Thuraiya Mohd

Development of an Online Peer Assessment System in Teamwork Skills—A Preliminary Survey

In the learning process, teamwork is often a crucial part where students learn to work together using their individual skills despite any personal conflict. Students often enjoy learning in teams and developing teamwork skills, but criticize team assessment as unfair if there is equal reward for unequal contribution. In order to evaluate these teamwork skills, a peer assessment often used to measure the performance each of the team members. Peer assessment can be defined as the responsibility of assessing work of peers against various set of assessment criteria. It is one of the powerful tools for the students to have better understanding on assessment criteria and also transfer certain percentage of ownership of the assessment process and marks to them that subsequently will help increasing their self-motivation and teamwork skills. Group assignment is one type of assessments that is widely used by the lecturers in UiTM (Perak) especially in the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying (FSPU). However, no study has been conducted to measure the level of awareness among the lecturers. Thus, this research seeks to identify the level of awareness of peer assessment among the lecturers in UiTM (Perak). In addition, this research will determine the most preferable medium for peer assessment by the students. To achieve the objectives of this research, data collection through survey analysis method were used. Set of 50 questionnaires was distributed to the lecturers in UiTM (Perak). Data from the questionnaire survey was analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics involving frequency and percentage distribution using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The finding from this research clearly shows that most of the respondent answer completely agree and agree for all of the questions which lead to high awareness about peer review assessment for their students. We also found that most respondents who have high awareness preferred online and paper as their medium of peer assessment. It is hoped that this preliminary study will be used as indicator to shows that the need of development of online peer assessment.

Land Allocation Approach for the Non-Registered Proprietor Flood Victims in Kuala Krai

The purpose of this research is to provide land allocation approach for the non registered proprieotor flood victims in Kuala Krai, Malaysia. Twelve (12) experts from the perspectives of land law, policies and administrations were interviewed by using semi-structured interview to gauge their perceptions in the possible land allocation approach for the non-registered proprietor flood victims. The experts recommended the state alienation approach to allocate land for the purpose of emergency, temporary shelters and new permanent house. This approach will ensure that the land required to shelter disaster victims irrespective of their land titles in post disaster house construction can prevent long term displacement after disaster. The findings from this research will provide significant input to the federal, state and local governments for effective planning and policy making in Total Disaster Risk Management as a holistic approach in managing the impact from disasters. The input will also help the governments to successfully provide a better quality of life to the affected people.

The Role of Valuer in Sustainable Valuation: A Review

The purpose of this paper is to study the role of valuer in green building development. Green building is the main agenda of sustainability in built environment. While, valuer is one of the market player in built environment, which their existence indirectly influences the development of green building. Their capability in interpreting the value of building should be express clearly. Therefore, question arises whether valuer really understand green development concept and embrace the presence of green in valuation exercise. The objective of this study is to determine the issue in respect of valuer in valuing green building. Methodology used in this research is by conducting a review on previous research which valuer incorporating in green building valuation. This study discovers that there are issues and challenges in the role as valuer in green building valuation, lack of knowledge and awarenessin green development as much as lack of information and data to interpret the value of green.

A Review Factors Affecting Residential Property Price

Currently, there are limited studies conducted in industry about factors affecting residential price within Malaysia. Questions arise regarding issue in development with are (i) what are the attributes factors that affect green residential price in Malaysia? and (ii) how the relationship between this factors and property price. The purpose of this paper is to present the factors that affect property price. This papers use method of comprehensive search and review of extant literature across internal factors and external factors that affect the developed of residential property price was undertaken. It is also to understand the factors involved and its relevance to property market. The review permitted developing a comprehensive set of characteristics that are associated with the residential property. The findings contribute a conceptual framework of factors affected residential property price organized according to the following dimensions is presented and discussed. This paper advances theoretical knowledge in the residential property market domain by offering a conceptual framework of factors that affect growth of residential property.

Evaluating off-campus student housing preferences: A pilot survey

In recent decades, the term student housing has been highlighted as a body of knowledge in housing studies. In providing better quality of life, student housing evolved into a critical agenda in developing higher education learning. This research paper aims to discuss on a pilot study examining student housing preferences among university and college students should they reside off-campus. The research aims at identifying the attributes of off-campus student housing preferences to give a significant input for the development of an off-campus student housing preferences conceptual framework. This research is a cross-sectional study in which survey participants are currently-enrolled students throughout the period of survey. During this pilot study, questionnaires were distributed among university students in Shah Alam, Selangor in Malaysia. A total of 86 survey questionnaires were collected, consisting of questions reflecting students’ background, Likert scale questions to specify their preferences, and open-ended questions. This preliminary pilot result shows that the 46 variables student housing preferences have a good reliability and validity. The outcomes from this research provide insight into students’ preferences on how off-campus housing should be developed. Since Selangor is divided into various districts with a plethora of different local contexts including different university campuses, there is a need for further study to avoid generalization.In recent decades, the term student housing has been highlighted as a body of knowledge in housing studies. In providing better quality of life, student housing evolved into a critical agenda in developing higher education learning. This research paper aims to discuss on a pilot study examining student housing preferences among university and college students should they reside off-campus. The research aims at identifying the attributes of off-campus student housing preferences to give a significant input for the development of an off-campus student housing preferences conceptual framework. This research is a cross-sectional study in which survey participants are currently-enrolled students throughout the period of survey. During this pilot study, questionnaires were distributed among university students in Shah Alam, Selangor in Malaysia. A total of 86 survey questionnaires were collected, consisting of questions reflecting students’ background, Likert scale questions to specify their preferences, and op...

Exploring the Effect of Green Element on Condominium Price in Penang

The emphasis of this research is exploring the green element effect on the price of residential properties. This research identified the prices difference between GBI and non-GBI residential, further demonstrates the relationship between price and green by utilizing Multiple Regression Analysis. The samples are 471 condominiums in Penang derived from the database of NAPIC. The empirical result of the research shows that a residential building having GBI certification increased the property price by RM1009.079. Findings of this research contribute to the significant relationship between green element and condominium price, as well as indicate the impacts of GBI on the price of properties in Malaysia. Keywords: green, GBI, condominium, regression ISSN: 2398-4287

Peer Evaluation System in Team Work Skills Assessment

The higher learning institutions in Malaysia are changing rapidly as most of the institutions take account of a number of major external factors such as soft skills. One of the essential soft skills among undergraduates that need to be assessed is teamwork. In the learning process, team work is often a crucial part where students learn to work together using their individual skills despite any personal conflict. This team work can be evaluated through the peer evaluation assessment method. Currently, this peer evaluation had been done by using the manual form that needed to be filled by students in relation to the performance of their group members. The manual peer evaluation method does not reflect the true performance of their peers because when the forms are submitted to the lecturer, everyone can see the marks given by the others. Due to this, the students will tend to give a biased assessment on the performance of their peers because they do not want to hurt the feelings of others by giving a low assessment score. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to discuss the development of an online self-assessment system or otherwise known as the e-PRS. The objective of e-PRS is to provide a non-bias platform for students to evaluate their group members on a fair basis and to ease the process of grading by lecturers. The e-PRS is the acronym for ‘Elektronik’, ‘Penilaian’, ‘Rakan’, ‘Sebaya’ which is an online evaluation system to assess soft skills. Therefore this online evaluation system has the potential to be widely used by all higher learning institutions in Malaysia. It is hoped that the development of e-PRS as an online peer evaluation assessment can enable students to honestly evaluate their peers under complete anonymity because it is an online-based assessment system whereby only the lecturers will see the marks given by the students on the performance of their peers and will contribute to a sustainable learning environment due to its paperless nature.

A Model to Determine the Degree of Housing Damage for Flood-Affected Area: A Preliminary Study

Recent years, global warming and ozone depletion had impacted people’s lives in many ways. In Malaysia, floods have become a common phenomenon caused by a combination of natural factors such as heavy monsoon rainfall and human factors like poor drainage system and deforestation. Heavy year-round rainfall has led to “spillover” effect bringing heavy rains and subsequent flooding. Floods can cause damage to housing and its possession as well as disruption to communication. At times, relocation is deemed necessary. In reality, flood victims are relocated or evacuated to a safe area provided by the authorities but some run to their own shelter. Therefore, the focus of the government is to accelerate the construction of permanent houses for the affected people. The question arises whether the estimated replacement needs took into account the degree of damage to the affected homes? Do they really deserve to receive the permanent house based on the condition of their house post-flood? Is the condition of the house deemed acceptable by end users? Thus, this preliminary study emphasizes on the understanding of the degree of housing damage after a flood, and the findings provide a conceptual model for the degree of housing damages in the Malaysian context.

The Importance of Implementing Collaborative Learning in the English as a Second Language (ESL) Classroom in Malaysia

Abstract The collaborative learning method makes the students depend on each other in their pursuit of knowledge and makes the learning process more meaningful and interesting. When students are learning in a group, they will not feel alone and isolated from the rest. When students are working in groups, they will be a part of a community whereby everyone will lend support to one another. This will provide the academic and social support in learning that students need. When students of different performance levels co-operate with each other in working towards achieving a desired goal, the students are not merely accountable for their own learning process but are also responsible for their peers’ learning process as well. In other words, success will breed more success. The learning experience can be further enriched when the teaching method which is used takes into account the interests and motivation of the learners. Student motivation will be heightened as a result of collaborative learning. This is because the students will feel in charge and empowered in terms of their own learning process. This paper will discuss the present teaching and learning experiences in the Malaysian ESL classroom, the recommended model of the collaborative learning method that can be applied in the Malaysian ESL classroom, the significance of the collaborative learning method and its limitations.

Peer evaluation system in team work skills assessment: Technical perspective

Information System (IS) was proved can act as an enabler to support, improve and enhance human activity and performance. Hence, Peer Evaluation System has been design and develops to support Malaysia higher learning institutions in assessing soft skills elements. The objective of the system is to provide a non-bias platform for students to evaluate their group members on a fair basis and to ease the process of grading by lecturers. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) played as a guideline in managing system development activity. A group of respondents were defined and given a set of questionnaire questions to survey the new system against user expectations.