Journal of STEM and Education

Sociolinguistics: Malaysian English

2022-06-09T03:05:53+00:00

This writing is prepared in an attempt to gain insight knowledge on the Malaysian learners learning English as their second language and the English language use in Malaysian context which is focusing on ‘Malaysian English’. The main focus of this assignment is to trace whether there is any connection between Malaysia learners learning English, their attitudes and styles with the internal influences they might be exposed to which I refer to the variety that found in Malaysia known as ‘Malaysian English’. I have chosen three research articles collected from books and internet sources based on related area mentioned above.

Risk Management on Project Success in Malaysian Construction Industry

2022-03-22T00:59:06+00:00

Risk management has always been a topic of discussion in the construction business. As a result, this study looked into the level of risk management in Kuala Lumpur for Malaysian construction industry in order to improve the industry's risk management implementation. To address these difficulties, this study employs a statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) approach to validate construction risk management (RM) as a construct from the perspective of Malaysia's registered Grade-7 (G-7) contractors. Due to the nature of its activities, the construction business is seen as the sectors that highly impacted because of several factors which is the environment, dynamic, challenging, and risky organisation. The G-7 Contractors with more complicated operations RM is more likely to be implemented in turbulent earnings of their business operations. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from G-7 contractors using a cross-sectional survey and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. In terms of methodology, this study may be the first to measure the level of risk management in Kuala Lumpur for Malaysian construction industry. Using the Likert scale of risk from previous studies, statistical analysis affirmed that the overall level of risk management among Malaysian construction industries in Kuala Lumpur is at the high level.

The Manufacturing Industries Needs Analysis For Manufacturing Technology Certificate Graduates

2022-06-09T02:12:58+00:00

Manufacturing industries need for potential worker that suit himself quickly. The cause of the need is, its technology is fast changing, thus worker must be able to cope with the changes. Therefore, need analysis based on the issue with the aim to answer three research questions are required. A case study using need analysis in this paper is subject to Manufacturing Technology Certificate program at the Kepala Batas Community College, particularly the graduates as the potential worker to the industry. The research questions cover the observation of program content, graduate suitability at work, job clarity, further study suitability, and industry perceives on the studied program and graduate. The questions answered the comparative of the studied program syllabus and structure used in previous and current time. Survey and Questionnaire method is applied to answer the question. Later, the program training suitability and present situational are analyzed. Two analysis approaches used in this paper is Frequency Distribution and Hypothesis Tests. As the result, both analyses proven that current use of program syllabus and structure are better than the previous one with statistically significant.

Persepsi Pelajar Terhadap Bengkel Day of Mathematics (Do-MATHS) Program Diploma Kejuruteraan Semester 3 PSMZA

2022-06-09T02:00:04+00:00

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Engineering Mathematics 3 (DBM30033) merupakan Kursus Matematik Kejuruteraan yang ditawarkan kepada pelajar Semester 3 Jabatan Kejuruteraan Mekanikal terdiri daripada Program DKM, DEM, DAD dan DTP. Kegagalan atau kelulusan dalam kursus ini menyumbang peratusan besar terhadap prestasi individu dan politeknik secara keseluruhannya. Berdasarkan dapatan pencapaian peperiksaan Semester Disember 2020 yang lepas, didapati CLO1C bagi kedua-dua program ini adalah rendah iaitu DAD (47.70%) dan DTP (48.50%). Kesinambungan ini, satu Bengkel Day of Mathematics (Do-MATHS) telah dilaksanakan melibatkan pelajar bagi program DAD dan DTP. Program ini juga dirangka untuk membimbing dan membantu pelajar-pelajar ini dengan kemahiran, teknik dan strategi sebelum Peperiksaan Alternatif. Sampel kajian adalah 60 orang pelajar semester tiga program DAD dan DTP yang mengambil Engineering Mathematics 3 (DBM30033) bagi sesi 1 2021/2022. Kajian rintis yang dijalankan mencatatkan nilai kebolehpercayaan sebanyak α = 0.795. Analisis kajian melalui borang soal selidik berskala likert yang diedarkan kepada pelajar serta soalan pra ujian dan pasca ujian. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan purata skor min yang tinggi sebanyak 3.60 terhadap persepsi pelajar tentang pengurusan dan kemudahan yang disediakan sepanjang program dan terdapat peningkatan tahap pengetahuan dan kefahaman pelajar serta tahap aplikasi pelajar melalui analisis Ujian-t. Terdapat peningkatan skor min sebanyak 1.03 berbanding sebelum program iaitu 2.94 dan skor min selepas menyertai program ini adalah 3.97.

Pembelajaran Proses Pemesinan Larik Menggunakan Aplikasi CNC Simulator

2022-06-09T02:06:48+00:00

Krisis Pandemik Covid 19 telah memberi kesan terhadap sistem pendidikan TVET negara. Kaedah penilaian alternatif, aktiviti bengkel dan makmal perlu diinovasikan menerusi pelaksanaan secara simulasi, pembelajaran maya, demonstrasi dan eksperimen atas talian bagi menangani cabaran teknikal dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran secara praktikal. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti tahap kebolehgunaan aplikasi perisian simulasi CNC Simulator Versi 1.1.9 dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran bagi topik pemesinan larik secara kawalan berangka komputer (CNC) dalam kursus DJJ40142 Mechanical Workshop Practice 4. Perisian simulasi yang dipilih mempunyai kemampuan untuk memberikan gambaran sebenar dalam mengoperasi mesin larik CNC tiga paksi beserta pengendaliannya secara maya. Artikel ini menjelaskan mengenai prosedur dan syarat yang diperlukan dalam mengaplikasikan simulasi serta keberkesananya dalam proses pembelajaran. Seramai 36 orang pelajar semester 5 program Diploma Kejuruteraan Mekanikal dari Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Arau, Perlis telah dipilih bagi menjawab borang soal selidik. Hasil dapatan menunjukkan penggunaan perisian simulasi CNC Simulator Versi 1.1.9 memberikan hasil yang baik dalam pembelajaran pelajar dan membantu mencapai objektif pengajaran dan pembelajaran kursus.

Impak Pembelajaran Dalam Talian Terhadap Kesihatan Pelajar Kolej Komuniti

2022-06-09T02:24:58+00:00

Dunia pendidikan tidak terlepas daripada bahana pandemik Covid-19 yang telah menular ke seluruh dunia pada suku tahun pertama 2020. Natijah wabak virus Covid-19 ini telah mendorong hampir semua negara melaksanakan kawalan pergerakan rakyat dalam usaha mengekang penularan virus berbahaya ini. Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi telah memutuskan bahawa sesi pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP) dijalankan secara dalam talian bagi menghadapi situasi pandemik Covid-19. Tenaga pengajar atau pendidik telah mengaplikasi pelbagai platform dalam talian seperti Google Meet, Google Classroom, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, YouTube dan WebEx untuk meneruskan sesi PdP dengan para pelajar. Selanjutnya, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti impak pembelajaran dalam talian terhadap kesihatan dalam kalangan pelajar kolej komuniti negeri Sabah. Implikasi pembelajaran dalam talian ini dilihat dari aspek persekitaran, emosi, kesihatan fizikal dan refleksi kendiri para pelajar. Instrumen kajian ini merupakan satu set borang soal selidik yang diedar melalui Google Forms untuk memperoleh dapatan hasil kajian. Berdasarkan dapatan kajian, aspek persekitaran, emosi, kesihatan fizikal dan refleksi kendiri menunjukkan hubungan signifikan terhadap kesihatan pelajar semasa pelaksanaan pembelajaran dalam talian.

Potensi Alga Sebagai Medium Penanaman Sawi

2022-06-09T02:24:00+00:00

Alga merupakan kumpulan tumbuhan paling ringkas yang mempunyai klorofil. Alga mengandungi mineral, asid, makronutrien dan mikronutrien serta beberapa sebatian berguna seperti karbohidrat, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B, asid askorbik dan vitamin D3. Walau bagaimanapun, kebanyakan alga hanya digunakan sebagai makanan haiwan dan dalam bidang farmaseutikal. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menguji potensi alga sebagai media percambahan tanaman sawi. Kajian dijalankan dengan membuat perbandingan di antara percambahan sawi dengan menggunakan dua jenis medium yang berbeza iaitu alga yang sudah dikeringkan dan sabut kelapa. Sebanyak empat bekas penyemaian sepanjang 1.5 meter digunakan untuk penyemaian sawi menggunakan alga dan sabut kelapa. Hasil pemerhatian selama tiga minggu menunjukkan kadar pertumbuhan sawi menggunakan alga lebih baik berbanding sabut kelapa. Sawi yang disemai pada alga lebih hijau dan besar berbanding sabut kelapa.

The Challenges Faces By Online English Language Learners From Semester Two Polytechnic Students' Perspective

2022-06-09T02:10:58+00:00

Covid 19 pandemic has not only affected global economy but also the educational systems simultaneously. The pandemic situation has posed unprecedented challenges requiring educators to adapt teaching online. Switching from face to face classroom to a virtual classroom makes the learning experience entirely different and brings new challenges for students. This study aimed to spot the challenges faced by semester 2 Politeknik Kota Bharu students towards online English language learning (OELL). This study involves semester 2 Diploma in Accounting students enrolled in the DUE30022: Communicative English 2 course for December 2020 intake. To achieve the objective, an online survey was carried out in 4 different classes consist of 88 students from Commerce Department to gather the data. The goal of this study is to seek out the possible challenges that can influence students’ acceptance towards online English language learning (OELL). According to the findings, the main factors making it challenging for distance learners to learn English are limited proper device used, insufficient hours of lectures, limited face-to-face interactions between the lecturers and students, issues with insufficient learning materials for language learning and limited access of the internet. Motivated and interested students are more likely to be actively engaged in online English language learning. They can determine what the students learn, how they learn and when they choose to learn during online language classes.

Students' Perceptions on the Implementation of Recorded Oral Presentation

2022-06-09T02:10:12+00:00

Nowadays, lecturers are integrating numerous technologies in their classrooms due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Hence, it has allowed the widespread use of recorded videos in English classrooms. Thus, this study has been conducted to find out the students’ perceptions of the implementation of oral presentation through recorded video. 164 semester 1 Diploma students of Politeknik Kota Bharu were selected as respondents. The questionnaires were devised to collect data and tested for reliability with the result of Cronbach’s Alpha=0.896. The findings show the Recorded Oral Presentation helps to increase students’ confidence and eventually improves their speaking skills.

Factors Affecting Students' Performance In English Oral Presentations

2022-06-09T02:08:58+00:00

The researcher aims to investigate and expose several main factors affecting students’ performance in oral presentations. A quantitative method was used in this study whereby a set of online questionnaires has been designed and sent to the respondents. The four-point Likert Scale questionnaires was adopted and modified from previous research and divided into four main sections: psychological factor, presentation skill factor, surrounding factor and linguistic factor. There were 43 respondents from semester one students Session II 2021/2022 involved in this study. The analysis of data involved descriptive statistics, and independent t-tests. The results revealed that students’ oral presentations performances were moderately being affected by linguistic factor. While another 3 factors showed a combination of moderate and low level of mean value scores in terms of their effects on students’ oral presentations performance. As regards to the t-tests result, across gender, there were no significant differences observed on all the 4 variables. Some constructive remedies were also proposed with regards to the enhancement of students’ performance in oral presentations.

Keywords: affecting factors, students’ performance, oral presentations

Keberkesanan Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Secara Atas Talian (PDPT) Dalam Kalangan Pelajar Bagi Kursus DEG30013 Fundamental Of Renewable Energy: Tinjauan Di Politeknik

2022-06-22T04:10:53+00:00

Pandemik Covid-19 telah memberi impak besar termasuklah kepada dunia pendidikan. Kesan daripada itu, kaedah pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang secara tradisinya dilaksanakan secara bersemuka terpaksa diubah kepada pengajaran dan pembelajaran atas talian (PdPT). Kajian ini dilaksanakan adalah bagi melihat sejauh mana keberkesanan PdPT dalam kalangan pelajar bagi kursus DEG30013: Fundamental of Renewable Energy di Politeknik Kota Bharu (PKB) dan Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (POLISAS). Sampel kajian ini melibatkan seramai 148 orang responden di kalangan pelajar semester lima dari dua politeknik yang terlibat. Bagi menganalisa data-data yang diperolehi, perisian Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) digunakan. Hasil daripada yang dijalankan, didapati bahawa tahap keberkesanan PdPT berada pada tahap yang baik di mana pencapaian pelajar di akhir semester adalah cemerlang.

Kata kunci: keberkesanan, pengajaran dan pembelajaran atas talian, DEG30013