This article discussed on type of plants of herb origin that has become motif inspiration for Malay carver. This research gave specialattention on motif of teratai, bakawali and bayam peraksi  highlighted on decorations of gunungan (cosmic mountain) mihrab (niche) andmimbar (pulpit) in Tanah Melayu (Malaya). The subject of the research focused on gunungan mihrab of Masjid Jamek Batu Uban (1734) and Masjid Kampung Tuan (1830) as well as gunungan mimbar Masjid Kampung Laut (circa 1700), Masjid Tengkera (1728) and Masjid Kampung Bukit Bayas (1827/1828). Diversity of identified stylized motif has not only highlight the exquisite decoration but indirectly uncover the secret of herbaceous plant in Malay World which possessed certain benefits. Aforementioned reflects the intimacy between Malay carver and nature and their wisdom in exemplify the motif that has becomes their sources of inspiration. In identifying the type of herbaceous plant, decoration on studied gunungan panel on mihrab and .....

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This article reported a simple survey on diploma students’ attitudes towards  science,  technology,  engineering,  and  mathematics  (STEM) objectively  to  get  an  initial  impression  of  students  taking  a  STEM-related diploma program. The targeted respondents were diploma students pursuing computer science programs in a Malaysian public university. A quantitative approach  using  a  quantitative  survey  was  used  in  which  data  were systematically  elicited  from  16  male  and  17  female  students  using  a questionnaire  containing  Likert-scale  items.  The  questionnaire  consists  of three  constructs:  attitude  toward  science,  attitude  toward  technology  and engineering,  and  attitude  toward  mathematics.  All  constructs  use  a  5-point Likert  scale  for  the  response  scale.  Descriptive  analysis  showed  that  the respondents’ attitude ranged between moderately to highly positive t.....

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Pembinaan instrumen Pantun Berestetika (PB) merupakan satu inovasi dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa Melayu di sekolah kebangsaan dan juga di sekolah jenis kebangsaan. Pembinaan PB diuji di sekolah untuk mendapatkan maklum balas guru dan murid terhadap penggunaannya. Kertas kerja ini memfokuskan maklum balas guru dan murid terhadap penggunaan instrumen pantun berestetika. Reka bentuk kajian ini berbentuk kualitatif dengan menggunakan kaedah kajian lapangan dan analisis dokumen di empat buah sekolah. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada empat orang guru dan 60 orang murid di sekolah rendah. Pemilihan peserta kajian secara rawak mudah. Instrumen yang digunakan senarai semak pemerhatian, protokol temubual dan analisis dokumen. Lokasi kajian di negeri Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan dan Negeri Sembilan. Dapatan kajian maklum balas guru menunjukkan penggunaan instrumen mempunyai keistimewaan dalam tiga aspek iaitu isi kandungan, kebolehgunaan dan kebolehpercayaan manakala maklum balas murid menda.....

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Basically, shariah risk management in the takaful industry is responsible to those specialize in shariah studies (fiqh and usul, fiqh muamalat) namely Shariah Committee (SC) of Takaful Operator and Internal Shariah Department of Takaful Operator. Nonetheless, non-shariah staff, other than SC and Internal Shariah Department of Takaful Operators, also play an important role in managing shariah risk exposures in the operations of Takaful Operator. According to section 29 (3) Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 (IFSA 2013) which states that the Chief Executive Officer and Officer including any of the staff of the Takaful Operator are responsible for ensuring shariah compliance in the operation of Islamic financial institutions. Therefore, this study will analyze a using qualitative approach by interviewing respondents who are involved with the operations of takaful companies in Malaysia. Primary data from the takaful industry is analyzed using coding, memo, inductive and deductive processe.....

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We investigated bird species richness and feeding guilds in two contrasting habitat types i.e. forest and developed areas in Muallim district of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. Field surveys were conducted by using point-count observation along transects and mist-netting methods to determine the presence of bird species in the forest and developed areas. There were 28 species of birds from 23 families found in these habitats, where 13 species were found in forest and 15 species in the developed areas. The species richness was similar between forest and urbanized habitats. Forest birds were mainly frugivores and frugivore-insectivores whereas those from developed areas were insectivore-granivores and insectivores. Insects are important food resources in both habitats. Our results suggest that the availability of food resources in a locality may partly influence the community structure of Avifauna where conversion of forest into developed areas may induce shifts in the distribution of feedin.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti kesan penggunaan aplikasi Kahoot dalam mengukur pencapaian murid bagi mata pelajaran Sejarah Tingkatan 1. Objektif kajian ini adalah i) membangunkan alat pengujian pencapaian menggunakan aplikasi Kahoot untuk mata pelajaran Sejarah; dan ii) mengenal pasti perbezaan penggunaan aplikasi Kahoot dan ujian bertulis dalam mengukur pencapaian murid. Reka bentuk kajian ini adalah berbentuk kuantitatif terhadap 30 orang peserta yang terdiri daripada murid Tingkatan 1 di sebuah sekolah di Melaka. Kajian mengapliksikan kaedah tinjauan dengan menggunakan soal selidik dan eksperimen menggunakan set ujian untuk melihat kesan pencapaian murid terhadap mata pelajaran Sejarah dengan menggunakan dua alat pengujian yang berbeza. Analisis statistik deskriptif dan ujian-t digunakan untuk menjawab soalan bagi mencapai objektif kajian. Hasil kajian mendapati alat pengujian menggunakan aplikasi Kahoot memberikan hasil dapatan yang positif oleh murid dan pencapaian bag.....

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Gamification in higher education is a new way in the learning environment for the 21st century. It has become an effective pedagogical tool to increase students’ involvement through immediate feedback on learning activities that allow them to reflect on what they are learning. The use of games as a pedagogical strategy is the basis for student-centered pedagogy as theyhelp promote a flexible teaching and learning environment that is in line with the curriculum stated in counselor  .To date, little research has been carried out that incorporates games in multicultural counseling pedagogy; hence, research needs to be conducted pertaining to this aspect. The article will highlight the development of a multicultural counseling gamification module known as “Immerze” based on the Gamified E-learning Design Process Model proposed by Malas and Hamtini. The Gamified E-learning design process consists of five stages; Planning, Design, Development, Deployment and Review. The article highli.....

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The article aims to examine cultural diversity levels and problems among students in Malaysian public universities (PU) covering six cultural diversity criteria, namelyethnicity, language, religion, gender, socioeconomic status as well as mental and physical abilities. Respondents consisted of 330 students who had met two requirements: coming from different varieties of cultural backgrounds and were students of semester three and above. The research instrument used was a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisted of 30 item questions. The findings showed that Cronbach's alpha value showed strong reliability of more than 0.7. Actual study findings showed that the language, gender and religion criteria were at high; medium level for mental and physical abilities and ethnicity criteria; low level for socioeconomic status criterion. As for the problems of cultural diversity, all six criteria showed low level. Correlational relationship between the problems of cultural diversity criteria .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pemulihan fungsi kemahiran motor halus kanakkanak masalah pembelajaran oleh jurupulih cara kerja di tiga pusat terapi. Objektif kajian adalah untuk mengenal pasti masalah kemahiran motor halus kanak-kanak masalah pembelajaran dan jenis aktiviti terapi yang paling efektif untuk pemulihan fungsi kemahiran motor halus kanak-kanak masalah pembelajaran yang menjalani terapi cara kerja di pusat terapi. Reka bentuk kajian kes telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Pemilihan responden kajian dijalankan secara pensampelan bertujuan melibatkan tiga orang jurupulih terapi cara kerja dan tiga orang kanak-kanak masalah pembelajaran yang mengalami masalah fungsi kemahiran motor halus. Kanak-kanak ini juga merupakan klien kepada jurupulih cara kerja di tiga pusat terapi yang telah dipilih. Tiga jenis instrumen kajian digunakan iaitu senarai semak pengesanan masalah kemahiran motor halus, senarai semak aktiviti terapi cara kerja, soalan temu bual ibu bapa dan.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan bagi menganalisis perkembangan sosioekonomi Generasi Kedua FELDA (G2F) di FELDA Raja Alias3 (FRA3). Kajian ini menggunakan sampel seramai 100 orang responden secara rawak mudah di FRA3 yang terdiri daripada pelbagai latar belakang sosioekonomi. Metodologi yang digunakan ialah analisis semak silang, temu bual, soal selidik, pemerhatian dan analisis deskriptif. Tiga dapatan kajian telah diperoleh iaitu tahap dan bentuk sosioekonomi yang menunjukkan bahawa G2F mengalami proses perkembangan ekonomi yang kian meningkat iaitu 93 peratus terlibat secara aktif mencari pendapatan di FRA3. Namun, masih terdapat G2F di FRA3 yang berhadapan dengan masalah pendapatan yang secara relatifnya masih rendah iaitu 78 peratus memperoleh pendapatan di bawah RM 1000 dan hal ini merupakan penanda aras kepada status sosioekonomi. Penemuan yang kedua ialah faktor-faktor penglibatan dalam aktiviti ekonomi yang memberi impak kepada perkembangan sosioekonomi iaitu pendidikan. Hal.....

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