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Fulltext Problem characterization for visual analytics in MOOC learner's support monitoring: A case of Malaysian MOOC

Asli MF, Hamzah M, Ibrahim AAA, Ayub E

Heliyon, 2020 Dec;6(12):e05733.
PMID: 33426320 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05733

Malaysia and many other developing countries progressively adopting massively open online course (MOOC) in their national higher education approach. We have observed an increasing need for facilitating MOOC monitoring that is associated with the rising adoption of MOOCs. Our observation suggests that recent adoption cases led analyst and instructors to focus on monitoring enrolment and learning activities. Visual analytics in MOOC support education analysts in analyzing MOOC data via interactive visualization. Existing literature on MOOC visualization focuses on enabling visual analysis on MOOC data from forum and course material. We found limited studies that investigate and characterize domain problems or design requirements of visual analytics for MOOC. This paper aims to present the empirical problem characterization and abstraction for visual analytics in MOOC learner's support monitoring. Detailed characterization and abstraction of the domain problem help visualization designer to derive design requirements in generating appropriate visualization solution. We examined the literature and conducted a case study to elicit a problem abstraction based on data, users, and tasks. We interviewed five Malaysian MOOC experts from three higher education institutes using semi-structured questions. Our case study reveals the priority of enabling MOOC analysis on learner's progression and course completion. There is an association between design and analysis priority with the pedagogical type of implemented MOOC and users. The characterized domain problems and requirements offer a design foundation for visual analytics in MOOC monitoring analysis.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Effects of psychological ownership on teachers' beliefs about a cloud-based virtual learning environment

Yim JS, Moses P, Azalea A

Res Pract Technol Enhanc Learn, 2018;13(1):13.
PMID: 30595741 DOI: 10.1186/s41039-018-0081-0

Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use constitute important belief factors when technology adoption decisions are made within a non-mandatory setting. This paper investigated the role played by psychological ownership in shaping teachers' beliefs about using a cloud-based virtual learning environment (VLE). Psychological ownership is increasingly becoming a relevant phenomenon in technology adoption research, where people can feel psychologically attached to a particular technology. The study proposed that such phenomenon can also occur when using a VLE, and a hypothesised model with six constructs was tested with 629 Malaysian teachers from 21 schools. Results from structural equation modelling-partial least squares analysis found teachers' experiences with the VLE significantly influenced psychological ownership, which in turn significantly predicted perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the VLE. Overall, the model possesses predictive relevance for the outcome predictors as indicated by Stone-Geisser's Q2, and accounted for 61.6% of variance in perceived usefulness and 62.0% of variance in perceived ease of use. This study provides insights into the motivation behind teachers' beliefs which are shaped by their experiences with the VLE. Implications for theory and practice were discussed based on the insights of the study.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Preferred coaching styles of the Malaysian sports school athletes

Nelfianty Mohd Rasyid, Shaharudin Abd Aziz

Jurnal Sains Sukan & Pendidikan Jasmani, 2012;1(1):45-53.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the preferred coaching styles of the Malaysian Sports School athletes based on gender, age group, and types of sports they had participated. This study utilised the athletes preferred version of the Leadership Scale for Sport questionnaire (LSS). The subjects were the population of two Malaysian Sport School athletes (N = 854; Bukit Jalil Sports School = 409, Bandar Penawar Sports School = 445). The findings demonstrated that Training and Instruction (M = 4:09, SD = 73) was the most preferred leadership style by the athletes, followed by Democratic (M = 3.87, SD = .75), Social Support (M = 3.74, SD = .75) and Positive Feedback (M = 3:59, SD = .82). Autocratic behavior was the least preferred coaching style (M = 2.35, SD = 96). T-test analysis showed that there were significant differences between autocratic leadership style t(852) = 4.63, p

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext New smoothed location models integrated with PCA and two types of MCA for handling large number of mixed continuous and binary variables

Hamid, H., Ngu, P.A.H., Alipiah, F.M.

Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2018;26(1):247-260.
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The issue of classifying objects into groups when measured variables in an experiment are mixed has attracted the attention of statisticians. The Smoothed Location Model (SLM) appears to be a popular classification method to handle data containing both continuous and binary variables simultaneously. However, SLM is infeasible for a large number of binary variables due to the occurrence of numerous empty cells. Therefore, this study aims to construct new SLMs by integrating SLM with two variable extraction techniques, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and two types of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) in order to reduce the large number of mixed variables, primarily the binary ones. The performance of the newly constructed models, namely the SLM+PCA+Indicator MCA and SLM+PCA+Burt MCA are examined based on misclassification rate. Results from simulation studies for a sample size of n=60 show that the SLM+PCA+Indicator MCA model provides perfect classification when the sizes of binary variables (b) are 5 and 10. For b=20, the SLM+PCA+Indicator MCA model produces misclassification rates of 0.3833, 0.6667 and 0.3221 for n=60, n=120 and n=180, respectively. Meanwhile, the SLM+PCA+Burt MCA model provides a perfect classification when the sizes of the binary variables are 5, 10, 15 and 20 and yields a small misclassification rate as 0.0167 when b=25. Investigations into real dataset demonstrate that both of the newly constructed models yield low misclassification rates with 0.3066 and 0.2336 respectively, in which the SLM+PCA+Burt MCA model performed the best among all the classification methods compared. The findings reveal that the two new models of SLM integrated with two variable extraction techniques can be good alternative methods for classification purposes in handling mixed variable problems, mainly when dealing with large binary variables.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Factor structure of the student engagement instrument among Malaysian undergraduates

Mohammed Iman K, Harris Shah Abd H

Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 2016;30:1-12.

Student engagement has been known to be positively associated with academic performance, but there is no published valid measure for use among Malaysian undergraduates. This study seeks to examine the factor structure of the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) in a Malaysian sample. The scale was administered to 290 undergraduate students from the Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences as well as the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences of the International Islamic University of Malaysia. Principal axis factor with Promax rotation was used in exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and revealed a sixfactor solution that was consistent with the factor structure found in the original study. A new factor labelled belongingness which was not discussed in previous studies was also discovered, which is worth exploring.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Study domain and its influences on family-work enrichment among Teachers

Safaril, Maadon, Zaiton, Hassan, Mark, Kasa, Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut

Journal of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development, 2019;5(1):19-28.
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Work-Life balance (WLB) studies have investigated heavily on family domain even though
there are sub domains in life. Thus, this study will contribute to the literature by examining
study domain (lifelong learning and organizational learning) and its influence on familywork
enrichment (FWE) among teachers who are currently continuing their education in
Lundu district. A total of 117 teachers responded to the self-administered questionnaire. The
finding revealed that both organizational learning and lifelong learning have a positive significant
relationship with family work enrichment. Therefore, school management should
encourage the culture of lifelong learning and at the same time provide facilities and atmosphere
to support the culture will ensure family-work enrichment among teachers who are
continuing their study.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Ten maxims for creating a safe learning environment

Prashanti E, Ramnarayan K

Adv Physiol Educ, 2020 Dec 01;44(4):550-553.
PMID: 32880485 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00085.2020

To foster a milieu in which student learning can be optimum, teachers need to be aware of the attributes of a safe learning environment. This is the space created in the students' minds to seamlessly promote learning. The 10 maxims, presented in this paper, are the cornerstones, nay, the capstones, for making this happen.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
10th Kuwait Dermatology Update and Laser Symposium, April 23-25, 2019, Kuwait City

Schwartz RA

Dermatol Ther, 2019 Jun 07.
PMID: 31172646 DOI: 10.1111/dth.12990

The tenth edition of this extraordinary dermatologic congress was held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the magnificent Kuwait City on April 23-25, 2019, thanks to the patronage of His Excellency, the Honorable Dr. Basel H Al-Sabah, Minister of Health, Kuwait. It was organized and shepherded by the renowned Chairman of the Dermatology Council in Kuwait, Professor Nawaf Al-Mutairi, FRCP Edin This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Pengaruh kepimpinan pengajaran guru besar, kompetensi profesionalisme guru dan kompetensi peribadi guru terhadap efikasi pengajaran guru sekolah rendah di zon pedalaman Sabah

Serirama Ebbi, Roslee Bin Talip, Dayang Norizah Ag Kiflee@Dzulkifli

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019;4(8):29-38.
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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan kekuatan pengaruh kepimpinan pengajaran guru besar, kompetensi profesionalisme guru dan kompetensi peribadi guru terhadap efikasi pengajaran guru bagi guru-guru sekolah rendah di zon Pedalaman, Sabah. Kajian ini melibatkan 361 responden yang terdiri daripada guru-guru sekolah rendah di zon Pedalaman, Sabah. Pemboleh ubah kajian telah diuji dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensi yang melibatkan skor min, sisihan piawai dan regresi berganda. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian adalah soal selidik yang diadaptasi daripada Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS), Standard Guru Malaysia (SGM) dan Teacher Efficacy Scale (TES) bagi mengumpul data daripada 361 responden yang telah melengkapkan borang soal selidik, daripada 54 buah sekolah rendah yang melibatkan tujuh daerah di zon Pedalaman, Sabah. Persampelan secara rawak digunakan dalam pemilihan responden dalam kalangan guru manakala persampelan bertujuan digunakan bagi menentukan bilangan sekolah yang mewakili setiap daerah seperti yang telah ditetapkan. Statistik deskriptif dan inferensi telah digunakan bagi menghuraikan dapatan kajian. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kepimpinan pengajaran guru besar (Min = 4.52; SP = 0.313) pada tahap sangat tinggi, kompetensi profesionalisme guru (Min = 4.41; SP = 0.295) juga pada tahap sangat tinggi dan kompetensi peribadi guru (Min = 4.47; SP = 0.366) juga berada pada tahap sangat tinggi manakala efikasi pengajaran guru (Min = 3.96; SP = 0.358) berada pada tahap tinggi. Data inferensi dianalisis menggunakan regresi berganda. Analisis regrasi menunjukkan pengaruh kepimpinan pengajaran guru besar menyumbang 65 peratus, kompetensi profesionalisme guru menyumbang 65.9 peratus dan kompetensi peribadi guru menyumbang 66.5 peratus terhadap efikasi pengajaran guru dan merupakan peramal yang signifikan kepada tahap efikasi pengajaran guru.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext A review on techniques and challenges in sentiment analysis of student’s comments

Siti Rohaidah Ahmad, Nurhafizah Moziyana Mohd Yusof, Siti Hajar Zainal Rashid, Abdul Ghapor Hussin

ZULFAQAR International Journal of Defence Science, Engineering & Technology, 2020;3(2):32-36.
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Assessment of instructors by students is needed for assessing the teaching quality of a lecturer towards achieving the objectives of a course. This paper aims to examine the techniques used in sentiment analysis for assessing the effectiveness of a lecturer’s or a teacher’s teaching style in the learning process at a university or school. In addition, the effectiveness of sentiment analysis techniques in assisting the teaching evaluation process is also discussed. The challenges for assessing the quality of teaching of National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) lecturers are also discussed in this paper. The sentiment analysis technology is capable of analysing views or opinions on a matter, regardless of whether they are positive or negative. Data from the sentiment analysis can be used by specific parties or anyone else to rectify any weakness or to improve any aspect that the user commented on. The purpose of this study is not to find the weakness of the lecturer, but rather the results of this assessment process can be useful to the management for rectifying weaknesses and for improving the teaching process.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Finding self-directed learning readiness and fostering self-directed learning through weekly assessment of self-directed learning topics during undergraduate clinical training in ophthalmology

Sahoo S

Int J Appl Basic Med Res, 2016 Jul-Sep;6(3):166-9.
PMID: 27563580 DOI: 10.4103/2229-516X.186959

To know the individual's current level of readiness and to manage self-directed learning (SDL) not only help learners but also the instructors. The objectives of this study were to find SDL readiness among 4(th) year medical student and to analyze the effect of weekly assessment of SDL topics.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Piezoresistive Effect in Plasma-Doping of Graphene Sheet for High-Performance Flexible Pressure Sensing Application

Haniff MASM, Hafiz SM, Huang NM, Rahman SA, Wahid KAA, Syono MI, et al.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2017 May 03;9(17):15192-15201.
PMID: 28418234 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02833

This paper presents a straightforward plasma treatment modification of graphene with an enhanced piezoresistive effect for the realization of a high-performance pressure sensor. The changes in the graphene in terms of its morphology, structure, chemical composition, and electrical properties after the NH3/Ar plasma treatment were investigated in detail. Through a sufficient plasma treatment condition, our studies demonstrated that plasma-treated graphene sheet exhibits a significant increase in sensitivity by one order of magnitude compared to that of the unmodified graphene sheet. The plasma-doping introduced nitrogen (N) atoms inside the graphene structure and was found to play a significant role in enhancing the pressure sensing performance due to the tunneling behavior from the localized defects. The high sensitivity and good robustness demonstrated by the plasma-treated graphene sensor suggest a promising route for simple, low-cost, and ultrahigh resolution flexible sensors.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Haloperidol in treatment resistant schizophrenia: a case report

Ridzwan, H., Saifuddin, T.M.

Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017;26(2):0-0.
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A substantial percentage of patients will have an inadequate response to
clozapine in treatment resistance schizophrenia. Therefore, different
approaches need to be considered for managing this group of patients. We
present a case of a treatment resistant schizophrenia patient who shows poor
response toward clozapine. Later, he was started with haloperidol. Even
though antipsychotic superiority of clozapine in relation to haloperidol is
significant, this patient demonstrated otherwise.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext LINUS-literacy teaching practices

Arbiah Maddahiri, Mohd Khairuddin Abdullah @ Jerry, Musirin Mosin, Mohammad Haafiz Ahmid, Hairi Asul

Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2018;3(2):32-39.
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LINUS is a program implemented by the Ministryof Education Malaysia (MOE) in Primary schools through out Malaysia. LINUS is an acronym for Literacy and Numeracy Screening which aims to increase the level of basic literacy and numeracy Among Level One (Year 1) pupils. The purpose of this studyi stoe xamine the teacher's teaching practices of LINUS-Literacy in Bahasa Malaysia. Based on the Theory of Behaviorism and Theory of Jean Piaget, LINUS teachers need tobe Innovative by utilizing techniques that match the LINUS pupils' ability in order to help The low ability pupils in mastering basic literacy skills. Data collection in this study Includes questionnaire, document analysis and observation; this researchuses Qualitative approach. The results of this study are expected to provide in put to Teachers who are teaching LINUS-Literacy in Bahasa Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext The advantages of using concept mapping notes in classroom teaching

Rusnani Ab Latif, Akehsan Hj. Dahlan, Zamzaliza Ab Mulud, Mohd Zarawi Mat Nor

Malaysian Journal of Medical Research, 2018;2(1):37-48.
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Introduction: The teacher centered approach is a teaching and learning strategy has been practiced
traditionally for long in the classroom. Through this strategy the teacher plays an important role, while the
students only act as spectators, the interaction between students and teachers is only one way. In this study, the
concept mapping notes was added in teaching and learning methods during classroom teaching. Concept
mapping is one method of teaching that encourages students to becomes independent learner, critical thinking
and competent in their work.

Methodology: This study was carried out in Kolej Kejururawatan Kubang Kerian (Kelantan), and Kolej
Kejururawatan Pulau Pinang. The respondents were selected using simple random sampling. There were 109
respondents. The respondents were given 40 minutes to develop the concept mapping notes.

Results: The activity of the students in the teaching is certainly a positive sign towards achieving their
learning. The example of variety concept maps construct done by the students are highly creative and
innovative.

Conclusion: Students should take responsibility for their own learning. However, that is a role of a educator
to choose the best teaching method to makes the learning become meaningful and effective toward the student
cognitive structure that will help them to understand the topic those were taught.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
The datasets of factors influencing adoption of electric Cars in Malaysia: A structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis

Khazaei H

Data Brief, 2019 Dec;27:104644.
PMID: 31687445 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104644

The datasets designated in this article were obtained as a result of 10 months of data collection, carried out between august 2017 and May 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The aim of study was to evaluate the factors Influencing adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Malaysia. The data were collected from University Technology Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur campus) and five different companies in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed and 322 questionnaires were obtained. After data screening, 312 datasets were analysed. Respondents of the study were postgraduate students, university lecturers and top to low level managers.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Detection of Influential Observations in Principle Component Regression

Mokhtar b. Abdullah

Sains Malaysiana, 1996;25.

Multicollinearity that may exist among explanatory variables in a regression model can make the regression coefficients insignificant and difficult to interpret. Principal component regression (PCR) is an effective way for solving multicollinearity in regression analysis. The existence of multicollinearity mayor may not be induced by the presence of influential observations. This paper discusses some diagnostic methods for identifying influential observations in the PCR. A data set on water quality of New York Rivers was considered to illustrate the methods.
Multikolinearan yang wujud di kalangan pembolehubah penerang dalam model regresi boleh menyebabkan pekali regresi tidak bererti dan sukar untuk ditafsirkan. Regresi komponen utama (PCR) merupakan cara yang berkesan bagi menyelesaikan masalah multikolinearan dalam analisis regresi. Kewujudan multikolinearan mungkin disebabkan oleh data terpencil yang berpengaruh. Kertas ini membincangkan beberapa kaedah pengecaman bagi mengenalpasti data berpengaruh dalam PCR. Data tentang kualiti air di beberapa batang sungai di New York digunakan untuk memperihalkan kaedah pengecaman yang disarankan.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Fulltext Ain't No Neuroscience Mountain High Enough: Experiences of a Neurogardener

Abdullah JM

Malays J Med Sci, 2015 May-Jun;22(3):1-6.
PMID: 26715890

16 years have passed since the idea was mooted in 1999 by five neurosurgeons in the corridors of Hotel Perdana, Kota Bharu. They were Dato' Dr Johari Siregar Bin Adnan, Dato' Professor Dr Ahmad Zubaidi Abdul Latif , Dr Azmin Kass Bin Rosman, Dato' Dr Mohammed Saffari Bin Mohammed Haspani and Professor Dato' Dr Jafri Malin Abdullah. They initiated the beginning of the first programme in Neurosurgery in Malaysia. The rest is history.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel
Is teacher violence a form of betrayal trauma? Relationship with mental health problems among young adults

Fung HW, Cong CW, Tan CS, Yuan GF, Liu C, He KL, et al.

Child Abuse Negl, 2023 Nov;145:106436.
PMID: 37690435 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106436

BACKGROUND: Childhood trauma is one of the most preventable risk factors for mental health problems. Considering the substantial amount of time that young people spend in school during their early years, it is important to understand the potential impacts of teachers' behaviors on students' mental health.
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between exposure to teacher violence and mental health problems.
PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: An international sample of young adults aged 18 to 24 (N = 283).
METHODS: Participants completed self-report measures of childhood trauma, exposure to teacher violence, depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress, and alcohol misuse.
RESULTS: Exposure to teacher violence could be reliably and validly measured using the Teacher Violence Scale (TVS). Current mental health problems - including depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress, and alcohol misuse - were associated with exposure to teacher violence during high school years, but not with childhood non-betrayal trauma.
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings expand the application of the betrayal trauma theory to school settings and point to the importance of preventing and managing teacher violence. It is important to provide more support and training to teachers and enhance monitoring measures in schools. More research on the prevalence and correlates of exposure to teacher violence is needed. We also provided first evidence supporting the reliability and validity of the English version of the TVS to facilitate future research.

Matched MeSH terms: Educational Personnel*
Fulltext Online learning success model for adults in open and distance education in Western China

Yuebo L, Halili SH, Abdul Razak R

PLoS One, 2024;19(2):e0297515.
PMID: 38394309 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297515

This study investigates the factors influencing online learning (OL) success among non-full-time adult students in open and distance education in Western China. To utilize a structural equation model with seven construction elements that combine the information system success (ISS) model and TPACK theory. Data from 245 participants were analyzed using PLS-SEM. Results reveal that system quality, service quality, and teachers' TPACK ability have varying degrees of positive impact on OL success. The main contribution of this study is its innovative combination of TPACK theory and the ISS Model, which has not been extensively explored in previous research. Additionally, this study emphasizes the significance of addressing the distinctive requisites and attributes of part-time adult learners engaged in online learning (OL). The findings of this study can help educational practitioners and policymakers create more effective and efficient OL environments that meet the needs of adult learners and bridge the gap between theory and practice.

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