A good quality of educator is probably the most critical part of learning process. Considering this, the fresh graduates’ teacher must possess the competency in various areas to prepare with the challenges of the 21st century. The aim of this study is to determine the readiness level of Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) final year undergraduates to become educators. The self-assessment survey was designed in accordance with the Malaysian Teachers’ Standards, which explore the knowledge and skills on program learning outcome (PLO), moral values, information & communication technology (ICTs), language, soft skills, teaching & facilitation and assessment & evaluation (A&E). The respondents were the final year undergraduates in Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), Malaysia in academic year of 2018. Results indicated that the final year undergraduates were ‘ready’ to become educators for 6 out 8 attributes, whereas they were still ‘approaching readiness’ for Language Skills and.....

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This research aims to address the effectiveness of written expression among secondary school students in state of Kedah, Malaysia by adopting the skill of creative thinking, and this research seeks to clarify the level of writing among students at this stage. Also the research looking for the ways and efforts to upgrade this important language skill. The fact that the level of Malaysian students in this skill is very weak, and there are a multiple reasons for this weakness, this research find out three of them: firstly, there is no enough training that can help the teacher to be able to reach proficiency in teaching skill of written expression. Secondly, there are no many books available in this field. Third, the impact of poor teaching method. This research will try to find solutions to this problem, and give suggestions to help Malaysian students and improve their writing skill.  ..

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Studying worked examples has been found to be effective for learning problem solving, especially among students. However, students need to actively process  example content to benefit from it and content must be structured in a manner  that facilities knowledge construction. This study investigated the use of worked  examples for teaching and learning programming. Programming involves problem  analysis  and  solution  generation.  But  students  tend  to  jump  to  solution  generation without adequately analysing the problem. Consequently, the current  study designed and implemented a new worked example design that emphasised  problem analysis and utilised highlighting through web technology to encourage  active processing of example content. This study also evaluated the new design in  a  quasi‐experiment  in  a  university  course  in  Malaysia,  compared  to  subgoal  labelled  worked  examples,  and  conducted  over  three  sessions.  Postte.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan meneliti Pengajaran dan Pemudahcaraan (PdPc) mata pelajaran Sains menggunakan Information Communication Technology (ICT) sebagai media instruksi dalam kalangan guru dan murid di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsan (Tamil) luar bandar di negeri Perak. Kajian ini dijalankan terhadap guru-guru Sains dan murid-murid darjah empat di SJK(T) luar bandar di negeri Perak. Kajian ini berbentuk gabungan kualitatif dan kuantitatif (Mix Method) yang melibatkan tiga instrumen utama iaitu instrumen pemerhatian, temu bual semi berstruktur dan soal selidik. Data kajian kualitatif dikumpulkan, diproses serta dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian Quirkos manakala data-data kuantitatif dikira menggunakan peratusan mudah. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan penguasaan TPACK dalam kalangan guru masih berada pada tahap yang rendah. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan guru-guru menghadapi pelbagai halangan dalam penggunaan ICT semasa PdPc Sains iaitu kecapaian internet, halangan dari segi sikap ibu bapa dan muri.....

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This article aims to discuss the level of safety and security of domestic visitors in eight urban tourism destinations in Kuala Lumpur city centre. Discussing safety and security importance for urban tourism destinations because it can influence of frequency and severity among tourist. Primary data were gathered from questionnaire surveys of 192 randomly sampled domestic visitors who are willing to be the respondents of the study. The findings indicated the reality of some security and safety issues faced by the Kuala Lumpur domestic visitors. The results show that concerns and anxieties have arisen among domestic visitors to their safety in the urban tourist location in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during their visit to the site. This harms the location of city tourism in downtown Kuala Lumpur in the future if it is not resolved. Safe city programs should be empowered and implemented more widely including in the urban tourism sector to address safety and security issues in the rapidly ex.....

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The purpose of this study is to identify teachers’ view on students’ degree of knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to global citizenship issues. A total of 87 primary and secondary school teachers from several states were selected. This study used questionnaires to collect data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings showed that the level of knowledge is relatively high, while students’ degree of skills and attitudes about global citizenship are relatively moderate. In addition, at the primary school level, the mean scores are relatively low compared to the secondary school level. The findings also showed that students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes in secondary schools are higher than in primary schools. This study proposed a more structured global citizenship education to be embedded in the schools’ education structure and as a guideline that can be followed by all teachers to produce students who are willing to become aspiring global citiz.....

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This study aimed to identify the level of state anxiety among football players of a Malaysian premier league and a university football players. This study involved 40 players aged between 18 to 32 years old. The questionnaire used in this study was Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Reverse Survey (CSAI-2R) to measure the level of athlete's somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence. The findings showed that the premier league players has a lower level of somatic and cognitive anxiety than the university players. Premier league players also were shown to have higher levels of self-confidence. Based on the findings, experience and achievement level are the contributing factors in determining the level of anxiety and increasing self-confidence. The more experience and skills the athlete has, the easier it is for athletes to control the level of anxiety...

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Wakaf merupakan elemen penting dalam perkembangan Islam. Namun, wujud pelbagai isu dalam pengurusan dan pembangunan wakaf kini yang menyebabkan manfaat pembangunan tidak dapat dinikmati oleh masyarakat. Wakaf Perak Ar-Ridzuan (WPAR) telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2015 bertujuan untuk menguruskan pembangunan wakaf di Perak secara efisien.Walau bagaimanapun, isu kekurangan dana untuk menyegerakan pembangunan merupakan isu penting. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti tahap kesedaran masyarakat Islam di Perak berkaitan WPAR dari aspek penubuhan, perancangan pembangunan, kaedah berwakaf dan lain-lain. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif melalui borang soal selidik sebagai instrumen mendapatkan data yang mengandungi dua bahagian iaitu profil responden pada bahagian A dan tahap pengetahuan berkaitan WPAR pada bahagian B. Seramai 312 responden terlibat dalam kajian ini. Analisis deskriptif dan analisis silang diaplikasi bagi menganalisis data-data diperoleh. Hasil kajian men.....

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This study aimed to identify and compare the level of mental toughness that consisted of five subfactors namely the reversal of mistakes, pressure control, focus, self-confidence, and motivation among football players of a state and university football team. The questionnaire used in this study was Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) that measure the level of mental toughness among the players. The findings showed that the state players scored greater mistake reversibility, pressure control, focus concentration, and self-confidence compared to university players. No significant differences of motivation between those two clubs. The findings of this study can provide guidance to coaches especially to identify the level of mental strength among their players and provide appropriate mental training.  ..

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