personality of digital games players. A quantitative approach using a survey was used in this study involving a sample of 214 Malaysian children aged 8 – 10. The descriptive analysis used was based on mean scores and frequency. From the analysis, the research findings showed that among the BrainHex model’s characteristics, achiever, daredevil, and conqueror emerged as the most dominant characteristics. Surely, such findings have a major implication on the current practice in that the design of children digital games need to take into account such dominant personalities to ensure such games can help players, notably young players or children, to develop sound thinking skills.   ..

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The purpose of this article is to map the curriculum of Bachelor of Education in Geography programme with the Standard Document of Curriculum and Assessment (DSKP) in school. An analysis of document been implemented to examine the linkages between the geography curriculum at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) towards the geography subject in Standard Curriculum for Secondary School (KSSM) of form one, two and three. The relationship matrix of paralleled themes was identified with the ATLAS.ti software. The themes examined comprised of physical geography, human geography and geographic skills. The results showed that 14 out of 16 courses of BED Geography were parallel with the Geography DSKP for form 1 to 3. There were eight topics in the DSKP of KSSM Geography that were not related in any Geography BED Instructional Plan, which involved two form 1 topics, titled Kedudukan and Lakaran Peta Malaysia; three form 2 topics, namely Telekomunikasi di Malaysia, Jenis dan Kemajuan Pengan.....

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The purpose of this article is to draw a comparison between the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Geography curriculum and the Standard Document for Curriculum and Assessment (SDCA) of secondary school geography. The study includes analysis of the geography curriculum document at Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) and the Standards-Based Curriculum for Secondary School (SBCSS) for the subject of geography. A relationship matrix of parallel themes was identified using ATLAS.ti software. The themes examined were physical geography, human geography, and geographic skills. The results of the analysis show that 14 out of 16 courses in the B.Ed. in Geography were comparable to the SDCA of Geography SBCSS for Forms 1 to 3. There were eight subjects in the SDCA of Geography SBCSS that were not related to the instructional plan of the B.Ed. in Geography: two Form 1 topics – Position and Sketch Map of Malaysia; three Form 2 topics – Telecommunications in Malaysia, Types of and Transportati.....

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Fostering and nurturing young children with good social-emotional skills are vitally important. Previous studies indicated a positive correlation between young children’s social-emotional skills and their future success. Hence, preschool teachers as children’s first educator play an important role in fostering and nurturing positive social-emotional development in young children. It is pivotal to ensure preschool teachers have vast knowledge and skills on social-emotional learning, hence capable to promote social-emotional learning. As such, this research aims to examine preschool teachers’ knowledge and practice regarding social-emotional learning. This is a quantitative study with a survey research design..

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Penceritaan (Storytelling) merupakan pengalaman manusia yang sangat berharga dan unik dari aspek emosional dalam menjayakan sesuatu penyampaian atau penceritaan yang dibangunkan. Penggunaan media dalam proses pendidikan mampu melonjakkan tahap penumpuan dan pemahaman serta mewujudkan kepelbagaian semasa proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Kajian ini berlandaskan kepada masalah penggunaan penceritaan digital sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam matapelajaran Sejarah yang sangat rendah berbanding dengan penyediaan bahan pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang lain. Oleh hal demikian, kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan koswer (perisian kursus) penceritaan digital sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam mempelajari matapelajaran Sejarah. Koswer penceritaan digital bersandarkan Model ADDIE digunakan sebagai bahan intervensi bagi mengkaji teknik penceritaan digital terhadap tahap penumpuan dan pemahaman pelajar berdasarkan memori jangka masa panjang dan pendek. Model reka bentuk melibatkan lima fasa .....

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Non-polar crude extracts obtained from the calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn. (Roselle) and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activity has been investigated. Roselle extracts potentially act as an anti-diabetic activity. However, most of the previous studies on Roselle were just focused on the polar crude extracts. Therefore, hexane and dichloromethane crude extracts were selected for these study. 3 kg of samples were air dried at room temperature, ground and serially extracted by solid-liquid extraction technique using hexane and dichloromethane. Compounds were isolated and purified by various chromatographic techniques. Their structures were elucidated with 1D and 2D-NMR, and other spectroscopic methods including MS, IR and UV as well as comparison with data reported in the literature. The phytochemical study has led to the isolation of three compounds namely squalene, triglyceride fatty acids (consist of ethyl oleate, ethyl linoleate and γ-ethyl linolenate) and ethyl stearate. Base.....

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