The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the model that has been developed. This evaluation determines the suitability of the model to be used as a guide for preschool educators in raising the children's creative imagination through traditional Malay songs. In order to acquire the agreement value for each phase and their interrelation based on experts’ opinion, the Fuzzy Delphi Method was adopted. A set of questionnaire was administered to a group of 50 experts who are selected based on specified criteria. The defuzzification value obtained by the whole item belongs to the very agree group and extremely agree group. This is because all the items are within the range of 33.6 to 46.8. Overall, this construct has reached high consensus among experts based on the defuzzification values of each construct items...

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The study is a review of the medical references found in the Tamil proverbs of Cenkani (1996) in the text entitled, Tami?n???uppa?amo?ika? 2000. It is a small attempt, to reveal the medical references practiced among the ancient Tamil people, and to exhibit them in a simple and clear way to the contemporary people. The ancestors of Tamils inscribed the medical references in Siddar songs and in palm leaf manuscript. In the ancient days, people used the proverbs as a tool to solve the medical related problems. Since, the proverbs were short, simple and understandable by all; it was a great help for the laity people. Though the proverbs have a tiny structure, the concepts have in-depth connotation. They are applicable for all the people including male, female, children and adults. Due to the importance of medical references found in Proverbs, several studies have been conducted by both local and foreign researchers. Nevertheless, the study of proverbs in medicine is a new undertaking by r.....

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The historical of curriculum in Malaysia contains various of historical events whether it’s related to the things in Malaysia as well as in the world. The historical of curriculum arranged in such way so that all of the students can follow the curriculum throughout the national education system. In 2014, the Ministry of Education Malaysia created history when history subjects were introduced at primary school which started at the second level that is fourth year students by using a curriculum better known as Curriculum Standard Content and Learning (DSKP). Malay historiography is one of the historical events of traditional texts which the way it was written contrasts with the style of modern history writing based on western traditions. Hence, Malay historiography should be an important platform for the sustainability of the Malay tradition history in the context of the Nusantara and Malaya (Malaysia). This study aims to see the ability of students whether in primary or secondary scho.....

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Citizenship education is not just a matter of learning the basic facts about institutions and procedures of political life, but also understanding about politics, the law and the economy, and the civic skills to engage effectively and responsibly in public and democratic life. To meet these requirements, various pedagogical approaches including service-learning, community service and volunteerism have been designed. Service-learning in Civics and Citizenship Education (CCE) requires the students to involve themselves in the community, either within the school community or the neighborhood community. This paper attempts to discuss the use of service learning as a learning tools to promote a participative citizen in multi-ethnic Malaysia...

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The introduction of Quranic and Fardhu Ain courses (Kelas Al-Quran dan Fardhu Ain (KAFA) by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) is an effort to produce a generation that is moulded by the teachings of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah. However, there are specific ?ad?ths quoted in the textbook that require further attentive verification. This study seeks to verify the status of the ?ad?th mentioned in the „Aq?dah textbook in the eyes of the Ahlussunnah Wal Jama?ah scholars. This is because „Aq?da his the most important subject in Islamic studies.This research is a qualitative research which uses data analysis method, where allthe data and information obtained will be analysed using descriptive method. The method of takhrijal-??d?th will be applied to verify the status of the ?ad?ths. This study reveals that there are six ?ad?ths mentioned in the „Aq?dah textbook and the status of 3 of them are problematic. The origin of one of these ?ad?th.....

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Students enrolment toUPSIbring alongdifferences in various background aspects which includeethnic-related issues andpublic acceptancetowards such differences. These differences could create a few unintended problems such as discrimination, isolation, stereotypingandethnic conflictthat could threatthe nationalunityas it could alsodirectly affect students’ academicperformance.Currentresearchon multicultural problems in public universityhad not explored the issue seriouslyandmanymainlyfocused onmajorethnic groups in the country – Malay, Chineseand Indian. Meanwhile the study on other ethnic groups from Sabah and Sarawak in public universities has not received enough attention. Thus, this study was conducted to examine issues in relation to the acceptance ofotherethnicgroups from Sabah and Sarawak among the undergraduates of UPSI. This studyapplied the mixedmethodologyofqualitativeandquantitative approach. Data was collected using survey, interview, Delphi survey and simulation. Findin.....

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Even from the first centuries before Christ, it could be seen that the Indian arts, culture and literature had spread to the Malay islands. Initially, the coming of Indians to the Malay Islands was centered on business. Eventually, in the course of time, trade connections turned into cultural connections. With cultural connections, Indian arts and literature began to be rooted in the Malay islands. Due to that, the famous epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana were translated into the ancient Javanese language and were used. Mahabharata stories from ancient Javanese language had been translated into Malay language. After the conversion of the Malays into Islam, the Mahabharata stories had been translated into Malay language followed by translations from the Arabic and Persian languages as well. Mahabharata stories In Malay literature are more prominent in their puppet shows.    ..

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Based on the analysis of student achievement throughout Vocational Colleges in Malaysia, it was found that the Microcontroller subject had the lowest achievement compared to other subjects. The results of the achievement analysis also show that students have difficulty achieving good results in the subject of Microcontroller. This indicates the need for improved implementation of the Microcontroller teaching and learning system implemented in the classroom. In regard to this matter, this study aims to identify the difficulty level of the six main topics (unit 1 - 6) and sub-topics in ETN5044 as well as the perception of the lecturers and students towards the existing module and the teaching and learning methods of the Microcontroller subject. The findings of this study shall initiate the phase of developing a learning module for the Microcontroller (ETN5044) subject using Problem Based Learning (PBL). The needs analysis also aims to determine whether the product meets the learning need.....

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The research is aimed to find the most efficient implementation strategies  by Gauss numerical   methods  for  solving  stiff  problems  and  the  best  error  estimation  in  the variable  stepsize setting. The numerical methods considered as a research methodology are  the  2-stage   (G2)  and  3-stage  (G3)  implicit  Runge-Kutta  Gauss  methods.  Two strategies  by Hairer  and   Wanner  (HW)  and  Gonzalez-Pinto,  Montijano  and  Randez (GMR)  schemes  were  implemented.  The   variable  stepsize  setting  employed  the simplified Newton is modified to fit according to HW and  GMR schemes in solving the nonlinear  algebraic  systems  of  the  equations.  The  error   estimation  for  the  variable stepsize setting is computed using extrapolation technique with stepsizes  h  and  h  2 . HW and GMR schemes used the transformation matrix T to improve the efficiency of the methods and  also compared with the mod.....

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Issue of skilled and knowledge worker is an issue that frequently discussed among agricultural training institutions and employers in the sector. It is viewed seriously by Malaysian government through Agrofood Policy 2011-2015 by emphasising agricultural workers that are highly skilled and knowledgeable to assist Malaysia achieves high-income developed nation status. However, what are the characteristics of those high skilled and knowledge workers? This question is the base of this research. By using qualitative approach, modified Delphi technique / method is chosen as the research framework. Eleven experts from various stakeholders such as agriculture lecturer, leaders of agricultural training institutions, agricultural instructor and agricultural industry employer in Malaysia. Finding reveals ten characteristics of k-workers that are needed to enable them to have high employability skill in order to satisfy / fulfil national requirement of skilled workforce. This finding can be used .....

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