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Kajian ini bertujuan membina dan menilai makmal maya (Nora VLab) yang berasaskan aplikasi multimedia bagi menerapkan kemahiran proses sains dalam kalangan murid. Terdapat tiga objektif kajian ini iaitu membangunkan perisian makmal maya (Nora VLab) dalam satu sub tajuk iaitu “Ketumpatan”, mengkaji kebolehgunaan perisian Nora VLab dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran serta mengkaji kebolehgunaan perisian Nora VLab untuk membantu murid dalam penerapan kemahiran proses sains. Model rekabentuk pengajaran ADDIE diguna sebagai panduan rekabentuk Nora VLab. Kajian ini terdiri daripada tiga fasa. Fasa pertama kajian bertujuan untuk mengumpul maklumat tentang kesukaran dan kekerapan tajuk Ketumpatan terdapat dalam sukatan mata pelajaran sains, model pembelajaran serta reka bentuk yang sesuai. Fasa kedua kajian adalah untuk membangunkan perisian Nora VLab. Susunan konsep dan kemahiran dalam perisian Nora VLab adalah berdasarkan Teori Kognitivisme, Teori Konstruktivisme dan Teori Kontekstu.....

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Penulisan ini akan membincangkan faktor-faktor penerimaan guru terhadap pendekatan Pembelajaran Teradun berdasarkan model-model penerimaan terdahulu yang telah stabil. Faktor-faktor penerimaan guru terhadap pendekatan Pembelajaran Teradun dikenal pasti melalui tinjauan literature dan tinjuan ringkas-temubual semi berstruktur. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk membincangkan secara terperinci pembentukan dan penetapan faktor-faktor penerimaan guru terhadap Pembelajaran Teradun berdasarkan model-model terdahulu bagi persekitaran pembelajaran sekolah-sekolah Malaysia. Hasil penulisan ini diharap dapat memberi gambaran lengkap berkenaan faktor-faktor penerimaan guru dan ianya mampu menjadi panduan kepada pelaksana polisi bagi menjayakan pendekatan Pembelajaran Teradun di Malaysia..

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The study sought to investigate the dropout trends and patterns among the secondary school students by district in Perak. The study employed a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods involving cohort flow analysis of student enrolment, interviews and document analysis. In the first part, student enrolment by grade level in 2000-2010 in all the nine districts in Perak from the database provided by the Ministry of Education was analyzed. In the second part, data were gathered through interviews from Batang Padang District that demonstrated highest dropout rate so as to further understand why secondary school students dropped out from schools, what are those students doing after leaving schools and explore their views on what could have been done to keep them in schools. Results showed that average of total loss between Form 1 and Form 5 in Perak State was 8.11 percent. The highest percentage of dropout was in Batang Padang (16.52%), followed by Manjung (11.9%), Hilir Perak (1.....

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This study seeks to identify effects of determinants for computers use among teachers in Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is widespread recognition that computer can play a powerful role in supplementing and complimenting the process of teacher’s teaching and learning. Given current recognition of the value of computer integration, as well as the investment costs that technologies represent for schools, this study attempted to develop a model which demonstrates the variables that affect computer use among teachers and which also explain its interactions. The proposed research model is based on previous models of technology acceptance. Three variables (computer teaching efficacy, computer attitude and learning outcomes) were selected to build a model for this study. Methodologically, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used as the main technique for data analysis. The findings support the notion that computer attitudes, computer teaching efficacy and learning outcomes have effects on .....

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Purpose - It is argued that the approaches to learning of students undergoing teacher training are likely to be related to their teaching and learning environment, especially as they move from a more regimented, structured learning environment in school to a tertiary learning environment that encourages more independent thinking and perhaps questions ideas. Therefore, this investigation has an overall goal to use the unique approaches to learning (surface and deep approaches) of students in a teacher preparation program to address the needs of this particular group of students during their teacher education. The study examines the associations between scores on student-teachers’ approaches to learning, their academic performance and teaching efficacy. Methodology – The approach to learning instrument used was the Bahasa Melayu R-SPQ-2F and the teaching efficacy was collected through the Bahasa Melayu Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES). The sample for this study was a total .....

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The main aim of this research was to develop an instrument to examine the intention of computer use among student teachers and provide an initial psychometric evaluation of the Computer Use Intention (CUI) scale among student teachers. The process of item generation for the CUI scale was carried out through the sequential mixed method approach. A total of 177 student teachers from a teacher education participated in this study. Based on the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) results, it yielded a four-factorial with 12 items in the CUI scale. The researchers then carried out a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess its factorial validity and reliability. Based on the findings, the CUI scale reached the minimum thresholds for acceptable scale. Convergent validity and discriminant validity of the CUI scale shows satisfactory validity and good internal consistency for all 12-item of CUI scale...

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In Malaysia, there is widespread recognition that technology can play a significant role in supplementing and complimenting the process of teacher’s teaching and learning. Given current recognition of the advancement of educational technology, as well as the high costs of investing in schools or higher institutions, this study attempted understand teachers’ acceptance of blended e-learning in teaching and learning. It examines the effects of the endogenous variables towards with blended e-learning acceptance, which involved 98 teachers. Computer attitudes (CA), computer teaching efficacy (CTE), school environment (SE) and Moodle use (CU) were analysed to understand its influences in Moodle use. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed for the data analysis. All hypotheses were supported by the data and have direct effects towards blended e-learning acceptance...

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The research reported here investigates variation in beginning teachers‟ early experiences of their own teaching competency. A phenomenographic research approach was used to show the qualitatively different ways teacher competence was understood amongst beginning teachers in Malaysia. Phenomenographic interviews were conducted with 18 beginning teachers who had started full time teaching for between 1-3 years. Analysis revealed that beginning teachers „saw‟, „understood‟ the conceptions of competency in five different ways: i) the ability to manage classroom and student behavior, ii) a strong knowledge of the subject content, iii) the ability to reach out for assistance and support, iv) understanding the students they teach, and v) possessing values of professionalism. The relationships between these different ways are represented diagrammatically. This investigation gives an insider‟s perspective a strong voice of what constitutes teacher competence, as well as illustrates.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai pelaksanaan Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah (PBS) dalam kalangan guru sains yang dijalankan di sekolah menengah. Penilaian dilihat dari aspek konteks, input, proses dan produk serta hubungannya dengan pengalaman mengajar guru. Kebaikan, kelemahan, cabaran dan cadangan guru sains dalam merealisasikan PBS juga telah dikenal pasti. Kajian ini melibatkan 112 orang guru yang mengajar sains dari 21 buah sekolah menengah di Daerah Batang Padang, Perak. Kajian ini dijalankan secara tinjauan dengan menggunakan borang soal selidik dan soalan temu bual sebagai instrumen kajian. Penganalisisan data untuk kajian ini menggunakan statistik inferensi dan statistik deskriptif. Taburan frekuensi atau kekerapan dengan skor min dan peratusan serta analisis korelasi Pearson telah digunakan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan pada keseluruhannya tahap dimensi konteks, input dan produk berada pada tahap sederhana manakala tahap dimensi proses berada pada tahap tinggi. Hipotesis kaji.....

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