This study attempts to determine the level of learner and customer identity among Malaysian students, their impact on academic performance (AP) and student-lecturer relationship (SLR) and the differences between students at public and private higher education institutions (HEIs). Methodology: This study adopted a quantitative approach. Data collected from a sample of 400 students was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) in AMOS software. Main Findings: The findings reveal a high level of learner identity (LI), but a low level of customer identity (CI). LI has a significant and positive effect on AP and SLR. CI only has a significant and negative effect on AP. All the relationships do not differ significantly across public and private HEIs. Applications of this study: The findings provide useful information and insights to the HEIs on how SAL and SAC identity among students could be exploited so as to enhance educational quality and increase student retention, particularly.....

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This study aims to examine values relating to the beauty and benefits of Malay pantuns and proverbs based on the sphere of beauty and the sphere of benefits. This qualitative study was based on Braginsky’s approach involving the sphere of beauty and the sphere of benefits. In addition, the library study method was used to collect secondary data and descriptive analysis was used to analyze such data. The analysis revealed that Malay pantuns and proverbs were filled with noble values that could explain the state of the Malay mind. In particular, eloquently crafted Malay pantuns and proverbs could highlight the pre-eminence of Malay thinking of the traditional Malay societies of past generations that had strong identity. The findings of this study can serve as guidelines for other researchers, literary scholars, and students to embark on similar research.Based on the nobles values of Malay pantuns and proverbs, which highlight their beauty and benefits, such traditional literary arts ca.....

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The introduction of 21st century learning skills in the Malaysian education system requires the teachers to learn and adapt new knowledge. The success of the implementation of the new skills depends on the teachers' views and willingness to accommodate them into their practices. Thus, this research seeks to examine teachers' perspectives on 21st century learning skills in English as a second language classrooms. 291 English language teachers in Malaysia were surveyed using a questionnaire designed to elicit teachers' responses on various aspects related to 21st century learning skills. The results of the study highlighted important insights on aspects such as teachers' knowledge, perceived use, benefits and challenges of 21st century learning in Malaysian ESL classrooms. The findings indicate the need for further exposure to 21st century learning construct so the implementation would be more effective  ..

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This study identifies the religious activities implemented in SABK as a medium for life-long learning and their impacts on students’ moral appreciation. This study involved 289 students from eight government-funded religious secondary schools in the State of Perak. The study adopts the quantitative method and the findings were analysed to obtain the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Moreover, the Pearson correlation test was used to examine the relationship between the variables. The study found the implementation of religious activities as a medium of lifelong learning is high (mean = 4.13, SP. = 0.48), while moral appreciation among students is at a moderate level (mean = 3.14, SP. = 0.35). The results show a significant relationship between religious activities conducted in schools with students' moral appreciation. Based on these findings, it is hoped that all parties can cooperate to support students’ spiritual and emotional growth through religious activitie.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti pelaksanaan Talaqqi Musyafahah pengajaran Al Quran Kurikulum Dini di Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan (SABK) Perak, mengkaji tahap penguasaan bacaan Al Quran dan hubungan antara pelaksanaan Talaqqi Musyafahah dengan penguasaan bacaan Al Quran pelajar SABK. Maklumat kajian diperolehi melalui kaedah kuantitatif melalui soal selidik dengan melibatkan 304 orang pelajar tingkatan empat SABK di negeri Perak. Data kajian yang dikumpul, diproses dengan menggunakan perisian windows SPSS versi 22.0. Penemuan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pelaksanaan Talaqqi Musyafahah berada pada tahap tinggi (min=4.15,sp.=0.65) dan penguasaan bacaan al Quran pelajar adalah tinggi (min=4.28,sp.=0.52). Kajian juga menunjukkan juga bahawa wujudnya hubungan yang sederhana tinggi (r=0.514, p..

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Student’s perception on the current global citizenship education might have evolved. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of global citizenship from students’ perceptions. It also examined the relationship between students’ knowledge with the skills and attitudes of global citizenship. This study involved 155 first semester students in a public university in Malaysia. The selection of these respondents is to get their views on the education of global citizenship they received at schools. They were chosen because they had just finished secondary schools, and their experiences were still fresh in memory. They also came from various schools in Malaysia and able to draw on the experience of global citizenship education in Malaysia. This study was quantitative and used a questionnaire as the research instrument. The findings show that the level of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of students towards global citizenship is at a moderate level. The re.....

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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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