Interaksi  antara  budaya  merupakan  satu  proses  pertemuan  satu  atau  lebih budaya asing ke atas masyarakat tempatan yang mewujudkan pola kehidupan yang beragam, diaspora dan  unik. Sebagai sebuah negara kepelbagaian etnik, interaksi antara budaya berlaku sepanjang proses  pembinaan negara bangsa Malaysia dengan menggunakan pelbagai cara iaitu asmilasi, integrasi,  amalgamasi dan akulturasi. Tujuan kajian ini dilaksanakan bagi mengenalpasti proses interaksi  antara budaya dalam kalangan masyarakat MTSK dan kesannya kepada cara hidup masyarakat di kawasan  tersebut. Kajian yang dijalankan menggunakan penyelidikan kualitatif merangkumi kaedah etnografi  iaitu kerja lapangan, temubual, kaji selidik dan perpustakaan. Kajian ini turut melibatkan dua  lapisan umur masyarakat di MTSK iaitu golongan remaja dan golongan dewasa. Penelitian interaksi  antara budaya telah melibatkan beberapa buah kampung yang didiami oleh etnik Melayu dan etnik Siam.  Antaranya kam.....

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The study aims to build, acquire content validity and reliability of the Motivation of Success to University Inventory (MSUI). MSUI built on the combination of Motivation of Success to University Counseling Model (MSUCM) formulated by Mohammad Aziz Shah1 (2010) and the approach of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). MSUCM said there are seven strategies that need to be met in the hierarchy in building successful motivation to university; 1) Trigger Self-Awareness (TSA), 2) Build Motivation to Learn (BML), 3) Developing Self Potential (DSP), 4) Setting Life Goals (SLG), 5) Time and Learning Management (TLM), 6) Mastering Study Skills (MSS) and 7) Avoiding Social Problems (ASP). However, CBT explain approaches, concepts, techniques, activities and items in MSUI relationship based on thinking and behavior that affect mood. MSUI contains 70 positive items (10 items for each sub scale) represented by seven sub scale of sub scale 1: Trigger Self-Awareness (TSA), sub scale 2: Build Motivation.....

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The research aims to construct, acquire the validity and reliability of Mental Health Inventory (MHI). The MHI's questionnaire aims to measure the level of Mental Health for the subscales of positive and negative thoughts, positive and negative feelings and positive and negative behaviors of individuals aged 13 to 19. The construction of MHI is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy theoretical basis pioneered by Aeron Beck (1967). This inventory contains 60 items that measure 3 subscales. Subscale 1: Positive and negative thoughts, subscale 2: Positive and negative, subscale 3: Positive and negative behavior. Each subscale has 20 positive items and 10 negative items. In order to achieve the reliability, MHI was evaluated by eight expertise consisting of 4 academicians and 4 specialists in psychology, counseling and education. 146 students were chosen to be the respondents from schools in the state of Perak to achieve the reliability. The overall validity of MHI is acceptable which at 0.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan melihat kesan latihan imageri video modeling pelbagai kelajuan terhadap prestasi servis bola tampar dalam kalangan pemain-pemain bola tampar perempuan bawah 15 tahun di  daerah Klang. Kajian ini menyelidiki bagaimana tiga kelajuan imageri yang berbeza memberi kesan  terhadap dua teknik servis dalam permainan bola tampar iaitu servis bawah tangan dan servis atas  tangan. Seramai 45 orang pemain bola tampar telah dipilih dan diletakkan dalam salah satu daripada  tiga kumpulan imageri (gerak pantas, gerak sebenar dan gerak perlahan). Pemain melakukan penilaian  servis sebanyak dua kali (ujian pra dan ujian pasca). Instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini  ialah borang soal selidik imageri pergerakan (MIQ-R), video modeling, audio imageri serta borang  rekod percubaan servis. Dapatan kajian berdasarkan ujian t bersandar yang dijalankan telah  menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara ujian pra dan ujian pasca dalam  ketiga-tiga ku.....

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The research was carried out to identify the development the paddy planting in the district of Lower Perak during the colonial era in 1900 until 1957. The research was carried out by using qualitative methods by analyzing official colonial documents, annual report and writing on paddy cultivation in Perak. The Results showed that the District of Lower Perak had paddy cultivation area that had been developed during the British colonial era. The new settlement has also been developed due to the increase of paddy planting area and construction of the irrigation system  ..

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Various studies have investigated the potential of employing digital games in education to help students’ increase their learning achievement and their academic performance. Over the years, scholar have recognised how games could become a good learning tool that can improve learner’s performance and sustain their engagement in teaching and learning activities. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore whether mobile digital games, as a cybergogical tool, can be used to support Arabic language teaching and learning. This study is a quasi-experiment designed to determine the effectiveness of mobile digital games in supporting the learning of Arabic. This study 70 students who are taking the elementary Arabic language course in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Malaysia. The participants were selected through random purposive sampling. The students were divided into two groups; experimental group and control group. After the intervention of mobile digital game, the achiev.....

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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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