Conventional classroom teaching and learning of programming tends to be didactic, which is usually tends to be monotonous and less interesting. In learning programming – a subject that is deemed extremely challenging to master – such a situation can have a serious repercussion in that students can easily become unmotivated and demoralized to learn. As such, students need to use relevant learning tools that can stimulate and motivate them to learn such a course. Of late, many researchers have started using online game-based learning (GBL) tools to improve students’ motivation and performance. Invariably, most of the studies mainly focused on GBL tools to move avatars. As such, this study focuses on programming as the activities in such a game. In this study, the researchers used the prototyping model to develop an online GBL application called Prog-GBL by integrating the elements of mastery learning approach and ARCS model to help motivate students in learning programming. The eva.....

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Most of the countries globally depend on the energy-related industries in daily and economic activities. Due to the perpetual population growth and the fast economic development, the development of energy generation model is crucial in availing the economic planning strategy of the country. The study developed and evaluated the energy generation model of Al-Zawiya Steam Power Plant, Libya. Specifically, the study focused on the causal relationship between input and output of the energy generation model using the Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) method as the sample size was too small to utilize Structural Equation Modelling-Analysis of Moment Structure (SEM-AMOS). A data was gathered from Al-Zawiya Steam Power Plant, Libya which consisted of 12 indicator variables with 60 observations. The analysis revealed that most of the causal relationships in the developed model were significant at p..

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Based on the PLS-SEM structure, validation is required for each part of the model for the structural model, measurement model and overall model. This study’s objective is to outline the measurement and structural criteria required to develop the model. It also, presents a Robust Partial Least Squares-Path Modeling (RPLS-PM) via. Winsorization which includes the internal and external models. The relationship between an indicator variable and latent variables is depicted by the external model whilst the relationship between exogenous latent variables and endogenous latent variables is recounted by the internal model. The RPLS-PM’s outputs and inputs were derived by considering electricity generation data relating to Al-Zawya Steam Power Plant, Libya...

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The utilization of teaching aids is crucial in enhancing students’ mathematical process skills. However, teachers give less accentuation on this aspect of usage which leads to students’ low competence in mathematical process skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a developed teaching aids, in particular, a Smart Kit in enhancing mathematical process skills and achievement among selected primary school students in Hulu Kinta, Perak. The experimental method was used in this study. Cluster sampling was used to select the samples. The samples were divided into two groups, the control and treatment groups which each consisted of 36 respondents. The treatment group was engaged with the developed Smart Kit while the students in the control group followed the conventional method of teaching and learning. Measurement and Geometry topics at primary school level were selected and students’ mathematical process skills were assessed based on Malaysia Assessmen.....

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Kajian   ini   bertujuan   untuk   menjawab   beberapa   persoalan   berkaitan   tradisi pengebumian klirieng sebagai amalan pengebumian sekunder masyarakat Tatau di Tatau, Sarawak. Fokus  kajian merangkumi sejarah asal-usul orang Tatau, kepercayaan yang diamalkan, kaedah pembuatan  klirieng, fungsi dan analisis perlambangan di sebalik motif dan ukiran yang terdapat di bahagian  permukaan klirieng. Kajian ini juga melihat hubungan antara masyarakat Tatau dengan klirieng  melalui hubungan spiritual iaitu klirieng sebagai perlambangan kepada aspek cara fikir dan falsafah  masyarakat Tatau. Kaedah kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan etnoarkeologi iaitu cabang kepada  ilmu arkeologi digunakan untuk mendapatkan dan menganalisis data yang diperolehi. Tiga pendekatan  yang dimaksudkan ialah pemerhatian di lapangan terhadap objek klirieng dan tapak pengebumian,  temubual terhadap individu berautoriti seperti ketua adat, ketua rumah panjang dan juga penelit.....

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Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji kesan program latihan kekuatan jangka pendek linear dan tidak linear terhadap prestasi otot di kalangan pemain bola sepak lelaki  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Skudai. Reka bentuk kajian ini adalah quasi-experimental kerana  kajian ini menekankan analisis perubahan min skor prestasi otot selepas empat minggu latihan linear  dan tidak linear. Tiga puluh pemain bola sepak lelaki UTM Skudai yang berumur 18-23 tahun terlibat  dalam kajian ini. Pembolehubah bebas dalam kajian ini adalah program linear (LST) dan tidak linear  (NLST) dan pemboleh ubah bersandar adalah ujian kekuatan maksimum (1RM) bahagian atas badan, ujian  kekuatan maksimum (1RM) bahagian bawah badan, 30 meter larian pecut, dan ukur lilit lengan dan  peha. Kajian ini menggunakan ujian Paired Sample T untuk menganalisis ujian pra dan pasca untuk  peserta di dalam kedua-dua kumpulan latihan dan Multivariate Analysis of Variances (MANOVA) untuk  menganalisis perb.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  mengenal  pasti  kesan  aplikasi  realiti  augmentasi  terhadap pencapaian akademik, pemahaman dan tumpuan dalam kalangan murid lembam yang mengikuti Program  Pendidikan Khas  Integrasi  (PPKI) Masalah  Pembelajaran.  Pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk  kajian kes digunakan bagi kajian ini. Dua orang guru sekolah rendah di daerah Kuala Terengganu  telah dipilih menggunakan kaedah pensampelan bertujuan. Aplikasi realiti augmentasi dibangunkan  menggunakan teknologi markerless augmented reality berlandaskan metodologi pembangunan perisian  instruksi ADDIE. Aplikasi yang dikenali sebagai ARCard ini dibangunkan khusus untuk murid lembam  bagi pembelajaran topik Benda Hidup dan Benda Bukan Hidup dalam Sains Tahun Empat. Kajian ini  menggunakan kaedah temubual sebagai pemgumpulan data manakala analisis naratif digunakan sebagai  teknik analisis data. Dapatan kajian ini  menunjukkan peningkatan pencapaian akademik melalui  .....

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This  study  aimed  to  develop  an  optical  stiffness  calibration  system  using  three methods. The used methods were Boltzmann statistics (BS), equipartition theorem (ET) and power  spectrum density (PSD) analysis. This study consisted of two phases; system development phase and  testing phase. System development phase involved hardware and software components. Testing phase  involved actual experimental optical stiffness calibration. The finding of the study was a  calibration system consisting hardware and software parts. The hardware part was an optical  tweezers that was equipped with quadrant photodiode (QPD) and piezostage. The software part was a  custom made software which was constructed on LabVIEW 2012 platform, namely OSCal. This study  showed the conversion factor (used in ET and BS methods) and optical stiffness depends on trapping  laser power. In conclusion, this study successfully developed the aimed system with comparable  optical sti.....

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This paper examines UN resolutions 242 and 338 to find whether these two milestone texts of UN discourse on the Palestine Question, taken as the basis for “the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” genuinely and practically work towards an amicable solution to this prolonged problem, this almost century-long unequal conflict. The study seeks to find out whether such UN discourse is linguistically structured to achieve such an end; with the ultimate goal being offering us “the possibility that we might profitably conceive the world in some alternative way” (Fowler, 1981 cited in Jaworski & Coupland, 1999, p. 33) as is the case with any discourse study that adopts ‘critical’ goals. The study therefore employs Ruth Wodak’s Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) — an approach within the pluralistic framework of CDA. The findings show that temporisation of the Palestine Question has been an indirect result of the bad faith and linguistic manipulation of.....

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This paper scrutinizes reported education studies in kinematics, which is a basic topic in the field of physics. Articles were searched on major databases about the related studies using keyword search. These were classified into the assessment tools, conceptual difficulties and teaching strategies in kinematics. ..

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