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Over the past two decades, the rapid growth of ICT has become one of the important agendas discussed by many scholars in education. Undoubtedly, this is due to the ability of ICT in providing effective teaching and learning. Along with today's digital era, a study done by Copriady (2015) indicated that teachers were required to integrate of ICT in their daily teaching and replace them with the tools of traditional methods and modern amenities. Looking at this issue, therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate the use of ICT in teaching and learning among the preschool teachers in private preschools in Malaysia. A total of 60 preschool teachers from 10 private preschools in the district of Hulu Bernam, Selangor were randomly selected in this study. The findings indicated that the level of computer skills and knowledge of the preschool teachers is at low level (M = 1.92). The findings also indicated the level of ICT integration in teaching and learning preschool children is at.....

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the level of stress among the parents of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) children. The data were obtained from a survey using the Perceived Stress Scale that involves 120 parents. The findings revealed that only 25 (20.8%) parents experienced stress at low level (Score = < below 13) and they were in the state of normal. Whilst 26 (21.7%) of the parents were suffering moderate level of stress (Score = 14 - 19) which is considered as mild. However, the findings indicated that 69 (57.5%) of them experienced high level of stress (Score = > 20) which is classified as severe. The findings indicated that mothers of ADHD children was associated with higher stress and were significantly experienced more stress than fathers. In terms of ethnicity, the findings showed that Chinese parents are experiencing more stress than the Malay and Indian parents. Accordingly, parents of high parental income were reported experiencing greater stress t.....

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