This study aims to verify green practice constructs using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A total of 100 secondary school students were selected as a study sample using a simple random sampling technique. The green practice constructs consisted of five major subconstructs, paper resource management practices, electricity-saving practices, water-saving practices, recycling, and eco-friendly product consumption. The constructs included 37 items and used a five-point Likert scale. The data obtained were processed through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to ascertain the structure of the green practice determinants. Then, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to find the measurement model for each construct using AMOS software. The results showed that the measurement model fit the data obtained which the value of the fit indices of CMIN/DF, TLI, CFI, IFI, NFI and RMSEA were used to produce the appropriate model. As a result, a total of 17 items were retained, consisting o.....

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Problems in learning 3D geometry are related to students’ spatial abilities that require them to create mental images representatives of the objects. Studies had shown that 3D software should be incorporated into teaching in order to assist students in visualizing. However, students often exhibit difficulties when using it as they are not familiar with tools and could not remember steps in completing a task. The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of a learning strategy which uses video tutorial screencast SketchUp Make (VTS-SUM) for topic plan and elevation, in mathematics for upper secondary school in Malaysia. The videos were designed using ADDIE Model which integrated screencast technique with a 3D software (SketchUp Make). A total of 30 low achiever students from one secondary school were involved in this study. They watched the video tutorials and performed hands-on activities using the software to complete the tasks. This paper includes a report of a usability test w.....

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Kajian   ini   bertujuan   untuk   menganalisis   pengaruh   faktor   pemboleh   ubah makroekonomi (kemeruapan kadar pertukaran asing, pulangan kadar  pertukaran asing dan kadar  inflasi) dan faktor harga minyak mentah dunia terhadap pulangan pasaran saham bagi sembilan sektor  terpilih di Malaysia. Kajian ini juga mengkaji pengaruh faktor luar jangkaan iaitu krisis ekonomi  dunia pada tahun 2008, terhadap pulangan pasaran saham di Malaysia. Dengan mengadaptasi Kaedah  Kuasa Dua Terkecil (KKDT) dalam pembentukan model penganggaran, data siri masa berfrekuensi bulanan  bermula September 2003 hingga November 2016 telah digunakan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa  harga minyak mentah dunia memberi pengaruh yang berbeza merentasi sektor dan regim krisis dunia  yang dibentuk. Misalnya, pada regim sebelum krisis ekonomi dunia, harga minyak mentah dunia  memberikan pengaruh positif dan siginfikan terhadap sektor Perindustrian (   = .090,  ..

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The main purpose of this study is to develop a teaching framework for pre-service mathematics teachers. Specifically, this study validates the items that measure the constructs of  the Teaching Framework for Pre-service Mathematics Teachers (TF@Maths) and examines whether  mathematics content knowledge (MCK), mathematical pedagogical knowledge (MPK), general pedagogical  knowledge (GPK), classroom management skills (CMS), and mathematical disposition (MDP)  significantly relate to quality mathematics teacher (QMT). This study employed a quantitative  approach to look at the constructs of a quality mathematics teacher from the perspective of the  pre-service teachers. Data were collected using a questionnaire from a sample of 400 students which  were randomly selected from three Public Universities (PUs) and seven Institutes of Teacher  Education (ITEs). Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was applied to analyse the data. The results  reveal an acceptable fit of the T.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan tahap kefahaman dan salah konsep pelajar prauniversiti Zon Timur dalam topik Keelektrikan dan Kemagnetan (EM). Kajian ini menggunakan reka  bentuk kuantitatif iaitu kaedah tinjauan. Kajian dimulakan dengan mengadaptasi instrumen Conceptual  Survey in Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) dengan terjemahan CSEM dari bahasa Inggeris ke bahasa  Melayu diikuti dengan proses kesahan dan kebolehpercayaan. Instrumen yang telah diadaptasi ini  dikenali sebagai Conceptual Survey in Electricity and Magnetism in Malay version (CSEMy)  mengandungi 32 soalan berbentuk aneka pilihan dengan lima pilihan jawapan yang disediakan mengikut  format peperiksaan awam peringkat prauniversiti di Malaysia. CSEMy ditadbir ke atas 267 responden  menggunakan teknik pensampelan rawak kluster. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan  inferens iaitu nilai purata, sisihan piawai dan Ujian-t sampel bebas. Bagi penentuan salah konsep,  setiap jawapan dini.....

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Kajian  ini  untuk  menentukan  keberkesanan  pendekatan  konstruktivisme  dalam meningkatkan kemahiran komunikasi matematik pelajar sekolah menengah pertama di Bandar Paser,  Indonesia. Kaedah kuasi eksperimen digunakan dalam kajian ini. Sampel kajian ini melibatkan pelajar  kelas VII seramai 183 daripada tiga sekolah menengah pertama, masing-masing mewakili pelajar bagi  sekolah berpencapaian tinggi, sederhana dan rendah sesuai dengan keputusan Jabatan Pendidikan  Bandar Paser. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini iaitu ujian pra-pasca, soal selidik dan  borang semak pemerhatian. Data dianalisis menggunakan ujian-t sampel tidak bersandar, ujian-t  sampel berpasangan, ujian ANOVA sehala, dan analisis deskriptif. Dapatan kajian menggunakan ujian-t  menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam kemahiran komunikasi matematik kumpulan  rawatan berbanding dengan kumpulan kawalan pada semua tahap pencapaian pelajar sekolah menengah  pertama (tin.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti kesan intervensi gabungan self-talk, imageri dan video-modelling yang berbentuk instruksional dan motivasi terhadap prestasi anaerobik, respon  kadar nadi dan self-efficacy. Tiga puluh orang pelajar lelaki aktif semester 1 Fakulti Sains Sukan  dan Kejurulatihan, UPSI yang dipilih setelah berjaya menjalani ujian Penilaian Keupayaan Imageri  dalam Sukan versi Bahasa Melayu (SIAM-M) dengan mendapat skor di antara sederhana ke tinggi.  Peserta kajian dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan secara rawak iaitu kumpulan self-talk instruksional  (n=15) dan kumpulan self-talk motivasi (n=15). Kumpulan instruksional dan motivasi telah menjalani  intervensi selama empat minggu iaitu dua belas sesi dengan kekerapan tiga kali seminggu. Kesemua  peserta kajian menjalani ujian pra dan pasca dalam protokol ujian Wingate 30 saat bagi mengukur  peak power, total work, fatigue index, maximum heart rate, average heart rate dan self-efficacy.  Setelah tam.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti implikasi buli terhadap emosi dan tingkah laku dalam kalangan pelajar di dua buah sekolah menengah di luar bandar. Kajian ini berbentuk kajian kes  dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada lima orang pelajar iaitu  tiga orang lelaki dan dua orang perempuan yang berumur di antara 13 hingga 17 tahun. Selain itu,  peserta kajian tambahan terdiri daripada dua orang guru disiplin dan dua orang guru kaunseling  dengan menggunakan teknik persampelan bertujuan. Instrumen kajian adalah berasaskan protokol temu  bual yang mendalam dan menyeluruh secara tidak berstruktur.Data kajian telah dianalisis secara  deskriptif dan naratif untuk mengenal pasti tema-tema yang muncul. Teknik triangulasi data daripada  hasil temu bual pelajar dan guru, analisis dokumen seperti rekod disiplin, rekod kehadiran, dan  rekod pencapaian akademik serta pemerhatian telah dilakukan bagi menentukan kesahan dan  kebolehpercayaa.....

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The study identifies the physical factors and practices for the implementation of level one lower primary science curriculum. The purposes of this study were to assess the existing physical  factors and practices for the implementation of primary science curriculum, to determine whether  the schools have accommodated physical factors as in accordance to the Ministry of Education  guidelines and to identify the relationship between the classroom physical factors and the teaching  and learning (T&L) science practices. A survey design was adopted for this study. The study  involved 146 primary science teachers from District of Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak. The  research instruments employed were questionnaires, observation check list and interview protocol.  Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, which were frequency distribution and percentage,  while correlation tested the hypothesis at 0.05 significant level. Data from the interviews were  analyzed using.....

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of electron beam irradiation at different dosages towards the quality of hydrolysed collagen samples from Oreochromis mossambicus’s  scales. Hydrolysed collagen samples powder were irradiated using electron beam at doses of 5, 10,  15 and 20 kGy. After being irradiated, samples were individually vacuum-packaged and stored at 4°C  for four weeks. Then, the total number of coliform, yeast and mould, pH, macronutrients of samples,  and molecular weight of the samples’ protein were investigated. This study also determined the  effect of hydrolysed collagen samples at different concentrations towards the viability and  proliferation of skin fibroblast primary cell. The results showed that total number of coliform,  yeast and mould decreased with the increment of irradiation dosage, but, no coliform, yeast and  mould growth in 15 and 20 kGy samples. Meanwhile, the D10 value of coliform is 14.43 kGy whilst  yeast and.....

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