Suhanom Mohd Zaki

Game-Based Approach in Teaching and Learning: Fun, Knowledge or Both? A Case Study of MDAB Students

“Program Mengubah Destini Anak Bangsa” (MDAB) is a pre-diploma program with the aim to provide higher education experience to Bumiputera students who come from low-income family and have minimal qualification to pursue studies at tertiary level. This program fulfills and realizes their dream and hope of becoming university students since they were not selected to further studies in other higher education institutions. Most of the students are categorized as average students. They hardly understand the content of the subjects and conventional approach in teaching and learning found ineffective. Therefore, the use of games as an interesting and fun method of teaching and learning was introduced in order to improve students’ understanding. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the use of games in teaching and learning process and student’s academic performance. Furthermore, this chapter aims to investigate the factors that contribute to the use of games in teaching and learning for management subject. In order to achieve these objectives, quasi-experimental research design has been conducted to compare the test score between students who had involved with the games (treatment group) during class period and students who were not involved with the games (control group). Questionnaires were also distributed to the treatment group in order to identify the factors that contribute to the use of games in teaching and learning process. It was found that factors such as perceived usefulness, ease of use, and soft skills improvement had contributed to the use of games in teaching and learning process. Furthermore, there was relationship between the use of games in teaching and learning process and students’ academic performance.

Determining Factors Influencing Self-employed Intention Among Tertiary Education Students in East Coast Malaysia

This chapter investigates the factors of becoming self-employed among tertiary education students in East Coast Malaysia. Among others, three motivating factors obtained a positive response; intention to upgrade income to a higher level, be independent at work, and acquire more satisfaction as an entrepreneur. Self-administered questionnaires adapted from a previous research were distributed to tertiary education students in East Coast Malaysia. 104 questionnaires were analyzed and found to be usable for this study. Generally, the results of the study indicated that the respondents had a positive interest towards becoming self-employed with a very significant level through the research findings. This is a good sign to the related tertiary education institutions and country as a whole in which most of the future graduates are interested in being independent entrepreneurs. Thus, Malaysia will be able to increase the statistics of those who are self-employed among tertiary graduates. Not only that, the Ministry of Education can emphasize more activities, programmes and courses that are able to develop the skills to become entrepreneurs among tertiary education students.

Association between litterers’ profile and littering behavior: A chi-square approach

Littering is not a novelty, yet a prolonged issue. The solutions have been discussed for a long time; however this issue still remains unresolved. Littering is commonly associated with littering behavior and awareness. The littering behavior is normally influenced by the litter profile such as gender, family income, education level and age. Jengka Street market, which is located in Pahang, is popularly known as a trade market. It offers diversities of wet and dry goods and is awaited by local residents and tourists. This study analyzes association between litterers’ profile and littering behavior. Littering behavior is measured based on factors of trash bin facilities, awareness campaign and public littering behavior. 114 respondents were involved in this study with 62 (54.39%) are female aged more than 18 years old and majority of these female respondents are diploma holders. In addition, 78.95% of the respondents have family income below than RM3,000.00 per month. Based on the data analysis, it was foun...

The Impact of Textile Centre Towards Textile Traders: A Case Study in Bandar Tun Abdul Razak, Pahang

Business can run very best by gaining the best profit that directly depends to the customer. Recently, customers are very smart to buy any products or services to fulfil their needs. For sure, the product or services with the best quality and the best price offered will be chosen. A case study among 40 textile traders at Bandar Tun Razak Jengka, Pahang has become a platform to identify the impact of existence the textile centre, known as Jengka Street to them. A self-developed questionnaire has been used to collect the data and the data collected was analysed using SPSS 20.0. The present study shows that the overall average of monthly income among the selected traders has been decreased significantly by RM397.10 after Jengka Street was operated. However, the impact more serious faced by male traders with loss RM1055.55 per month. In addition, the impact of Jengka Street related to the price and the choices of textiles and its location itself. The number of choices of textile become the most important factor that make them lost many customers. Hopefully, this study will give a potential action should be taken by textile traders in order to improve their business without any malicious feelings.