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Animated pedagogical agent (APA) is a vital instructional tool in kindergartens. However, most kindergarteners are still conventionally taught basic second language words by flashcards especially by those in rural areas. Hence, this research explored the use of APA on teaching rural kindergarteners second language basic words. The software was built and tested on 40 kindergarteners of a kindergarten...
This study examined the university selection factors in Malaysia. In particular it explored the relationship among the factors in the selection of Universiti Teknologi MARA by its students. The study was conducted by surveying a sample of the university's first intake of 2011. Six hundred questionnaires were distributed and 365 responds were received for analysis. The result of the analysis showed...
Thermal condition is a decisive factor which impacts the use of outdoor spaces. Concerns on outdoor thermal conditions are on the rise judging by the growing number of research on the subject. However empirical research in the context of urban outdoor in moderate and dry climate is still limited. Predicting thermal comfort of outdoor spaces in a particular setting is essential to ensure continuous...
This paper presents a preliminary study on conventional Jaccard Distance performance in recognizing shapes with and without pre processing tasks. This study also identified the pre processing tasks that should be conducted to improve recognition performance. Jaccard Distance is performed by measuring the asymmetric information on binary variable and the comparison between vectors component. It compared...
This paper arises from an observation on the norms of using ‘teaching and learning’ terms in the practice and discussions of education. We see this not a crisis, but as an invitation to re-think of giving equal heed to thinking and learning (TL) in the discussion on education. Thus the objective of this paper is to advocate the aspects of thinking and learning in education in the stead of only teaching...
This paper focuses on the concept that Adjunct Language Instruction (ALI) functions effectively when the teaching conduct, preferred materials and materials matching the learners' proficiency act as contributing factors in the effectiveness of ALI as shown by the ALI model produced by Ref [14]. This objective of this paper is to highlight Schema Theory as an additional factor which helps learners...
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