This study was conducted to determine the attitude differences of Malay male and female students towards the use of swear words. The respondents consist of thirteen male and thirteen female Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris students aged between twenty and twenty three majoring in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), Sport Science, Malay studies and Accounting. The quantitative and qualitative analyses were used in this study. The descriptive statistics is used to report the frequency and percentages and the content analysis suggested by Fraenkel & Wallen (2003) was employed. The findings of this study indicate that the female students tend to use swear words negatively while the male students used it both negatively and positively. Both male and female students feel that factors such as environmental influences, the media and the norm encouraged the use of swearwords. Their approval and disapproval of the use of swear words are visible in their non-verbal language (gesture, .....

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) compared to a normal teaching (NL) approach of form four Chemistry. The study was conducted by using a quasi experimental design which involved 28 form four students and a chemistry teacher from a secondary school in Kuala Kangsar District. The effects were evaluated by comparing the students' achievement and the motivations of the sample students (n=15) using the PBL and comparing the outcomes with those of the NL sample students (n=13). The results indicated that the min achievements of students who had involved in PBL were higher than the min achievements of students who had involved in NL approach. However, the comparative post-test students' achievement analysis conducted using a student t-test statistical analysis (p>0,05) revealed that the quasi experimental PBL approach did not yielded better students' achievement than the controlled NL approach. Where motivations were concerned, the analysis.....

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Penyelidikan tinjauan ini bertujuan menentukan tahap kemahiran penaakulan saintifik (KPS) pelajar Sains, Matemaik dan Kejuruteraan (SMK) di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam Malaysia (IPTA),stail pengajaran pensyarah (SPP) serta hubungan antara KPS dan SPP. Seramai 975 pelajar daripada enam buah universiti terlibat dalam kajian ini dan dipilih secara teknik persampelan rawak berstrata. Terdapat dua instrumen kajian iaitu Ujian Kemahiran Penaakulan Saintifik dan Soal Selidik Stail Pengajaran Pensyarah. Statistik deskriptif seperti frekuensi, peratus dan min serta pekali korelasi Pearson digunakan untuk menganalisis data. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap kemahiran penaakulan saintifik dalam kalangan kebanyakan pelajar masih berada pada tahap operasi konkrit. Dua stail pengajaran pensyarah yang dominan menurut persepsi pelajar adalah pakar dan pemberi kuasa. Walau bagaimanapun kajian menunjukkan terdapat korelasi negatif yang lemah antara tahap kemahiran penaakulan saintifik dengan stail pe.....

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Anatomy and morphological characters were employed to identify four samples of Tacca sp. (Belimbing Tanah) from different localities in Perak. Anatomical characters including leaf epidermal characters, leaf venation, type of stomata and trichomes were investigated through transverse sections, epidermal peel and leaf clearing procedures. The outline and vascularization of the sections were also investigated. Result has shown that Tacca from four different localities in Perak were similar anatomically. However, morphologically these four species can be differentiated mostly based on their leaves, flowers and fruits. The leaf margins are slightly different of either entire or denticulate, and the colours of floral bracts are either purplish-black or purplish-black at the base gradually turns white to the apex. Eventhough they are slightly different morphologically, Tacca of Gunung Lang and Gunung Liang were suggested as T. chantrieri based on dichotomous key of Kalkman which emphasizes on.....

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Sargassum polycystum is a species of brown algae (Phaeophyta). Some recent studies have found many uses of this algae, one of them is for medicine. In this study, crude hexane, dichloromethane and methanol extracts of Sargassum polycystum were tested for toxicity activity and screened for its principal chemical substances. The toxicity test was done using Brine Shrimp Lethality (BSL) test against Artemia salina Leach. The results of this study showed the LC50 value of methanol extract was 295.12 mgml-1, while both hexane and dichloromethane extracts were 275.42 mgml-1. The BSL test exhibited no significant toxicity against A.salina. Phytochemical screening shows S. polycystum contained non polar and polar components. As the conclusion, S. polycystum contained secondary metabolites that are not toxic to A. salina and they are not a potential source for toxicity...

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Pertentangan merupakan suatu situasi tidak sehaluan antara dua pihak yang kadangkala menimbulkan kontroversi yang berlarutan. Pertentangan juga mampu mewujudkan kerengganan yang tidak berkesudahan kerana masing-masing ingin memenangi sesuatu keadaan. Pertentangan wujud apabila satu pihak dengan keinginan berlainan percaya bahawa lawan akan bertindak menentang mereka, dan satu pihak akan membuat tingkahlaku yang memudharatkan pihak lawannya. Pertentangan biasanya bermaksud perselisihan, namun boleh juga diertikan sebagai perbalahan. Sungguhpun pertentangan sering dilihat sebagai negatif, dalam keadaan tertentu, is mampu membawa hasil yang baik. Dalam kajian ini, analysis dilakukan terhadap pertentangan keluarga yang terdapat dalam empat buah novel Fatimah Busu. Objektif kajian ini terbahagi kepada dua, iaitu mengenalpasti isuisu pertentangan dan menganalisis isu pertentangan keluarga dengan menggunakan pendekatan psikologi Islam Al-Ghazali. Hasil kajian menunjukkan isu pertentangan kelu.....

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Pertelingkahan adalah perkara yang dilarang oleh agama kerana menyebabkan berlakunya permusuhan antara satu pihak dengan pihak yang lain. Pihak-pihak ini akan berbalah sesama mereka. Kajian ini dilaksanakan bagi melihat sejauh mana pertelingkahan antara kawan terdapat dalam novel karya Fatimah Busu. Kajian ini akan menggunakan Pendekatan Psikologi Islam Al-Ghazali untuk menganalisis. Objektif kajian ini ialah menghuraikan isu-isu dan menganalisis pertelingkahan dengan kawankawan dalam novel Fatimah Busu. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menjadi contoh dan teladan kepada pembaca dalam memilih kawan. Kebiasaannya, kawan adalah tempat untuk berkongsi pengalaman, pandangan, minat, masalah dan harapan. Pemilihan kawan yang tepat adalah perlu kerana kawan dapat mempengaruhi nilai, emosi dan cara pergaulan...

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The Impact of Repeated Reading Strategy on the Reading Fluency of Malaysian Lower Secondary School Students. Hasimah Ja'afar, 2015: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education. ERIC Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Reading Fluency, Accuracy, Decoding (Reading), Word Recognition This applied dissertation was designed to investigate the impact of repeated reading on the reading fluency of Malaysian lower secondary school students using curriculumbased measurement (CBM), also known as the oral reading fluency (ORF)procedure (Deno, 1985,2003). The CBM (Deno, 2003) was used to establish the participants' reading accuracy and automaticity in word decoding. The Multi-Dimensional Fluency Rubric (Rasinski, 2004b) was used to assess the participants' reading prosody, and the Reading Evaluation and Decoding System test (Mohamed, Eng, & Ismail, 2010) was used to assess the participants' reading comprehension ability. An analysis of the data r.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membina Model Nilai Kepimpinan Guru. Kajian ini menggunakan soal selidik dan ditadbir kepada guru-guru di 19 buah sekolah menengah kebangsaan di zon Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. Seramai 320 responden telah dipilih dalam kajian ini dengan menggunakan persampelan rawak mudah. Data dalam kajian ini dianalisis menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif, analisis faktor eksploratori (EFA) dan analisis faktor konfirmatori (CFA) bagi mengukur susun atur pertama (first order factor) dan juga susun atur kedua (second order factor) bagi Model Nilai Kepimpinan Guru. Kajian ini mendapati sebanyak tiga sub konstruk nilai kepimpinan guru telah terbentuk iaitu peneraju proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran, memupuk budaya kerjasama dan pakar rujuk. Implikasi kajian ini dilihat dapat memberi maklumat tambahan kepada teori kepimpinan guru, garis panduan terhadap latihan dan program peningkatan profesionalisme kepada guru, pihak sekolah dan Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia...

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