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Pattern Transformations: Supporting Learning of Symbolic Representations Among TVET Trainees.
Get PDFSymbolic representations are a form of language that is routinely used in technical communications.
Trainees in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) are thus, expected to master symbolic representations
concurrently with skills acquisition. Electrical circuit diagram is an example of symbolic representations in use to communicate information on the components and working concepts of an electrical circuit. Mastering symbolic
representations in circuit diagram however, can be challenge to some which often lead to miscommunications and poor job performance. Problems are further compounded when trainees need to learn symbols associated with
abstract concepts. Inability to master the “symbols language” if remain unchallenged will impact subsequent
learning. Appropriately designed instructional materials to address learning of symbolic representations are thus
crucial. The aim of this paper is to assess the efficacy of two instructional materials for learning symbolic
representations and electrical concepts. A quasi-experimental study with three groups of TVE trainees participated in this study. One group used the existing learning materials (control) while the other two groups used specifically designed pattern transformation materials that are available in two media, print-based and video-based materials. Overall, both experimental groups achieved greater learning on symbolic representations and concepts compared to the control group. Equivalent status was also observed among the experimental groups. This indicates that pattern transformation materials irrespective of media used can be effective at learning symbolic representations
in electrical related content
Malaysian Early Childcare and Childhood Education (ECCE) Curriculum: Perspectives of Malaysian ECCE Educationists
Get PDFUpon realising the importance of early childhood education for the nation’s development, Malaysian
government began to enhance the quality of the ECCE curriculum through policies and legislation. Such developments are evident in the government agenda and several initiatives, including the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) in the 11th Malaysia Plan, the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Education Blueprint 2013-2025. The quality of the ECCE curriculum in Malaysia has not yet received the required attention, as the focus continues to remain largely on achieving quantitative academic targets. This qualitative study examined educationists’ perspectives on the quality of current Malaysian Early Childcare and Childhood Education (ECCE) curriculum. The study employed a semi-structured interview protocols to probe the views from 11 Malaysian
educationists. It concludes that educationists believe the documented Malaysian ECCE curriculum today is already aligned with the holistic child development philosophy, but the country may need a higher impact programs of teacher education and training, to produce qualified and competent teachers who would implement the curriculum effectively
Strategic Imperatives for the Post Covid-19 Era: With Special Focus on Sri Lankan Industries
Get PDFStrategies provide intent for organizations to drive their respective business models. The responsiveness to environment challenges and dynamics is a must for corporates to survive and grow even during turbulent conditions. The term „strategy‟ and its content had been associated in this paper to bridge the explanations and arguments on how strategy should be reshaped when totally unpredicted scenarios emerge. The Covid-19 outbreak provided a lesson, to the entire global market and to rethink the strategic intent of organizations. The strategic imperatives during the outbreak conditions should be carefully planned and
implemented with rationalized business models. This paper attempts to investigate the strategic imperatives and how they need to be connected with proper scenario planning, resulting in a focused-strategic drive. Included are reviews on global business scenarios whilst highlighting some key incidents of global corporates and country situations. This paper provides a platform to understand how Covid-19 outbreak made holistic impacts on economies and societies that ultimately resulted in new-normal adaptation options for corporates. Authors undertook a literature review to unveil the empirical discussions whilst cases of Sri Lankan market were highlighted to explain the real life experiences on how local corporates adopted to new-normal scenarios. The
best practices undertaken by Sri Lankan firms and industries were referred to generate a practise-related knowledge sharing. Finally, this paper concludes the essence of the paper, whilst proposing the importance of reviewing hands-on cases in Sri Lanka to share new knowledge insights to practitioners
Expert System of Initial Anamnesis Process of Menstrual Disorders Using Certainty Factor Method.
Get PDFAnamnesis is a preliminary examination to obtain information about the patient's disease. This process is carried out by the doctor as part of the initial diagnosis of the patient's condition. The purpose of this research is to assist the history process in eliminating the diagnosis of possible diseases from experts by adopting their knowledge into the expert system. The method used in this study is the Certainty Factor method. Fifty test data collected to test this approach. The test results showed 44 data following expert opinion and obtained an accuracy rate of 88%. These results indicate that the expert system is suitable for the early history of menstrual disorder
Comparison of Search Algorithms in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary Application
Get PDFThis study aims to compare the performance of Boyer-Moore, Knuth morris pratt, and Horspool algorithms in searching for the meaning of words in the Java-Indonesian dictionary search application in terms of accuracy and processing time. Performance Testing is used to test the performance of algorithm implementations in applications. The test results show that the Boyer Moore and Knuth Morris Pratt algorithms have an accuracy rate of 100%, and the Horspool algorithm 85.3%. While the processing time, Knuth Morris Pratt algorithm has the highest average speed level of 25ms, Horspool 39.9 ms, while the average speed of the Boyer Moore algorithm is 44.2 ms. While the complexity test results, the Boyer Moore algorithm has an overall number of n 26n2, Knuth Morris Pratt and Horspool 20n2 eac
The Mediating Role of Attitude in Influencig Consumer Purchase Intention Towards Online Apparel Shopping in Malaysia
Get PDFOnline apparel shopping has gained an immense share in Malaysia's e-commerce market. Despite being one of the top products online, the online apparel purchase intention is not well explored and a minimally researched topic among academicians. Given the potential of this segment, a holistic and integrated framework remain absent, which warrants the goal of this thesis. With Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as a baseline model, the conceptual framework was extended with attitude as the mediator together with seven variables (perceived risk, web experience, pricing, utilitarian shopping orientation, hedonic shopping orientation, convenience and products and service attributes) to study on the online apparel purchase intention. Specifically, this study pursued to develop a framework that represents the factors influencing consumers' purchase intention and examine the role of attitude as mediator. Based on purposive sampling via Facebook advertising, a total of 314 responses were garnered through a self-administered questionnaire from online shoppers in Malaysia. Through Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM), the results revealed that 17 out of 22 hypotheses tested are supported. The model explains a 74 percent variance in attitude and 91 percent variance in purchase intention. The study has established a direct relationship with perceived risk, web experience, pricing, utilitarian shopping orientation, hedonic shopping orientation, and products and service attributes towards attitude. Besides, the study has confirmed a direct relationship with pricing, utilitarian shopping orientation, hedonic shopping orientation, convenience towards online apparel purchase intention. The study has also confirmed the mediating effect with all independent variables except convenience, thus supporting the hypothesis as the mediating variable. Academically, the integrated framework contributes to marketing and online apparel literature by combining TAM, TPB, attitude as the mediator, and other variables in the Malaysian context. These novel findings provide an understanding of consumers' purchase intention and guidance to online retailers and marketers in articulating their marketing strategies to persuade favourable intention towards online apparel
The Effect of Employee, Management, Working Environment, and Safety Culture on Occupational Health and Safety Performance: A Case Study in an Oil and Gas Company in Indonesia
Get PDFThe level of workplace accidents, particularly in large companies such as the oil and gas industry, is crucial to be overcome. Encouragement of occupational health and safety (OHS) is one priority of strategies that must be carried out in the implementation of work in the workplace. This study aims to determine the impact of employee, management, work environment, and safety culture on occupational health and safety (OHS) performance. This paper also discusses the influence of moderating safety culture on the independent variables towards the achievement of safety performance. Using questionnaires to 220 respondents, findings indicate that the safety performance is significantly affected by employee, management, working environment, and safety culture. There are 19 attributes of 4 variables evaluated. All attributes have significantly influenced the OHS performance but 4 attributes of management variables. They are pre and post task safety review, safety work procedure, incident investigation, and detection and monitoring. The research provides the empirical evidence on the significance of Safety Culture as moderator. The safety culture moderates the positive relationship between management and OHS performance as well as working environment and OHS performance. Conversely, safety culture does not influence the positive relationship between employee and the OHS
Impact of Intellectual Capital in Healthcare Tourism Industry in Pakistan
Get PDFThe objective of this research is to determine the impact of intellectual capital on innovation in healthcare tourism industry in Islamabad Pakistan. Healthcare tourism industry plays a significant contribution in the development and growth of the Pakistan economy. The components of intellectual capital were drived from the Intergrated Intellectual Capital Model (IICM). A total number of 190 respondents were participated in this study. Purposive sampling techniques was used to selcted the respondnets. The data were analy through Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). The findings of this study showed that four out of six proposed hypotheses were accepted. The empirical findings of this study will be useful for the managers and policy makers to enhance innovation in their organizations
Structural Model of System Information for Management Innovation Ruminant-Slaughterhouse
Get PDFIn the digital age, data and information such as performance of Ruminant-Slaughterhouse, both true and false, could spreads faster than ever. The same information technology that provides access to data across the globe very possible can abet the warping of truth and normalization of lies. The truth, untruth and information technology, including how social media manipulates behavior, technologies such as deep
fakes spread misinformation, including the bias inherent in
algorithms. The aim of the study is formulating a structural
model for the Information System Management Innovation
Ruminant-Slaughterhouse by understanding the interaction and contextual 3 elements (objectives, constraints, and benchmarks). This model is needed as the basis for the operational policy of the 2020-2024 technology research and
innovation program, specially for sustainability of management Ruminant-Slaughterhouse. The research methodology includes secondary data collection based on literature study and expert consultation, and analysis using ISM. The results show that the key goal is to increase the true digital leadership of Manager Ruminant-Slaughterhouse; Provide Vision and Empower Ruminant-Slaughterhouse Users and Workers, and Give up control and Empower Ruminant-Slaughterhouse Users & Workers. The key constraint are: Online Deception of slaughtered diseased animal, Online deception of processed meat, conflict between Users. The benchmarks for the success of the objectives are: fake news goes viral decreasing, and social media manipulates human behavior decreasing
Influence on Internal Control Through Digitalization of Assets: A Study on Ministry of Interior, UAE
Get PDFFixed assets management through digitalization has been always been a matter of concern for public
organization, especially organization as strategic and important like Ministry of Interior, in the United Arab
Emirates. Since there are huge assets procurement, its management and control keeping has been a
daunting task always. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the influence of internal control through
assets management’s digitalization. To carry on with the research work a survey questionnaire was designed.
A structured questionnaire was used to collect data and SPSS was used to analyse them. From the finding of
the survey it was observed that the pace of digitalization was not so fast moreover the control on the assets
tracking system at times was difficult as the ministry deals with very sophisticated tangible equipment’s.
Well, after examining the evaluation of fixed assets management through digitalization, a study on ministry
of interior in UAE – the first objective of the study, it is seen that yet the application of the assets
management through digitalization is not in that level so the performance is very poor. This study may
inform managers of the importance of understanding the technology are a fundamental part of the business
that requires its strategy. It may also have implications for the organization’s mentality towards internal
factors concerning the technical systems