Ke arah kebolehpasaran graduan: pertalian antara pendekatan pembelajaran dengan kemahiran insaniah dalam kalangan pelajar IPT berteraskan Islam

Kajian yang dijalankan ini bermatlamat untuk menilai sejauh mana kemahiran insaniah dalam kalangan pelajar di dua buah IPT berteraskan Islam di Malaysia selain melihat sejauh manakah pendekatan pelajaran pelajar menyumbang kepada kemahiran insaniah setelah dikawal faktor gender. Mengambil pendekatan kuantitatif dan kaedah tinjauan, kajian telah mengadaptasi instrumen Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI) (Duff, 1997) untuk mengukur jenis-jenis pendekatan pembelajaran yang diguna oleh pelajar. Kajian juga mengadaptasi instrumen Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) (Wilson & Lizzion, 1997) untuk mengukur kemahiran insaniah selain item soalan yang dibina sendiri oleh pengkaji. Seramai 233 orang pelajar jurusan Pengajian Islam pelbagai cabang telah mengambil bahagian di dalam kajian ini. Menggunapakai persampelan bertujuan, responden terdiri daripada pelajar tahun akhir sahaja. Berdasarkan analisis model persamaan berstruktur, data kajian menunjukkan wujudnya hubungan yang positif antara pendekatan pembelajaran berstrategi dengan kemahiran insaniah. Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat hubungan yang signifikan negatif antara pendekatan luaran dengan kemahiran insaniah. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan terdapatnya perbezaan pendekatan pembelajaran dan kemahiran insaniah berdasarkan gender. Kemahiran insaniah pelajar lelaki lebih tinggi berbanding pelajar perempuan. Dapatan kajian menyokong model 3Ps Biggs yang menunjukkan kepentingan proses (pendekatan pembelajaran) ke atas hasil pembelajaran (kemahiran insaniah). Beberapa implikasi kajian juga dibincangkan khususnya dalam konteks kemahiran insaniah agar kebolehpasaran pelajar disiplin Pengajian Islam dapat ditingkatkan

The roles of social support in promoting adolescents' classroom cognitive engagement through academic self-efficacy

Purpose – The main aim of the present investigation was to examine the role of teacher, peer, and parental academic and emotional support in predicting adolescent cognitive engagement, especially within the context of ESL classrooms. Method – The present study examined the availability of academic and emotional support from teachers, classmates and parents as perceived by adolescents, via instruments which were adapted from a number of established measures. This cross-sectional study utilized the survey method, and a total of 450 adolescents from 11 secondary schools in Malaysia, representing early and middle adolescence, took part in the survey. The study assessed each source of support namely teacher, peers and parents within one model. Findings – Findings from the structural equation modelling suggest that both teacher and parental support are significantly related to adolescent cognitive engagement through their academic efficacy, thus lending support for a full mediation model while peer support was directly related to cognitive engagement. Significance – Even though parents and teachers played important roles in influencing adolescent cognitive engagement (as suggested by previous studies), this study suggests that the relationship was through academic efficacy, which had served as a mediating variable. One of the contributions of this study is that its findings supported the inclusion of student motivational beliefs in explaining the relationship between support factors and engagement. This study had also examined the unique contribution of emotional support. Additionally, it was found that research should not disregard the importance of peers in promoting cognitive engagement directly

Variations in presenting citations

This study is aimed at investigating the variation of styles with emphasis on citation techniques employed by expert writers. It covers the types of citations, distribution of tenses and reporting verbs used. The findings suggested that various techniques have been exploited. It implies that stylistic aspects in presenting citations have been ignored by expert writers

Analisis psikometrik Skala Grit-S versi Bahasa Malaysia

Kajian terdahulu telah mengaitkan Grit iaitu ketekunan dan minat untuk jangka masa panjang, sebagai peramal kepada pencapaian. Skala Grit-S telah dibangunkan untuk mengukur ciri-ciri Grit, namun, skala ini tiada dalam versi Bahasa Malaysia. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai ciri-ciri psikometrik Skala Grit-S versi Bahasa Malaysia yang terdiri daripada lapan item. Seramai 180 orang mahasiswa IPT telah terlibat dalam kajian ini. Kebolehpercayaan instrumen dinilai melalui Cronbach’s Alpha, manakala kedua-dua analisis faktor penerokaan dan pengesahan telah dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti struktur dalaman skala Grit-S. Analisis korelasi pula dibuat untuk mengukur sejauh manakah kesahan diskriminan skala ini dengan skala lain. Dapatan menunjukkan skala ini memenuhi ciri-ciri psikometrik yang baik. Ujian kebolehpercayaan instrumen menunjukkan indeks yang boleh diterima manakala analisis pengesahan faktor menunjukkan model satu jenjang yang mengandungi dua faktor (seperti yang dihipotesiskan) mempamerkan kesepadanan yang baik berbanding model yang lain. Kesahan diskriminan mendapati korelasi negatif antara Grit dengan skala Prokrastinasi sekaligus menghala kepada kajian yang lebih komprehensif antara kedua-dua variabel dengan mengguna pakai sampel daripada IPT dan sekolah. Kesimpulannya, kebolehgunaan skala Grit S versi bahasa Melayu ini telah dibuktikan. Implikasinya, lebih banyak kajian boleh dijalankan dengan mengguna pakai skala ini khususnya dalam konteks pendidikan di Malaysia

Identifying textuality of the introduction section of academic discourse

The present study which attempts to look at the textuality of the introduction section focuses on three aspects that provide part of textuality specifically paragraphing language device and syntactical variation. Utilizing a combination of D' Angelo's (1977)paradigm, Lannon's (1982) categorization,Halliday & Hasan's (1976) description (with adaptation) and Umar Yunus (1989) stylistic approach, the study examined the three preceding aspects using corpus-based investigation.The corpus chosen comprise twenty articles from the International Journal of Educational Research. The Endings exhibit some dominant patterns regarding the aforementioned aspects. Pedagogical implications of the study are also discussed