Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk meneroka pelaksanaan penyiasatan secara inisiatif kanak-kanak. Secara khususnya kajian ini memberi maklumat tentang elemen-elemen penyiasatan secara inisiatif kanak-kanak menerusi Pendekatan Projek. Kajian ini dijalankan terhadap dua orang pendidik berserta dua kumpulan fokus kanak-kanak yang berusia 4+ dan 5+ di sebuah tadika di negeri Perak. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan reka bentuk kajian pelbagai kes. Data kajian diperoleh menerusi dokumen dan pemerhatian terhadap peserta kajian. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa elemen-elemen pelaksanaan aktiviti penyiasatan secara inisiatif kanak-kanak dapat ditonjolkan menerusi soalan kanak-kanak, pemilihan bahan dan alat radas, tatacara pelaksanaan penyiasatan dan penghasilan projek. Lantaran itu, hasil kajian ini membuktikan bahawa penyiasatan secara inisiatif kanak-kanak mampu meningkatkan penguasaan konsep sains kanak-kanak...

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Keupayaan menghasilkan karya seni dalam kalangan kanak-kanak merupakan interaksi secara tidak langsung mereka dengan alam sekeliling serta dapat mengembangkan keupayaan mereka dalam membuat tafsiran melalui persekitaran mereka. Hasil seni merupakan penjelmaan beberapa bahagian nilai dan sikap. Oleh itu untuk melaksanakannya harus melihat keberkesanan aktiviti melukis dalam meningkatkan keyakinan diri dalam kalangan kanak-kanak. Huraian ini diketengahkan dengan menggunakan reka bentuk kualitatif untuk mengumpul data iaitu melalui pemerhatian dalam kelas, pemerhatian penilaian hasil kerja seni dan alatan bahan yang digunakan oleh kanak-kanak dalam karya seni mereka. Hasil kajian tersebut mendapati bahawa aktiviti melukis mampu mengimbangi hubungan komunikasi antara murid dengan rakan sebaya serta meningkatkan keyakinan diri kanak-kanak yang berterusan. Aktiviti melukis dapat memberi kepuasan kanak-kanak dalam meluahkan apa yang dilihat dan mereka pindahkan semula dalam bentuk dan rupa im.....

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Keamanan merupakan isu yang sering diperkatakan belakangan ini terutamanya yang melibatkan kepelbagaian budaya. Melalui pendidikan, keamanan dapat disampaikan kepada semua peringkat terutamanya kanak-kanak yang merupakan pewaris generasi akan datang. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti keperluan dalam pembinaan Model Kandungan Kurikulum Pendidikan Keamanan Berasaskan Multibudaya untuk Kanak-kanak Prasekolah. Keperluan berkenaan meliputi keperluan pembinaan dan keperluan isi kandungan. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah soal selidik bagi mengenal pasti tahap keperluan bagi kedua-dua keperluan berkenaan. Satu soal selidik 5 skala likert ditadbir kepada 200 orang guru prasekolah yang dipilih secara rawak di Semenanjung Malaysia. Nilai min bagi setiap konstruk keperluan dinilai bagi memperoleh tahap keperluan yang diperlukan. Nilai min yang diperoleh bagi keperluan pembinaan kandungan kurikulum adalah sebanyak 4.2879 manakala bagi keperluan isi kandungan kurikulum ialah 4.2480. Berdasarka.....

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Integrasi visual-motor (IVM) merupakan kebolehan untuk mengkoordinasi kemahiran persepsi visual dan motor halus. IVM mempunyai hubungan dengan kemahiran asas pembelajaran seperti membaca, menulis dan kemahiran matematik. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk meninjau penguasaan IVM kanak-kanak prasekolah di SK, SJKC dan SJKT. Beery VMI-6 versi pendek telah digunakan untuk menaksir penguasaan IVM kanak-kanak prasekolah. Seramai 359 orang kanak-kanak prasekolah telah dipilih secara rawak menggunakan teknik pensampelan rawak kluster dari 20 buah institusi prasekolah KPM. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara penguasaan IVM kanak-kanak prasekolah di SK, SJKC dan SJKT. Kanak-kanak prasekolah di SJKC didapati mempunyai penguasaan IVM yang lebih tinggi daripada kanak-kanak prasekolah di SK dan SJKT. Kesimpulannya, kanak-kanak prasekolah dari jenis sekolah yang berbeza turut mempunyai penguasaan IVM yang berbeza. Perbezaan sukatan dan aktiviti pembelajaran dijangka memb.....

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With the ever increasing of internet applications and social networking sites, people nowadays can easily express their feelings towards any products and services. These online reviews act as an important source for further analysis and improved decision making. These reviews are mostly unstructured by nature and thus, need processing like sentiment analysis and classification to provide a meaningful information for future uses. In text analysis tasks, the appropriate selection of words/features will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of the classifier. Thus, this paper explores the effect of the pre-processing strategies in the sentiment analysis of online movie reviews. In this paper, supervised machine learning method was used to classify the reviews. The support vector machine (SVM) with linear and non-linear kernel has been considered as classifier for the classification of the reviews. The performance of the classifier is critically examined based on the results of precision.....

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Using socio-scientific issues (SSI) in science lesson especially biology is an approach for students to understand and empower the science concept. Students are given the opportunity to argue the issues and will improve the process of reasoning. Using this approach indirectly can create awareness of ethics and problem solving to students. From the literature review hopefully can develop reasoning skills model based on SSI. Structural Equation Model (SEM) approach is used for measure and identify the variables that contribute students’ reasoning skills. From trends of literature reviews, three independents variables were identified, Content Acquisition, Epistemology Science Belief, Adhered values and ethics towards Reasoning Skills as a dependent variable. Hoped this study will help to improve the empowering of science concepts and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). In another hand, it also can produce a holistic students and increase creative and critical thinking skill while using.....

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Learning strategies using Socio-Scientific Issues (SSI) are approaches that will meet the characteristics of 21st Century Skills (K-21) and upgrade the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). One of the reasons of the unfavorable TIMMS and PISA results in Malaysia because students’ incompetent to answer science reasoning question based on scientific issues that occur in their daily lives. SSI is a dimension that is used in the assessment of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) and Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) which consists of the issue of the environment, medicine, health and genetic engineering. The purpose of this study is to assess the scientific reasoning level of Form Four science students in the biology subject based on SSI. Quantitative approaches surveys have been used in this study. The SSI instruments used were adapted. Total of 450 Form Four science students are samples used in this study. Findings revealed the needs of stu.....

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Socio Scientific Issues (SSI) is one of the strategies used in teaching and learning to discuss particular current issues that related to health, environment, medicine and genetic engineering as frequently reported in the mass media. This strategy used in teaching and learning to approach students in understanding and empowering the science concept. The purpose of this study is to develop a model based on SSI in measuring and assessing the cause effect relationship of the identified variables for the proposed model of reasoning skills among the science students. The method used in this research is a quantitative study with survey approach that will measure the model fit. A total of 500 respondents form four students in biology classes around four zones in Malaysia responded to four variables in the questionnaire (content acquisition, epistemology scientific belief, adhered moral and ethics and reasoning skills). Data was analyses by using SPSS and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) 21.....

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In Malaysia, blended e-learning pedagogical practices have made a very rapid penetration into Malaysian schools. However, there is little Malaysian studies on the affordances and obstacles of blended e-learning. This study examines and understands the affordances and obstacles of using Blended E-Learning Practices (BeLPs) and develops change actions that can lead to better use of BeLPs. A total of 27 practicing teachers were involved in this study. A phenomenological perspective was employed for this study. In-depth interviews with participating teachers was carried out to understand their perceptions on the usage of BeLPs. A majority of them agreed that there are many practical advantages to teach and learn using BeLPs. Significant affordances are to encourage active learning, improve motivation, and encourage authenticity and connectedness. This report also revealed the impact of teachers’ and students’ readiness to blended e-learning, technical infrastructure, support and enviro.....

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This paper will discuss determining construction, formation of the factors of acceptance and use of the Blended Learning approach among teachers. The determining construction for the teacher’s acceptance and use were identified through literature review and semi-structured interviews. The writing of this paper is to discuss in detail the determining constructs that make up the factors of acceptance and use of Blended Learning approach among teachers based on previous models for the learning environment of schools in Malaysia. The results of this study are expected to give a complete picture regarding constructs that make up the factors of acceptance and use among teachers and improve overall understanding of the individual’s acceptance of the Blended Learning approach. This understanding is also expected to guide implementation policies to create an effective Blended Learning environment for Malaysian education settings...

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