Teacher competency is crucial in ensuring the quality of early childhood education (ECE). This qualitative study was conducted to explore the competency among ECE educators in Malaysia. Seven ECE experts, seven government officers, and 12 operators have been interviewed in this study. Data analysis produced five themes; four of them supported the literature review, namely knowledge, skills, experience, and personality, while one additional theme was related to creativity. All themes were found to be important in improving the competency of ECCE in Malaysia. Implications in light of these findings were discussed..

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One of the congenital factors that affect the transmission of dengue disease is blood type. This study mainly aims to consider blood type O in humans and uses a differential equations system formulation to analyse the dynamical system. The basic reproduction number is determined as the threshold for dengue disease transmission model. This model has been applied to the data from weekly data dengue cases occurring in Bandung in the year 2013. When it is supported by actual data which provides the parameters and values for the variables, this model can be implemented and thus used to describe the dynamical system of dengue disease transmission with respect to O blood type in humans. It can be concluded that blood type O is an important factor to be considered when formulating strategies for prevention and treatment. This study provides a significant improvement to the knowledge of dengue transmission dynamics and should be beneficial in aiding control of the transmission of dengue disease.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  membandingkan  persepsi  pelajar  sekolah  menengah  tentang persekitaran    bilik   darjah   di   Malaysia   dan   China.   Penyelidikan   kuantitatif   ini menggunakan  instrumen Student Perceptions of Classroom Quality  (SPOCQ) untuk mengumpul  data.  Sejumlah  260   orang  pelajar  dari  tiga  buah  sekolah  menengah  di Tanjung Malim, Malaysia dan 351 orang  pelajar dari empat buah sekolah menengah di Wilayah Feng, China telah dipilih secara rawak sebagai  responden kajian ini. Analisis deskriptif  dan  analisis  inferensi  digunakan  untuk  menganalisis   data  yang  dikumpul. Analisis  deskriptif  menggambarkan  tahap  persepsi  pelajar  sekolah   menengah  di Malaysia  dan China  terhadap  persekitaran  bilik darjah  dalam lima  faktor  iaitu   daya tarikan, cabaran, pilihan, pengertian dan efikasi kendiri akademik. Statistik inferensi  menggunakan ujian-t untuk menunjukkan p.....

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Knowledge worker is priceless and the main assets to the organizations. However most organizations are still unable to manage their knowledge workers properly. This paper reveals the influences of knowledge worker characteristics on knowledge integration capacity based on the data collected using questionnaire from 471 knowledge workers, working in organization located in Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor. The results suggest that knowledge worker characteristics significantly and positively influence knowledge integration capacity. It is concluded that an organization must properly manage their knowledge worker in order to achieve the maximum potential or improve the organization capacity of knowledge integration...

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This study aims to research the use of historical resources that can help teachers who start teaching history in primary and secondary schools. The objective of this study is the use of citation and the theme of historical events that selected based on historical curriculum in primary and secondary schools. The findings show that among the early history teachers are still tied to the historical subjects as a subjects that required a simple set of knowledge based on facts. Therefore, based on the taxonomy provided, the early history teacher does not have the ability to move historical facts based on estimation, understanding, application, analysis, assessment and event invent. Therefore, a historical curriculum that emphasizes five historical thinking skills will not be able to achieve the High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Hence, historical subjects are often seen as a set of facts but not used to guide students to see a more optimistic future based on the history they learn. The concl.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  membangunkan  dan  mengkaji  keberkesanan  perisian multimedia interaktif “Mari Baca” dalam membantu murid autistik mempelajari suku kata.  Di  samping   itu,  kajian  ini  juga  bertujuan  untuk  mengenal  pasti  sama  ada penggunaan perisian ini  dapat menarik minat murid autistik dalam pembelajaran suku kata KVKV. Pembangunan perisian  menggunakan model ADDIE dan telah disahkan oleh  tiga  orang  pakar  iaitu  dua  orang  pakar   Pendidikan  Khas  dan  seorang  pakar Teknologi  Pendidikan.  Pendekatan  kualitatif  dengan  reka   bentuk  kajian  kes  telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Pemilihan responden kajian dijalankan secara  pensampelan bertujuan  melibatkan  dua  orang  murid  autistik  aras  sederhana  dan  dua  orang   guru pendidikan khas di sebuah sekolah rendah yang mempunyai Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi di  Selangor. Kajian ini menggunakan teknik pemerhatian, analis.....

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Previously, many literatures suggest that low social support (family, peer, school), psychological aspect (low level of resilience, coping skills, empathy, high level of depression and aggression), low level of academic achievement and school involvement activity, and involving in truancy correlate with crime risk behavior. However, only few studies in Malaysia have investigate these constructs simultaneously in a single study involving early adolescence. This study aims to examine which construct in Risky Antecedent (social support and socioeconomic status), Risky Psychology (resilience, coping skill, empathy, depression andaggression) and Marker System (truancy, academic achievement and involvement in school activity) predict involvement in crime risk behavior among early adolescence in Malaysia. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted involving all variables which were Risky Antecedent, Risky Psychology, Marker System with crime risk behavior in a sample of 1762 early adol.....

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The  purpose  of  this  study  is  to  develop  and  evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  DoCtor  WoRM’s Module in improving multiplication skills among Year Four low achievers in  National-Type   Chinese  Primary  School  (SJKC).  DoCtor  WoRM’s  Module  had been  designed  based  on   Constructivist  Theory,  mastery  learning,  and  game-based learning. The module was developed  based on Sidek’s Module Development Model. Quantitative approaches with quasi-experimental design  were used for this study. A number  of  60  Year  Four  low  achievers  from  Manjung  District   were  selected  using random sampling. The sample was divided into the treatment and control  groups. The former went through a teaching and learning process using DoCtor WoRM’s Module, while  the latter learnt through traditional teaching. After the pre-test, three months of intervention  was carried out to both groups of sample, followed by a post-.....

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This study aims to investigate the suitability of teaching methods of the Entrepreneurship Enculturation Course in the Malaysian public education university. The target population of the study is 1700 students in the university enrolled the mentioned course. A set of questionnaires is used as an instrument to collect the required data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistic to get the mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study provide insights to academics, educators, policy makers, and practitioners about the suitability of teaching methods in entrepreneurship course..

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan Modul Peta Pemikiran i-Think bagi mata pelajaran   Sains   tahun   lima   sekolah   rendah.   Model   ADDIE   digunakan   untuk  membangunkan modul ini yang mempunyai lima peringkat iaitu analisis, reka bentuk, pembangunan,   perlaksanaan  dan  penilaian.  Modul  yang dihasilkan  ini  telah  melalui kajian rintis dan  digunakan oleh dua orang guru di dalam bilik darjah untuk  menguji kebolehgunaannya.  Modul ini  telah diuji kesahannya oleh lapan orang pakar dengan menggunakan   borang  senarai   semak.    Segala   penambahbaikan   dilakukan   setelah peringkat  penilaian  selesai.  Hasilnya,  sebuah    Modul  Peta  Pemikiran  i-Think  telah dihasilkan  yang  terdiri  daripada  empat  bahagian  iaitu   maklumat  mengenai  i-Think, maklumat  mengenai  lapan  peta  pemikiran,  rancangan  pengajian   harian  (RPH)  dan lembaran  kerja  berasaskan  Kemahiran  Berf.....

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