This research was designed to determine the factors that affect the “lonjakan Saujana” (momentum leap) in national primary schools (NPS) at Klang Valley. This research was conducted at 276 national primary schools in Klang Valley. The involved districts were: Petaling Perdana, Petaling Utama, Klang, Gombak and Hulu Langat. This sample consisted of the principals of those schools. The research involved these aspect: the co-operations of teachers, infrastructure facilities, leadership of principals, the support of PTA and the learning condition. This study utilized a correlational design. This findings show that the momentum leap of national primary schools in Klang Valley has significant relationship with location, the school’s performance, the principal’s leadership style, socioeconomic status, infrastructure, support of PTA and learning condition at school. This results also show that the momentum leap can increase parents’ confidence to place their children in national prim.....

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Idea is a thought or collection of thoughts that are important to decision making and problem solving. The purpose of this research was to analysis the factors contributing to difficulty in generating ideas among technical students. A total of 375 technical students from four technical universities in Malaysia were randomly selected as samples. A set of questionnaires was developed and used as research instrument. The findings indicated that a total of 319 (85.1%) technical students faced difficulties in solving individual assignments. Most of the problem faced by technical students is the difficulty of generating ideas for solving individual assignments. The most difficult individual assignment is critical review or summary of articles. Deadlock of ideas is the most important factor in the difficulty to generate ideas among technical students. A total of 261 students (69.6%) also believed that the difficulty of generating ideas is a key factor affecting the achievement of the students.....

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Using self-instructional modules could be an alternative approach and make significant contributions to teaching and learning. Module is a planned series of learning activities designed carefully to assist the learners to accomplish certain specific objectives based on individual differences, interest and capability on learning. An attempt to develop and implement a modular approach on teaching thinking skills was made in the secondary school. This paper will discuss various components of this modular approach by referring to Meyer Model. Fleiss’s Kappa was used to determine the degree to which consensus agreement ratings vary from the rate expected by chance, with values greater than .60 Indicating substantial non-chance agreement. Fleiss’s Kappa for the inter-rater reliability score was κ = .6357, S.E. = .0990, 95% C.I. = .4416 to .8298, which can be taken to represent constant agreement among three raters for the instrument “Rating scale for the qualities of a module”. The .....

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The purpose of this research was to identify the level of higher order thinking skills among lower secondary students in Malaysia. A higher order thinking skills test was modified and distributed to 384 students throughout the whole country to assess their higher order thinking skills levels. The results showed that higher order thinking skills levels among the students were at very low level. The findings also revealed that there was a low positive significant relationship between the higher order thinking skills and academic result, r = 0.468, p < 0.05. In addition, the results indicated that there was a significant difference in Living Skills subject results on the higher order thinking skills. The authors proposed a new approach by using a specialised instructional module for individualised learning to deliver the thinking skills learning task...

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Gaya pembelajaran dan gaya berfikir menunjukkan kecenderungan individu yang berbeza dan kekuatan seseorang individu dalam pembelajaran. Kajian deskriptif ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara Gaya Pembelajaran Kolb dan Bentuk Gaya Berfikir Sternberg dalam kalangan pelajar pendidikan teknikal. Seramai 230 orang pelajar pendidikan teknikal telah dipilih secara rawak sebagai sampel kajian. Satu set soal selidik yang diterjemah daripada Inventori Gaya Pembelajaran Kolb dan Inventori Gaya Berfikir Sternberg-Wagner telah digunakan sebagai instrumen kajian untuk pengumpulan data. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa majoriti pelajar mempunyai gaya pembelajaran jenis Pemusatan, diikuti dengan Penyesuaian Diri, Asimilasi dan Pencapahan. Bentuk gaya berfikir jenis Oligarki paling banyak dimiliki oleh pelajar. Keputusan analisis ujian kolerasi Cramer V menunjukkan bahawa tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara Gaya Pembelajaran Kolb dengan faktor demografi. Hasil dapatan kajian men.....

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Mahanimbine, a prenylated carbazole found primarily in the Rutaceae family, has remarkable biological features such as anticancer, antidiabetic and antioxidant. Therefore, it is intriguing to tweak the mahanimbine structure with the aim of adding extra value to their activity. Three new derivatives were semi-synthesised by N-alkylation of naturally isolated mahanimbine using alkyl bromides, yielding N-butylmahanimbine, N-(3-methylbutyl) mahanimbine, and N-benzylmahanimbine. The structures of N-alkylated mahanimbines were elucidated using different spectroscopic techniques (FTIR, GCMS, and NMR). Keywords: mahanimbine, alkylation, N-terminal, derivative, Murraya..

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Kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti pemikiran visual dalam permainan tradisional kanak-kanak. Tiga buah kampung dalam daerah Bandar Baharu, Kedah Darul Aman yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah kampung Sungai Tengas, kampung Rumah Murah dan kampung Parit Teropong sementara enam orang kanak-kanak mengambil bahagian dalam melengkapkan kajian ini. Kanak-kanak yang dipilih berusia antara 6 tahun hingga ke 13 tahun disamping Ibu atau bapa kanak-kanak tersebut. Kanak-kanak yang dipilih juga merupakan penghasil dan pemain permainan tradisional kanak-kanak manakala ibu atau bapa kanak-kanak yang terpilih adalah dalam kalangan ibu atau bapa yang pernah memainkan permainan tradisional kanak-kanak. Fokus Kajian ini adalah untuk mendokumentasi, menganalisis dan menginterpretasi bentuk alatan permainan yang menjadi tunjang kepada senario permainan tradisional kanak-kanak dalam situasi alamiahnya. Kajian ini menggunakan kerangka konsep yang diadaptasi daripada Nasaruddin Yunos, Abdul Salam Yusoff.....

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