The aim of this study is to investigate empirically the factors that determine the level of automobile trade in East Asian countries by taking into account government policies as well as the role of MNEs. To do so, in this study we include dummies of import substitution industrialisation (ISI) and export orientation industrialisation (EOI) policies as well as Japanese FDI as additional explanatory variables in our augmented gravity models. We found that GDPs, distance, per capita income, FTA, government policies, language and FDI are the determinants for the development of automobile industry in each country in East Asia. In the case of auto P&C, apart from economic size, the role of government through trade policy (i.e., FTA) and industrial policies as well as the role of MNCs are the major contributors to the development both exports and imports of East Asian countries. In the case of final automobiles, the role of FTA and language seems to be unimportant. Nonetheless, the role of go.....

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Kajian   ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti penguasaaan kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi mengikut  empat  aras  iaitu  aplikasi,  analisis,  menilai  dan  mencipta  dalam  kalangan murid   Tahun  Lima  dalam  menyelesaikan  masalah  matematik  berayat.  Penguasaan kemahiran  berfikir   aras  tinggi  ini  diklasifasikan  berdasarkan  Taksonomi  Bloom semakan semula oleh Anderson dan  Krathwohl. Pendekatan kualitatif telah digunakan dalam  kajian  ini.  Pemilihan  peserta kajian   dijalankan  secara pensampelan  bertujuan melibatkan 10 orang pelajar  Tahun Lima di sebuah sekolah  di Daerah Pekan Pahang. Instrumen yang digunakan ialah satu set ujian kemahiran berfikir aras  tinggi. Kajian ini menggunakan  teknik  pengumpulan  data  secara  menyuarakan  fikiran  (think   aloud), temu bual, pemerhatian dan analisis dokumen. Data diperoleh daripada rakaman video dan  audio. Kajian mendapati penguasaan murid dalam penyelesaian masalah.....

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The aim of this case study was to determine the correlation between pre-class task score and academic performance in an intermediate optics course. The study was also aimed to identify the  correlation between pre-class task score and students’ expectation. Pre- class  Reading  Task  for   Waves  and  Optics  (PRT-WO)  was  developed  to  examine student  knowledge  acquisition  in  term   of  pre-class  task  score.  A  group  of  37 undergraduates taking intermediate optic course in  one of Malaysian higher education institutions were involved in this study. PRT-WO was uploaded in  series prior to the corresponding classes throughout the semester. Student’s academic performance  in the course was measured by the final examination. Maryland Physics Expectation (MPEX) was   distributed  at  the  end  of  the  semester  to  measure  student’s  expectation  about physics  and physics learning during the PRT-WO instruction. A group.....

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The  aim  of  this  research  was  to  investigate  the  effectiveness  of  using  blogs  in  improving ESL narrative writing among primary school students in a school in Perak, Malaysia. The  participants were 30 Year Six students. There were four main objectives in  this  study.  Firstly,   the  study  was  to  investigate  how  the  use  of  blogs  helps  in improving  students’   narrative  writing  performance.  Secondly,  it  was  to  find  out  the students  perceptions   towards  the  use  of  a  teacher’s  blog  in  writing  their  narrative essays. Thirdly, the study  was also to discover the roles of teachers, peers and parents that  help  students  in  the   blogging  process.  Lastly,  it  was  to  identify  the  positive  or negative  outcomes  that   students  have  when  they  use  blog  that  support  narrative writing.  The  study  employed  a   quantitative  and  .....

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This study aimed to develop the stochastic SIR-SI Age-Structured model to estimate the relative  risk  for leptospirosis  mapping specifically for  children  and  adults  in  Malaysia.  This study used model development as it research design. The methodology of this study took  into   account  the  transmission  of  leptospirosis  in  the  stochastic  SIR-SI  model (S=susceptible,    I=infected,   R=recovered   for   human   populations   and   S=susceptible, I=infected   for    vector   populations).   In   this   study,   the   existing   SIR-SI   model   was improvised and  adapted to the leptospirosis transmission. Then, the model was expended to form an alternative  SIR-SI Age-Structured model specifically for children and adults to estimate the relative risk of  leptospirosis for these populations in Malaysia. The data used in this study were weekly data from  epidemiology week 1 to epidemiology week 52 for the.....

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Makalah ini meneliti kefahaman dan kepekaan pelajar terhadap aplikasi gender gramatikal dalam pembinaan ayat bahasa Sepanyol. Seramai 30 pelajar bahasa Sepanyol Tahap 1 dipilih sebagai sampel dalam kajian ini. Sampel terdiri daripada pelbagai bangsa iaitu Melayu, Cina dan India. Sebanyak 20 ayat diberikan kepada pelajar untuk dianalisis sama ada mempunyai kesilapan gender gramatikal atau tidak dan ayat ini perlu diperbetulkan oleh pelajar. Kajian ini memilih pelajar tahap novis kerana bersesuaian dengan objektif kajian untuk menjelaskan kefahaman dan kepekaan pelajar terhadap atribusi gender gramatikal dalam ayat. Atribusi gender gramatikal yang menjadi fokus ialah kata nama, kata adjektif dan artikel yang terdapat dalam ayat. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan kefahaman yang minimum dalam kalangan pelajar terhadap penggunaan gender gramatikal dalam pembinaan ayat. Pelajar mengalami kesukaran untuk menentukan gender kata nama terutama kata nama bagi objek tidak hidup dan tidak dapat menghubung.....

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The purpose of this study is to explore the favored video applications in video use, compatible techniques and technology to accommodate the learning styles of moral education students in Teacher Education Institutes. This study is also to explore the contents of lesson suit to technology preferred by students in learning Moral Education. This is a case study in where data were collected through interviews. Six semester four students were chosen through purposive sampling from two Teacher Education Institutes in Malaysia. The constructs and internal validity were verified by experts while the external validity was verified through support from existing studies and theories. Data of the study were analyzed by using the Nvivo software to identify the features of favored video, compatible techniques and contents of lesson suit to technology that enhance the quality of teaching and learning of Moral Education to students. The Physiological Stimulus of Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Model wa.....

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This paper discusses the feedback provided by various stakeholders and agencies on the validation of the 3E Teacher Education Curriculum proposed for the development of a Teacher Education Model in Malaysia. A qualitative approach was used to analyse the feedback given on the validation process. The feedback was based on face to face interview and feedback form. Thirty two stakeholders and agencies related to teacher education participated in the project on four different occasions. The responses were categorised into several themes and categories. The findings showed that the curriculum validation is a constructive process in assuring quality curriculum development and the insights provided helped to shape a more concrete teacher education curriculum which is holistic, balanced, current and sustainable. This study implicates the need for a curriculum validation process in any curriculum development prior to its implementation..

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This study is conducted to investigate the effectiveness of cooperative learning (STAD) in enhancing students’ essay writing skills in the learning and facilitating of Malay language. A total of sixty form four students were selected as respondents for this study. The researcher observes a problem that conventional learning and facilitating is still being practiced by the school teachers which contributes to a lack of students’ participation in cooperative learning. The data are collected through survey questionnaires and pre and post-tests. The data are then analysed using SPSS version 23 to obtain the percentage score, frequency and mean score. The study has found that cooperative learning produces significant changes in their essay writing skills. The results from the participants’ post-test have shown improvement in their test scores. This study also validates that cooperative learning is highly recommended for teachers to gain students’ attention and their enhancement in w.....

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This study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when they were doing a pedagogical course in semester 5. Upon completing their teaching practice in semester 7 and while doing seminar reflective as a course in their final semester, the student teachers were asked to revisit their journal entry on their identity and to compare and contrast if their views have changed or remained the same after their teaching practice experiences. A content analysis was used to study the transformation of identity through journal entries. The study reveals that the student teachers were more realistic and practical as opposed to being idealistic in forming their professional identities after the teaching practice. There were many situational factors which have aff.....

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