Execution of the green building project specifically among the housing developers in Malaysia is still at its infancy. As of August 2016, there are only 16 housing projects certified by the Green Building Index (GBI) under the category of Residential New Construction (RNC) since the assessment systems established in 2010. The authors address this issue in the context of the factors affecting the execution of the green building project among the housing developers in Klang Valley. A pilot study by using questionnaire survey was conducted among 30 housing developers from 10 different zones divided by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia. This paper aimed to report the results of the reliability test of the designed questionnaire. The results based on the Cronbach’s Alpha analysis showed that the items used in the questionnaire were reliable and obtained an acceptable level of internal consistency, which were relevant for the main study. The pilot study revealed that o.....

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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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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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Dunia sastera, khususnya masyarakat drama/teater, pasti mengenali Zakaria Ariffin (ZA), tokoh drama Melayu yang berasal dari negeri Pahang Darul Makmur. Dilahirkan di Kuantan 49 tahun yang lalu, beliau mendapat pendidikan awal di daerah kelahirannya sebelum menjadi kerani sementara di Kementerian Pertahanan di Kuala Lumpur. Anak muda yang sejak di sekolah rendah lagi bercita-cita ingin menjadi dramatis ini meninggalkan ...

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The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of a teaching and learning module which applies Naturalist Intelligence (NI module) for the topic microorganisms on form four Biology students’ achievement. This is a 2 X 2 factorial Quasi experiment method. Two aspects being compared are students’ gender and Biology teaching method. NI module used was developed based on Dick & Carey (1985) instructional model. This module was used as an intervention on 30 Biology students from the experimental group while another 30 students from the control group followed the conventional teaching and learning method. Two types of instruments being used in this study were Naturalist Intelligence (NI) checklist and Biology achievement post-test. Both instruments show a Cronbach alfa reliabilities of 0.72 and 0.73 respectively. NI checklist used was to determine the NI score and NI level in both of student groups. Biology achievement test was to determine the Biology achievement. Data obtained.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang menyumbang kepada amalan pengintegrasian ICT dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP) guru sekolah rendah. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif berasaskan rekabentuk tinjauan. Populasi kajian terdiri daripada guru-guru di sekolah rendah di Terengganu. Seramai 222 orang guru telah dipilih sebagai sampel dalam kajian ini. Pemilihannya dibuat secara persampelan rawak berstrata. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap pengintegrasian ICT dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran guru termasuk penyediaan bahan, pelaksanaan dalam bilik darjah adalah tahap sederhana tetapi dalam aspek komunikasi adalah rendah. Sungguhpun kesediaan guru dari aspek perspektif umum terhadap ICT, matlamat mengintegrasikan ICT dan motivasi guru adalah pada tahap tinggi. Namun begitu kesediaan dari aspek luaran seprti latihan pengintegrasian ICT, kemahiran ICT, sumberICT dan sokongan pentadbir adalah pada tahap sederhana. Aspek kebimbangan guru dalam pengintegra.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti garis panduan International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) / UNESCO dilaksanakan ke atas pengurusan pusat sumber sekolah menengah di Sabah. Reka bentuk kajian adalah berbentuk deskriptif yang dilaksanakan secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan menggunakan kaedah pengumpulan data melalui soal selidik, temu bual, pemerhatian dan semakan dokumen. Seramai 312 orang responden dipilih sebagai sampel kajian iaitu terdiri daripada guru-guru yang terlibat sebagai ahli jawatankuasa pengurusan pusat sumber sekolah. Instrumen kajian dianalisis menggunakan kekerapan, peratusan, min dan sisihan piawai manakala bagi mengenalpasti perhubungan antara kemahiran khusus berkaitan pusat sumber sekolah, pengalaman perkhidmatan dan pengalaman mengurus ujian korelasi pearson r digunakan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa garis panduan International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) / UNESCO dilaksanakan secara positif ke atas pengurusan pusat sumber s.....

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