The Relationship between Emotional Quotient and the Acquisition of Basic Skill Among Primary School Children

Studies have shown that emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ for outstanding performance (Wright, 2002). With that statement, the focus is now on children in schools where we educate them with one objective in mind: their success. In the past IQ had always been associated with success, so the question now is, can EQ make the difference? According to Goleman (1995), IQ alone is no more the measure of success; it only accounts for 20%, and the rest goes for emotional, social Intelligences and luck. Therefore it is the objective of this study to find out whether there is a relationship between EQ and children’s acquisition of basic skills. A total of 344 primary school children (Year 1 and Year 2) from Kuala Terengganu made up the respondents. They are from the academically weak classes. Out of this sample 3.8 % are those who could not read, write or do Arithmetic. Among these students, 3.2% had problems in Bahasa Melayu and 3.8% had problems in Arithmetic. The study utilized the descriptive correlational method. Data were collected using the EQ questionnaire, a modified version of Goleman EQ questionnaire and the reliability using the Cronbach Alpha is .81. The preliminary findings indicated that there is a positive correlation between EQ and basic skills acquisition (r =.47,pStudies have shown that emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ for outstanding performance (Wright, 2002). With that statement, the focus is now on children in schools where we educate them with one objective in mind: their success. In the past IQ had always been associated with success, so the question now is, can EQ make the difference? According to Goleman (1995), IQ alone is no more the measure of success; it only accounts for 20%, and the rest goes for emotional, social Intelligences and luck. Therefore it is the objective of this study to find out whether there is a relationship between EQ and children’s acquisition of basic skills. A total of 344 primary school children (Year 1 and Year 2) from Kuala Terengganu made up the respondents. They are from the academically weak classes. Out of this sample 3.8 % are those who could not read, write or do Arithmetic. Among these students, 3.2% had problems in Bahasa Melayu and 3.8% had problems in Arithmetic. The study utilized the descriptive correlational method. Data were collected using the EQ questionnaire, a modified version of Goleman EQ questionnaire and the reliability using the Cronbach Alpha is .81. The preliminary findings indicated that there is a positive correlation between EQ and basic skills acquisition (r =.47,p

Penyesuaian dalam kalangan pelajar baharu di Universiti.

Penyesuaian dalam kalangan pelajar baharu di universiti memainkan peranan yang penting dalam menentukan kejayaan mereka di universiti. Kajian lalu menunjukkan salah satu punca pelajar gagal menyempurnakan pengajian mereka adalah disebabkan oleh masalah penyesuaian. Pelajar ini didapati tidak dapat menangani pelbagai cabaran dan tuntutan di kampus lalu mengalami pelbagai masalah penyesuaian sehingga ada di antara mereka yang gagal meneruskan pengajian ke semester yang seterusnya. Penyesuaian di universiti merangkumi empat dimensi iaitu: penyesuaian akademik, penyesuaian sosial, penyesuaian peribadi-emosi, dan dimensi komitmen matlamat/perapatan institusi. Keempat-empat dimensi penyesuaian ini dapat diukur dengan menggunakan Soal Selidik Penyesuaian Pelajar di Universiti yang dibina oleh Baker dan Siryk (1999). Keupayaan menyesuaiankan diri di kampus mempunyai hubungan dengan keupayaan psikososial yang dimiliki oleh pelajar. Antara keupayaan psikososial yang mempunyai impak yang positif dan penting ke atas penyesuaian pelajar ialah kecerdasan emosi, daya tindak, dan sokongan sosial. Ketiga-tiga keupayaan psikososial ini didapati memainkan peranan yang penting dalam membantu pelajar melaksanakan penyesuaian di universiti. Justeru, pihak universiti harus mengambil langkah yang proaktif untuk memupuk keupayaan kecerdasan emosi, daya tindak, dan sokongan sosial dalam kalangan pelajar baharu untuk meningkatkan tahap penyesuaian mereka

Analisis kesalahan dalam menyelesaikan operasi penambahan dan penolakan pecahan dalam kalangan murid tahun empat

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk melaporkan jenis kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh murid tahun 4 semasa menyelesaikan masalah penambahan dan penolakan pecahan. Bagi tujuan tersebut, analisis jalan kerja dan jawapan murid bagi empat jenis masalah pecahan akan dibincangkan. Dapatan kajian mengenal pasti bahawa kesalahan miskonsepsi merupakan kesalahan yang paling kerap dilakukan oleh murid terutamanya dalam operasi penolakan pecahan berbeza penyebut (70%) dan dalam operasi penambahan pecahan berbeza penyebut (60%). Peratusan kesalahan miskonsepsi yang tinggi menunjukkan bahawa murid tidak menguasai konsep asas pecahan dan mereka cenderung untuk menggunakan konsep operasi nombor bulat dalam melaksanakan operasi penambahan dan penolakan pecahan

The appreciation of Malaysian Philosophy of Education among academics and how it relates to their productivity

This paper reveals the valuable perspectives of Malaysian academics in assessing the Malaysian Philosophy of Education (MPE) in terms of how successful its implementation is on Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Malaysia. This research is also about productivity achievement. The researcher draws eight major conclusions in answering the main research questions. Firstly, the research argues that about 35%, 30% and 12% of the respondents have fair, good and very good knowledge about MPE respectively. All MPE elements are considered well implemented, where each of them has an average rating of more than 3 in an increasing scale of 1-5 (least to most). The most frequent constraint among the academics for MPE to be implemented in HEI is the significant burdens that are time consuming faced by them. Then, the most productive role among the academics is teaching, compared to research and administration. It is also argued that different factors give significant effect to different academic roles. An interesting figure of approximately 59% of the professors were thought to have been appointed on merit (deserve their appointment). There is a significant relationship between implementation success of MPE and administration productivity. Lastly, there is a significant relationship between the perspective of academics concerning professorial appointments and the successful implementation of MPE in HEI. However, the last two have modest correlation values in general. In conclusion, the study highlights the impacts of MPE in HEI alongside the possible constraints, and the outcomes of academics’ productivity by looking at their roles and the factors which affect their productivity. These two approaches could bring valuable positive indicators of the performance of current HEI in Malaysia as a whole

Relationship between coping and university adjustment and academic achivement amongst First Year Undergraduates in Malaysian Public University.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between coping efforts amongst first year undergraduates and their university adjustment and academic achievement. 250 first year students attending various undergraduate programs at a Malaysian public university participated in this study. The study employed a correlation design and data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to address the research objectives. Findings from this study showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between students’ coping and their overall university adjustment, academic adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment, students’ attachment to the university, and academic achievement. Results also indicated that throughout a period of one semester, students’ overall adjustment and academic achievement was found to be significantly predicted by their coping strategies

Correlation of Frailty Status with Influenza Vaccine Seroconversion and Seroprotection among Elderly Population

Introduction. Infection is still considered as a serious health threat in the world, especially among the elderly. Age was identified as one of the predictor factors for successfull vaccination. Immune response would decrease in older people. A different response in the elderly is expected from frailty and underlying immunosenescense events. This study was conducted to determine the relationship with the Frailty status after the vaccination immune response of influenza in the elderly population. Methods. This retrospective cohort study was conducted using secondary data from the parent study of elderly subjects age ≥60 years who live in the community of Posyandu lansia in Pulo Gadung Region, East Jakarta. Frailty status was stated by Frailty Index 40 Items (FI-40). The influenza vaccine evaluated was the Trivalent Inactivated Vaccine. Seroconversion defined as four fold increase hemagglutinin inhibition titre. Seroprotection defined as Hemagglutinin Inhibition titer ≥1:40. Results. There are 140 subject included in this study. Seroconversion influenza vaccine rate in frail, pre-frail, and robust group are 37.9%, 39%, 60%, respectively. Seroprotection rate in frail, pre-frail, and robust group are 80%, 92.2%, 94.8%, respectively. Relative Risk (RR) pre-frail/frail group for not seroconverted is 0.93 (CI 95% 0.72-1.02), and RR for not seroprotected is 1,7 ( CI 95% 0.5-6.2). Conclussions. There is no association between frailty status and seroconversion nor seroprotection of influenza vaccine in elderly population

The comparison of Iranian school children performance in self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem and anxiety

The main objective of the present study is to explore the comparison of male and female school children performance in students’ psychosocial factors; general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety, and science anxiety among lower secondary school children. The participants in the study consisted of 680 lower secondary school children, 14 year olds (317 male and 363 female) at Tehran and Shahriar city, the province of Tehran, Iran. Five valid and reliable instruments were used to assess Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, General Self-Efficacy, and Science Self-Efficacy. Descriptive statistics, and to compare male and female students in different variables, MANOVA was used. The results showed that, except for self-concept, there is significant difference in science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety, and science anxiety between male and female students. This study supports the old finding that boys perform better than girls in the courses related to physics and this worthy performance has been reflected in their science self-concept and has resulted in larger mean score in boys in this psychological variable rather than girls

Analisa kesalahan dalam menyelesaikan operasi penambahan dan penolakan pecahan dalam kalangan murid tahun empat

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk melaporkan jenis kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh murid tahun 4 semasa menyelesaikan masalah penambahan dan penolakan pecahan. Bagi tujuan tersebut, analisis jalan kerja dan jawapan murid bagi empat jenis masalah pecahan akan dibincangkan. Dapatan kajian mengenal pasti bahawa kesalahan miskonsepsi merupakan kesalahan yang paling kerap dilakukan oleh murid terutamanya dalam operasi penolakan pecahan berbeza penyebut (70%) dan dalam operasi penambahan pecahan berbeza penyebut (60%). Peratusan kesalahan miskonsepsi yang tinggi menunjukkan bahawa murid tidak menguasai konsep asas pecahan dan mereka cenderung untuk menggunakan konsep operasi nombor bulat dalam melaksanakan operasi penambahan dan penolakan pecahan

Kecekapan filem kanji/minyak kayu manis sebagai pembungkus makanan dengan sifat antimikrob

Dalam kajian ini, filem kanji/minyak kayu manis telah dihasilkan menggunakan kaedah pengacauan larutan dengan kandungan minyak kayu manis (MKM) berbeza untuk mengkaji kesan MKM terhadap sifat antimikrob filem kanji. Sifat kelutsinaran filem didapati berkurang apabila peratus kandungan MKM meningkat yang telah menghalang penembusan cahaya. Sementara itu, analisis ATR-FTIR mendapati bahawa tiada penyesaran puncak atau pembentukan puncak baharu yang menunjukkan bahawa MKM dan filem kanji tidak terikat secara kimia. Kajian aktiviti antimikrob filem ini terhadap Bacillus cereus dan Aspergillus niger telah mendapati berlakunya peningkatan kecekapan aktiviti antimikrob bagi penambahan minyak kayu manis (MKM) dengan peningkatan diameter zon perencatan. Didapati berlaku perencatan pada kepekatan minimum MKM ditingkatkan bermula 16% dalam filem kanji mencatatkan corak pertumbuhan dalam zon rencatan dengan diameter 24-44.2 mm dengan peningkatan 28.23-37.88% dan 34.12-52%, masing-masing bagi zon perencatan terhadap B. cereus dan A. niger berbanding tiada sebarang zon perencatan untuk filem kanji tanpa penambahan MKM. Pemerhatian morfologi menunjukkan pembentukan liang dan pemisahan fasa yang heterogen antara MKM dan kanji. Tegangan maksimum filem pula menunjukkan pengurangan kekuatan tegangan apabila kepekatan MKM bertambah walaupun tidak ketara pada peningkatan MKM sehingga 24%. Sebaliknya, terikan pada takat putus filem didapati meningkat sebanyak 102-252% selari dengan penambahan MKM yang bertindak sebagai agen pemplastikan. Keseluruhannya, filem kanji/MKM telah berjaya disediakan dan pencirian sifat fizikal dan aktiviti antimikrob bagi filem ini menunjukkan potensinya dalam penggunaan pembungkusan makanan

Starch film incorporated with cinnamon oils optimally prepared by using response surface methodology

Recent progress in the food industry emphasizes on active packaging that integrates antimicrobial feature into food packaging made from biodegradable films. In this study, antimicrobial films were prepared from starch biopolymer incorporated with cinnamon oil as antimicrobial agent. Many studies have reported on the increasing antimicrobial properties of biofilms when the concentration of antimicrobial agent is increased, yet their tensile strength would be lowered. Therefore, the preparation of these films requires comprehensive optimization to ensure optimum properties of the resulting films. The aim of this study was to optimize the mechanical and antimicrobial property of film after adding cinnamon oil using response surface methodology (RSM). The optimization of variables to prepare the films was successfully accomplished by manipulating cinnamon oil loadings and mixing temperature as proposed by RSM. Several models were generated to associate those parameters with the responding variables such as tensile strength and antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus brasiliensis with R2 values of 0.9835, 0.9816, 0.9709, 0.9930, and 0.9950, respectively. Subsequently, the optimum conditions for the preparation of starch/cinnamon oil films were found to be at 24.02% of cinnamon oil and 49.35 °C of mixing temperature. Our study has demonstrated a novel, statistical experimental design and elaborate discussion on the effects of processing parameters in preparing films composing of starch and cinnamon oil. In summary, the active films prepared from this study have displayed promising qualities as potential food packaging against most common food borne microorganism during the food storage