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An evaluation of the implementation of Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program in Malaysian secondary schools

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This study aims to evaluate the implementation of Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program in Malaysian secondary schools. The evaluation of the program is crucial to investigate the effectiveness of the implemented ETA Program in motivating and enhancing the students‟ interest to use English language (EL). This study employed both quantitative methods and qualitative methods in data collection, which involved a total of nine rural secondary schools in seven states around Malaysia. This study involved a total of 59 EL teachers and 399 students. Based on the findings gathered, there were discrepancies in the actual implementation as compared to the intended objectives of the ETA Program. A few of the intended objectives of the ETA Program were not achieved due to improper execution of the program in the schools. The written and oral test results showed discrepancies between students from the co-teaching classes and the students from the non-co- teaching classes. However, the.....

Thesis Published 2017 2716 hits Available

The identification of learning approaches and reflective thinking among form six biology students

Ong, Wei Siang

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This quantitative non-experimental study examined two major purposes involving students' approaches to learning, reflective thinking, and academic achievement in pre-university biology students. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the learning approaches and the progression of reflective thinking levels among pre-university biology students, as well as the influence of gender. The secondary purpose was to study the relationship between learning approaches, reflective thinking levels, prior academic achievement, and current academic achievement.The sample consisted of 36 students enrolled in an urban public secondary school in Ipoh. An independent-sample t-test and a paired-sample t-test were conducted to examine students' learning approaches and reflective thinking levels, respectively. A one-way ANCOVA was conducted to examine the effect of gender on their reflective thinking. For the relationship determination, a correlation analysis was used to examine the relationship.....

Thesis Published 2012 305 hits Available

Exploring the imagined communities, identities and investment among Malaysian undergraduate students

Chan, Siang Jack

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of imagined communities, identities, and investment, as well as the linguistic behaviours among high and low proficiency ESL learners. The data of this qualitative study were collected through indepth interviews and written narratives from 12 high-proficiency undergraduate ESL learners and 10 low-proficiency undergraduate ESL learners, who were selected based on the learners_ Malaysian University English Test (MUET) result. The data were analysed through thematic analysis, to generate themes and patterns related to the participants_ imagined communities, identities, investment, and linguistic behaviours. The findings revealed that high-proficiency learners_ imagined communities, identities and investment are reflective of their professional aspirations and career success, global communication, travel, and cultural adaptation, educational influence and inspiration, as well as their social and peer influence. In contrast, lo.....

Thesis Published 2024 709 hits Available

Analisis bunyi bising trafik persekitaran sekolah di bandar Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

Hashim Mohmadisa, Misran Hairul Farhan, Saleh Yazid, Nayan Nasir, Che Ngah Mohamad Suhaily Yusri,

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Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menilai masalah pencemaran bunyi bising trafik yang berlaku di persekitaran sekolah di bandar Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Pemilihan kawasan kajian adalah berdasarkan faktor letakkan sekolah yang sentiasa terdedah dengan gangguan bunyi bising trafik. Sebanyak lima buah sekolah yang terletak di sekitar pusat bandar telah dipilih sebagai kawasan kajian. Kaedah yang digunakan adalah dengan membuat cerapan menggunakan Sound Level Datalogger Model 407780 Extech Instrument bagi menentukan nilai maksimum (Mak), minimum (Min) dan purata keseluruhan (Leq). Pencerapan bagi setiap stesen adalah sebanyak tiga kali iaitu pagi (7.00 pagi hingga 9.00 pagi), tengah hari (12.00 tengah hari hingga 2.00 petang) dan petang (5.00 petang hingga 7.00 petang) iaitu selama 10 minit setiap waktu pada hari bekerja dan tidak bekerja. Tujuan pemilihan tiga waktu pencerapan ini adalah untuk mendapatkan purata bagi keseluruhan hari dan membandingkan tahap bunyi bising trafik di lokasi kaj.....

Article Published 2014 4573 hits Available

Kesan pembandaran terhadap pembentukan Pulau Haba Bandar di Kuala Terengganu

Ibrahim Mohd Hairy, Ismail Kamarul, Nazari Siti Shazlina,

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Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji kesan aktiviti pembandaran terhadap fenomena Pulau Haba Bandar di Kuala Terengganu. Matlamat kajian ini adalah mengenal pasti pembentukan fenomena Pulau Haba Bandar (PHB) yang berlaku di Kuala Terengganu kesan daripada aktiviti pembandaran di bandar ini. Kajian ini melibatkan dua data utama iaitu data primer melalui kajian lapangan dan data sekunder daripada Majlis Pembandaran Kuala Terengganu (MBKT). Kaedah rentasan suhu di lapangan dilakukan menggunakan kenderaan bermotor yang melibatkan sembilan buah stesen pencerapan yang meliputi kawasan pusat bandar hingga ke pinggir bandar bagi mengukur suhu, kelembapan bandingan dan kelajuan angin selama dua minggu bermula dari 25 Jun 2013 hingga 8 Julai 2013. Waktu data dikutip adalah dua kali sehari iaitu pada waktu siang dan malam antara pukul 12:00-14:00 dan 19:00-21:00. Data ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS), Microsoft Window Excel dan perisian Geographic I.....

Article Published 2014 2638 hits Available

Tren jenayah harta benda di Malaysia: kajian di Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur

Norita Jubit

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ABSTRAK Tren jenayah harta benda di Malaysia masih membimbangkan walaupun menunjukkan penurunan kes. Kes curi motosikal adalah penyumbang utama kepada jenayah indeks di Malaysia, diikuti lain-lain kes curi dan ketiga tertinggi adalah kes curi kereta. Justeru, Artikel ini bertujuan meneliti tren jenayah harta benda di Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor mengikut daerah dan juga balai polis bagi tempoh 2015-2020. Data diperoleh daripada PDRM Bukit Aman dalam bentuk excel. Data terdiri daripada tiga seksyen iaitu seksyen 379 Kanun keseksaan (curi), manakala seksyen 379A Kanun keseksaan (curi motosikal, kereta, lori, van dan jentera berat) serta seksyen 457 Kanun keseksaan (kes pecah rumah siang dan malam). Kes jenayah harta benda di Selangor adalah lebih tinggi berbanding di Kuala Lumpur. Daerah Petaling Jaya di bawah Kontinjen Selangor merekodkan kes tertinggi berlaku jenayah harta benda dalam tempoh 2015-2020. Selain itu daerah Sepang mencatat kes jenayah harta benda tertinggi dan Balai Polis Sen.....

Article Published 2022 993 hits Available

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