The purposed of this study is to investigate form six students’ misconception towards the concept of chemical bonding. A questionnaire with a fifteen matching items and seventeen two-tier questions was administered to fifty students from three schools in Perak. Results showed that students had many misconceptions especially on properties of atoms which form metallic and covalent bonding, how covalent bonding was formed, the types of covalent bonding and polarity of bonding. Study presents some suggestions for teachers, curriculum developers and textbook authors to make students understand the subjects easier and to remediate their misconceptions...

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This study is aimed at exploring the mental visualization of Biology students when they are given the abstract concept of Osmosis. The objectives of this study are to describe the mental visualization, to identify the different mental visualization and to depict the information processing in generating the mental visualization of these students of the abstract concept of Osmosis. Ten form four students were selected using the purposive stratified sampling method. They were categorized into two groups, the high achievers and the low achievers based on their previous Science and Biology examination results. The instruments used in this study include a task on the concept of Osmosis, semi structured interview and the researcher’s audit trail. The data were analyzed quantitatively using percentages and qualitatively by developing categories of information using the constant comparative method. The data will then be interpreted and presented in a descriptive manner. The main finding shows.....

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Case Studies Research on the Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching and Learning Process in Physics was implemented to learn more about the application of ICT in secondary school. This approach was chosen for the understanding of realities of ICT implementation and problems faced by teacher who implement it. This study was also conducted to identify how teachers implement the ICT in physics teaching and learning process, problems, problems solution and find out whether factors such as attitudes of teachers, teaching experience, number of hours of teaching, knowledge and computer skills and experience of the course ICT influence the adoption of ICT in teaching and learning physics. This study involved five teachers who serve as subjects in the district of Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Subjects were selected using selected sampling. Interview protocol as the main research instruments used to gather information. Process monitoring studies such as the ear.....

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The Critical and Creative Thinking Skill (KBKK) is one of the most important elements in Integrated Curriculum Secondary School (KBSM). Since students are required to master the creativity skil, this research was conducted to determine the relationship between students? level of creativity with physics level of achievement. Some 205 form four students in Hulu Selangor took part in this research as the respondens. A questionnaire that consists of three sections was used to collect data. Section A is about student?s background, section B is about students? creativity and section C is about student physics achievement. Section B is adopted Guilford and Torrance Creative Thinking Test. Its aim is to determine the four criterias of creativity namely originality, fluency, flexibility and elaboration. Data obtained were checked using to the Guilford and Torrance (1999) marking scheme. The raw data obtained, were processed to determine the frequency, percentage and mean. In addition, t-test we.....

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The study was carried out to get clear insights on the completion of students’ portfolios, the extent of assistance given to the students and factors that influenced the students in completing the portfolios. It involved the Form Five students in a secondary school in Hilir Perak, Perak. The study used the qualitative method of an intrinsic case study. There were four students and a teacher adviser selected for the study. Data were collected using observations, interviews and document analysis. Observations were conducted on the Art Room and school’s sorrounding area. Document analysis was based on the Guide Book for the Implementation and Evaluation of the Coursework for Visual Art Education and students’ portfolios. Data from the interviews were transcribed manually and analysed using content analysis method. Results showed that guidelines from the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate were followed by the teacher in the completion of the students’ portfolios. These included super.....

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The main objective of this research is to review the effect of plyometric training administered for six weeks period in order to produce power and the quickness of the leg among 13 and 14 years old soccer player in Malacca. Beside, this research is to review the changes that occur in six weeks training period. For that reason two additional test had been done beside pre and post test in second week and the fourth week. It was done in Malacca Sport School that is Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Kota. The test subject consist of 33 footballer aged 13 and 14 years old. Subject were divided into two groups, experimental group (n = 17) underwent plyometric training program and the other were control group (n = 16) underwent the usual training program without plyometric training. Experimental research methodology had been used in this research to obtain data through the test item, that is Vertical Jump to measure leg power and 30 meter sprint test to measure leg quickness. Data collected we.....

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Major reason for this research being conducted was to identify pupils’ weaknesses in constructing essays, hence provide the alternative to improve the quality of essay writing of the Year 5 pupils. This research was based on quantitative method utilizing questionnaires and evaluation on essays. Essays were constructed in narrative form of given titles and tested in two sets; pre and post. 36 year 5 pupils chosen from a suburb government school in Tanjong Malim, Perak were made sample. Research were narrowed to techniques of writing using 6 interrogative pronounces namely : what, where, when, who, why and how. Reviewed literatures were also incurred to explain further of this matter. The instrument used in this research was a set of questionnaires divided into 3 sections. Section A reflected on the respondents background, section B comprised the basic knowledge of composing and section 3 contained the information of respondents capabilities of constructing essays. Data will be analyse.....

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This research was to determine the agility level among players of different playing positions in netball through agility training. Subjects for this research were divided into experimental and control group with 15 players for each group. The experiment group went through the Angle-Board Drills-Side-to-side Skier and Zigzag-Cone Drills training for six weeks. All subjects went through the Quadrant Jump and 10 Meter Shuttle Run agility test before and after intervention. Data was analysed with SPSS version 11.5 using Independent Sample T-Test and One Way ANOVA. The mean level for jumping agility of the experimental group showed significant improvement from (18.5 ± 1.9) to (21.9 ± 2.3) and for running agility from (13.5 ± 0.8) to (13.1 ± 0.9) after training. Besides that, there were significant differences among playing positions for the Quadrant Jump, F (df=2,12, p≤0.05)=0.03 and the 10 Meter Shuttle Run Test, F (df=2,12, p≤0.05)=0.10. The significant level was determined at pâ‰.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menilai keberkesanan kaedah pembelajaran aktif dalam meningkatkan pencapaian akademik, minat, motivasi dan interaksi sosial pelajar bagi mata pelajaran Ekonomi Asas Tingkatan Empat berbanding dengan kaedah tradisional ‘chalk-and-talk’. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah Ujian Pra dan Ujian Pencapaian, rancangan mengajar harian dan soal selidik. Kajian ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan reka bentuk eksperimen kuasi. Responden kajian terdiri daripada 64 orang pelajar Tingkatan Empat di sebuah sekolah menengah Daerah Kinta Selatan, Perak. Seramai 34 orang pelajar dari sebuah kelas dijadikan kumpulan rawatan yang mengikuti aktiviti-aktiviti pembelajaran aktif, sementara 30 orang pelajar dari satu kelas lagi dijadikan kumpulan kawalan yang mengikuti kaedah tradisional ‘chalk-and-talk’. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik Analisis Kovarians (ANCOVA) dan Ujian-T Sampel Berpasangan. Hasil ANCOVA menunjukkan terdapat kesan kaedah pembela.....

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The main aim of this study is to generate empirical data to show any common phenomena in the protective factors of youths with disabilities and if stigmatizing experiences influences subsequent interactions with protective factors. Protective factors are elements that are known through years of research to be crucial for the development and maintenance of resilience. This study is a mixed method research design. Eight respondents (4 males and 4 females) were selected based on two wide categories: visible and invisible disabilities. A bilingual 5 point Likert scale resiliency questionnaire was used on all respondents to measure the strengths of their 10 protective factors. Brislin back-translation method and factor analysis on an initial sample of 46 students was used to form the Malay version and to determine construct validity and reliability. Individual resiliency profiles were generated from this instrument which allowed for the scrutiny for common patterns while interviews guided b.....

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