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Kajian impak Pesta Kaul Mukah 2015 / Dr. Tang Howe Eng & Haji Khalik Haji Ibrahim
Get PDFPesta Kaul Mukah 2015 telah diadakan di Mukah pada 18 April 2015 sehingga 26 April 2015 bertempat di Tapak Pesta Kaul, Kuala Lama, Mukah. Tema Kaul pada tahun ini ialah ‘Berbudaya Terus Maju’. Pesta Kaul Mukah 2015 turut disambut dengan meriah di sekitar Bandar Mukah. Pesta Kaul merupakan satu pesta keramaian masyarakat Melanau yang menghimpunkan pelbagai acara dan adat resam yang unik. Pesta Kaul diadakan sekali setiap tahun, iaitu pada minggu ketiga April. Pesta Kaul diadakan oleh kaum Melanau di kawasan Mukah, sebuah kawasan yang terletak di persisiran pantai di Sarawak. Pada masa lalu, Kaul adalah sejenis pesta keagamaan yang diraikan oleh masyarakat Melanau Pagan. Ia adalah upacara pemujaan untuk mereka memohon restu daripada penunggu di laut, darat dan hutan agar mendapat ketenteraman serta keselamatan ketika melakukan aktiviti seharian mereka mencari rezeki di tempat-tempat tersebut. Pesta ini biasanya diadakan mengikut kalendar kaum Melanau Pagan yang menandakan berakhirnya musim tengkujuh yang telah mendatangkan kesan dalam kehidupan mereka sebagai petani dan nelayan. Kini, Pesta Kaul menjadi salah satu pesta yang bukan sahaja dapat menghimpunkan masyarakat Melanau secara khususnya, malah telah menghimpunkan pelbagai lapisan masyarakat yang ingin turut berkongsi kemeriahan Pesta Kaul
Factors of students' academic success in university / Tang Howe Eng ...[et al.]
Get PDFThis research intends to determine the factors of students' success in university to help university top management and students to monitor and predict their academic
grade points during their university years. This research also aims to investigate if there is any relationship between the factors and the academic success of the university students. This research employs quantitative method design whereby quantitative data will be collected at the same time. The result from the quantitative
data is used to determine the factors of students' success and compare the interventions that could play the roles to improve university students' academic success. The population of this research consists of the public university students in Sarawak. Random sampling method is used to select a total of200 samples from public universities for all the clusters. The samples are full-time public university
students who have successfully completed their diploma studies and undergraduate degrees. Data are collected through an academic year. The instrument of this
research consists of questionnaire distributed to collect information on the possible factors of academic success of university students. The possible factors are ranging
from demographic variables, biographic variables, institutional variables and personality related variables. The data analysis includes the calculation of descriptive statistics, such as mean, percentage and standard deviation and inferential statistics, such as independent t-test or Mann-Whitney U Test, ANOVA or Kruskal Wallis
Rank Sum Test subject to the normality of the samples. The step-wise regression modelling is used to analyze the data collected. The expected outcome from this research is the identified factors of the academic success of the university students which can assist the top managements and university students to monitor, plan and
forecast their academic results. This system is hoped to motivate the university students to be more systematic and deterministic in planning their academic progress
Laporan kajian penilaian impak Kaul 2013 / Dr. Tang Howe Eng, Khalik Ibrahim and Noor Emma Shamsuddin
Get PDFPesta Kaul Mukah 2013 dengan bertemakan ‘Tiada Seuniknya’ telah diadakan pada 24 April 2013 sehingga 28 April 2013 di Pantai Kaul, Mukah. Kaul merupakan satu perayaan keagamaan atau pesta pemujaan oleh kaum Melanau yang mendiami kawasan pesisiran pantai Sarawak. Kaum Melanau pada masa dahulu mengadakan pesta ini bertujuan untuk menenangkanhantu-hantu, roh-roh serta dewa-dewi laut, hutan dan ladang. Pesta ini diadakan pada minggu ketiga bulan April setiap tahun. Ini adalah permulaan bagi kalendar Melanau di mana musim tengkujuh yang ternyata memberi kesan kepada hasil laut, hutan dan ladang. Ianya adalah untuk menunjukkan kesyukuran kepada hantu-hantu, roh-roh dan dewa-dewi laut, hutan dan ladang bahawa musim tengkujuh telah berlalu. Tetapi, pada zaman sekarang, Pesta Kaul diadakan hanya bertujuan untuk majlis keramaian. Acara pemujaan dan keagamaan yang diamalkan pada masa dahulu tidak lagi diadakan. Pesta Kaul ini akan menjadi satu tumpuan kepada pelancong-pelancong dalam dan luar Negara untuk melihat dan mempelajari adat resam dan budaya Kaum Melanau di Sarawak. Untuk Kaul Mukah 2013, satu kajian telah dijalankan untuk menilai impak Kaul Mukah 2013 daripada segi ekonomi, sosiobudaya, alam sekitar dan sebagainya. Seramai 453 pengunjung Kaul Mukah 2013 telah dipilih secara rawak untuk mengisi soal selidik yang bertajuk “Kajian Penilaian Impak Kaul Mukah 2013” dari 24 April 2013 sehingga 28 April 2013. Pengunjung-pengunjung yang dipilih merangkumi pelbagai kaum, status pendidikan, status pekerjaan, status perkahwinan dan pelbagai umur. Analisis data adalah seperti yang ditunjukkan pada bahagian yang seterusnya
Attitudes and perceptions of university students towards calculus / Tang Howe Eng, Nor Hazizah Julaihi and Voon Li Li
No full textThis study seeks to examine university students’ attitudes and their perceptions on calculus education. Lecturers’ suggestions to remedy the current situation of calculus learning were also investigated. The instruments of this study consisted of three sets of questionnaires, aimed at collecting data regarding students’ attitudes and perceptions on calculus and lecturers’ suggestions. The respondents consisted of 278 full-time diploma students in a public university in Malaysia. The findings indicate that the students’ attitudes towards the Course of calculus according to gender were insignificant. However, there was a significant difference in the students’ attitudes towards
the Field of calculus between female and male students. Students of Pre-Calculus and Calculus I were found to be feeling, thinking, and behaving similarly about calculus. Their attitudes towards the Field of calculus among the four engineering and science programmes were significant.
After attempting 39.27% of the given questions, students’ perceptions on the difficulty of the questions remained the same, which was neither easier nor harder than they expected. Nevertheless, students’ perceptions changed
positively (questions more difficult than expected) in 19.45% of the questions and negatively (questions easier than expected) in 41.28% of the questions. The implications from these findings provided inputs to improve calculus
teaching and learning. Information regarding students’ attitudes toward calculus could help lecturers to design comprehensive calculus lessons that suit all kinds of students. Students also need to change their attitudes
towards calculus, for example by having a closer inspection of the exact nature of the calculus questions before attempting them
The relationship between personality and behavioural traits and entrepreneurs’ competitiveness / Dr Oriah Akir, Dr Tang Howe Eng and Senian Malie.
Get PDFThis study explores the elements of personality and / or behavioural traits that explain the entrepreneurs’ competitiveness; and come out with an extended model in addition to the existing body of knowledge relating to the field of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. Cross-sectional survey design is carried out to determine the best competitive entrepreneurial behaviourial model. The findings indicated that proactive trait made the largest contribution in explaining a competitive entrepreneur (β = 0.420, p = 0.000), next largest contributing factor was innovative (β = 0.286, p = 0.000), followed by networking (β = 0.103, p = 0.002), and then risk taking (β = 0.098, p = 0.018). This study also explores the motivating, success and challenging factors experienced by entrepreneurs in their business ventures. In conclusion, this study has the potential inputs and insights to managerial and decision-makers in sponsoring the financial / capital assistance to new entrepreneurs or even existing one to assess their capability, feasibility and the future growth of their business ventures
Misconceptions and errors in learning integral calculus / Voon Li Li, Nor Hazizah Julaihi and Tang Howe Eng
Get PDFThe paper presents the results of a case study examining students’ difficulties in the learning of integral calculus. It sought to address the misconceptions and errors that were encountered in the students’ work solution. In quantitative study, the marks obtained by 147 students of Diploma in Computer Science in advanced calculus examinations were used as a measurement to evaluate the percentages of errors. Further, qualitative study examined the types of errors performed by 70 diploma students of the advanced calculus courses in their on-going assessments. The students encountered more difficulties in solving questions related to improper integrals for standard functions (63.1 percentages of errors). The three techniques of integration, namely by parts, trigonometric substitution and partial fraction with combined percentage errors of 42.8 also contributed to this. The types of conceptual errors discovered are symbolic, standard functions recognition, property of integral and technique determination. The procedural errors are due to the confusion between differentiation and integration process while the technical errors have foreseen the students struggling with poor mathematical skills and carelessness. The results will thus be useful to Mathematics educators who are keen in designing functional teaching and learning instruments to rectify the difficulties and misconceptions problems experienced by calculus students
Disseminating effective use of mapping techniques in integral calculus / Nor Hazizah Julaihi, Voon Li Li and Tang Howe Eng
No full textIntegral Calculus has always been an issue to first year Engineering students in their Calculus courses in higher learning institutions. This paper studied mapping techniques in learning Integral Calculus. Fifty-three randomly selected first year Engineering respondents were asked to sit for a pre-test, then exposed to a treatment and finally sat for a post-test. The findings showed that there was a signifi cantly higher mean of post-test scores as compared to the mean of pre-test scores after the application of Integral Maps in their learning. The fi dings indicated that the mapping techniques had a positive effect on the respondents. The respondents were fascinated
with the applied bright colours in the maps. They were also fast in working out solutions as they exploited the layering design of the maps. All of the respondents would use or recommend the maps to their friends. The fi ndings
indicate that mapping techniques have potential for applications in the teaching and learning of Integral Calculus
Kajian impak Pesta Kaul Mukah 2014 / Dr. Tang Howe Eng, Haji Khalik Haji Ibrahim & Noor Emma Shamsuddin
Get PDFPesta Kaul Mukah 2014 telah diadakan di Mukah pada 23 April 2014 sehingga 27 April 2014 bertempat di Tapak Pesta Kaul, Kuala Lama, Mukah. Tema Kaul pada tahun ini adalah seperti tahun lepas iaitu ‘Tiada Seuniknya’. Kaul merupakan sebuah acara keramaian yang menghimpunkan pelbagai acara dan adat resam yang unik dan menarik dan diadakan oleh kaum Melanau di kawasan Mukah, sebuah kawasan yang terletak di persisiran pantai di Sarawak. Acara ini diadakan sekali setiap tahun, iaitu pada minggu ketiga April. Kaul merupakan permulaan kalendar bagi kaum Melanau di mana berakhirnya musim tengkujuh. Disebabkan lokasi penempatan kaum ini adalah di persisiran pantai, pekerjaan utama mereka merupakan nelayan. Kaul pada zaman dahulu diamalkan untuk memohon restu daripada penunggu laut, darat, ladang dan hutan agar penunggu tersebut tidak mengganggu mereka ketika mereka mencari rezeki. Kaum Melanau yang terawal di Sarawak adalah di Mukah. Namun begitu, terdapat juga Kaum Melanau yang berada di persisiran pantai seperti kawasan lembah utara Sungai Rajang, Igan, Mukah, Dalat, Oya dan Bintulu. Bahasa Melanau itu sendiri berbeza loghatnya mengikut kawasan masing-masing. Masyarakat Melanau dahulu kebanyakannya terdiri daripada suku yang tidak mempunyai agama dan mempercayai kuasa makhluk ghaib yang dipanggil Ipok. Kaum inilah yang memulakan acara Kaul yang akhirnya menjadi satu adat bagi Kaum Melanau sehingga kini. Namun begitu, dengan kemasukan agama Islam dan Kristian di kalangan masyarakat Melanau di Sarawak ini mengubah sedikit demi sedikit aplikasi dan kepercayaan Kaul. Jika dahulu, Kaul diadakan untuk memuja penunggu-penunggu laut dan darat, tetapi kini Kaul diadakan untuk majlis keramaian ataupun satu pesta sosio-budaya sahaja. Ini adalah kerana dengan wujudnya anutan agama, amalan-amalan syirik perlu dihentikan namun demi mengekalkan adat supaya tidak hilang ditelan arus zaman, Kaul dikekalkan dari segi nama dan masa bukan dari segi amalan
STestMAP as an alternative for significance test selection / Tang Howe Eng... [et al.]
Get PDFOne major problem faced by many researchers and students when confronted with the hypothesis testing procedure is to select the relevant statistical test for the purpose of calculating the test statistics. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of STestMAP as a tool to help in the selection of the significance test. It also aims at investigating the flexibility afforded by the STestMAP procedure in catering to the needs of both linear and non-linear users. The research design divides the study into two phases: Phase I where quantitative analysis dominates while Phase II involves qualitative analysis. Four instruments, which consisted of prior knowledge test, pre-test, post-test and interview, were adopted and administered. Data collection was carried out through paper-and-pencil tests and interviews. Both quantitative (descriptive and inferential analyses) and qualitative data analysis techniques were utilized. In Malaysia, a random sample of 49 respondents from two public universities in Sarawak, Malaysia was chosen out of which 6 respondents were purposively selected and interviewed. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the pre-test and the post-test for the control group, Z=-3.978, p=0.001 as well as for the experimental group, Z=-4.275, p=0.001. In comparing the gains between the experimental and the control groups, however, the test indicated insignificant difference in the gain scores, Z=-0.142, p=0.887. In Singapore, 29 respondents were selected on a voluntary basis from one of the public universities. Eight respondents were purposively selected and interviewed. Paired t- Test showed that there was significant gain in the pre and post-tests (t=7.678,p=0.001). For both Malaysia and Singapore, a more detailed analysis with programme of study and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as independent variables
The impact of ‘high-failure rate’ mathematics courses on UiTM Sarawak full-time diploma students’ academic performance / Tang Howe Eng ... [et al.]
Get PDFThis research seeks to analyze the impact of UiTM Sarawak full-time diploma students’ academic performance on the ‘high-failure rate’ Mathematics courses. The respondents consisted of the full-time diploma students in UiTM Sarawak who had taken the ‘high-failure rate’ Mathematics courses, lecturers who had taught the ‘high- failure rate’ Mathematics courses and students who had taken those courses. The instruments comprised the report of final examination analysis, students’ particulars in the registration database, the database of total credit hours for courses offered in each programme and questionnaires. From the findings, MAT133, MAT183, MAT192 and MAT293 were recognized as ‘high-failure rate’ Mathematics courses in UiTM Sarawak. The finding also showed that the ‘high-failure rate’ Mathematics courses had a significant portion of Pre-Calculus and Basic Calculus
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