Yang Y and Lay YF () What are the roles of positive psychological construct in blended learning c... more Yang Y and Lay YF () What are the roles of positive psychological construct in blended learning contexts? Integrating academic buoyancy into the Community of Inquiry framework. Front. Psychol. :. doi: .
Humanities and social sciences letters, Mar 27, 2024
The 16-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) was translated into simplified Chin... more The 16-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) was translated into simplified Chinese (MBI-SS-C) and tested for reliability and validity among Chinese art college students. A sample of 437 students from a Beijing art college was analyzed. The MBI-SS-C with 16 items shows relatively poor psychological measurement characteristics for items 2 and 7. The remaining 14 items showed good validity and reliability after being removed. Conf irmatory factor analysis conf irmed the structural validity of the 14-item MBI-SS-C. The Cronbach alpha for the MBI-SS-C was 0.854, with the three subscales having Cronbach alpha of 0.898, 0.890 and 0.902. The 14-item MBI-SS-C has a moderate correlation with general self-efficacy (GSE) and high concurrent validity. The 14-item MBI-SS-C is a reliable tool for evaluating burnout in Chinese art college students and is simple and effective. Contribution/Originality: This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory -Student Survey (MBI-SS) in Chinese art college students. It provides a fundamental and pioneering analysis of the status and factors influencing learning burnout among Chinese art college students.
International journal of education and practice, May 21, 2024
The ubiquity of instru ctional leadership integrated with technology has ne cessitated research i... more The ubiquity of instru ctional leadership integrated with technology has ne cessitated research into the application of instructional leadership and its influencing factors. The aim of this study is to investigate contributing factors to in-service teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership by determining the relationship between use expectancy, social influence, facil itating cond itions, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence, behavioral intention and teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership. Quantitative research is employed using a questionnaire to collect data. The sample comprises 230 randomly selected in-service teachers from private undergraduate universities in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Prov ince, China. Data analysis was carried out using SmartPLS. The results show that use expectancy, facilitating condit ions, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence and behavioral intention all have a positive and significant effect on teachers' informatization instructional leadership. Use expectancy, computer self-efficacy and blended teaching competence have a positive and significant effect on behavioral intention, and behavioral intention significantly mediates the relationships between use expectancy, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence and teachers' informatization instructional leadership. The research provides practical guidance for universities attempting to implement or improve teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership practices. Efforts for pol icymakers to develop teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership should consider the importance of not only use expectancy and facilitating condit ions but also computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence, and the role of behavioral intention to use teachers' informatization instructional leadership. Contribution/Originality: This study offers original insights into teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership in China. It extends theoretical knowledge by highlighting two intri nsic elements added into the UTAUT model. Furthermore, this study makes practical and theoretical recommendations for boosting teachers' informatization instructional leadership in universities. Due to the Cov id-19 pandemic, the accelerated integration of technology into university classrooms has resulted in blended teaching. It was imperative for university teachers to understand the change and develop corresponding instructional leadership competence to transition to the complex teaching environment of both inperson and online teaching. This shift requires university teachers to adapt and incorporate technology into their
Dinamika: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar, May 1, 2023
This research aims to reveal the creativity of teacher pedagogy with creative and participatory l... more This research aims to reveal the creativity of teacher pedagogy with creative and participatory learning in provoking the curiosity, activeness and enthusiasm of students. The application of pedagogical creativity as a search or an effective way to develop pedagogical creativity makes it possible to establish that innovative technologies have great potential in developing pedagogical creativity. Method The qualitative method was chosen to explore and give indepth meaning to the data obtained and to be able to present more meaningful pedagogic creativity research results. Data analysis used descriptive analysis, starting with grouping the same data, then interpretation was carried out to give meaning to each sub-aspect and the relationship between one another. To carry out an analysis or interpretation of all aspects to understand the meaning of the relationship between one aspect and another which is the focus of further research is interpreted or interpreted. development of pedagogical creativity of teachers and students. The research findings show that many challenges to pedagogical creativity in pedagogical practice are manifested in the pattern of: 1) the effective application by a person of the experiences created in new conditions; 2) in repair known according to the new task; in the development of science and development; 3) in the ability to prove intuitive and pre-prepared decisions; 4) in the ability to dream, see near and distant prospects; 6) in the ability to develop ideas and see a series of options in their decisions; 7) to reveal the unknown regularity of previous training and education; 8) in the ability to conduct experiments, deeper research work. Thus, these findings can become the basis for further studies on improving and creating new approaches to the development of pedagogical creativity in the process of arts and culture craft education.
The remarkable upsurge in the attention for STEM education globally has inspired many countries i... more The remarkable upsurge in the attention for STEM education globally has inspired many countries including Malaysia to formulate STEM education policies to reform the existing segmented teaching of the four STEM subjects towards integrated teaching. One of the Malaysian government’s initiatives include establishing a framework as a guide for teachers to practise STEM teaching. This exploratory, mixed methods study aimed to explore Malaysian science and mathematics teachers’ perceptions to practise STEM teaching and develop a questionnaire to measure factors that explain their teaching practices. The interview findings identified teachers’ knowledge of interdisciplinary and related pedagogical strategies, challenges encountered in STEM teaching practices, and teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs to perform STEM teaching as factors that explain STEM teaching practices. Following that, a 33-item questionnaire was developed based on the qualitative findings. The results of exploratory factor ...
This research is motivated by the importance of student behavior in mitigating the COVID-19 disas... more This research is motivated by the importance of student behavior in mitigating the COVID-19 disaster. As the number of positive cases continues to grow, it is necessary to take steps to prevent COVID-19. This study discusses the analysis of student behavior, especially in elementary schools in dealing with the Coronavirus Disease-19 outbreak. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that influence it. To answer the objectives of the researcher used a descriptive study and qualitative analysis. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation. The research subjects were fifth grade students and fifth grade students' parents. Data analysis used data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. Test the validity of the data using triangulation of sources and techniques. The results of the research at the beginning of the pandemic were that students...
A strong mathematics background is essential for job opportunities and advancement in a developin... more A strong mathematics background is essential for job opportunities and advancement in a developing country like Malaysia. It gives students the confidence and ability to solve problems and become rational as well as critical in their thinking. However, Malaysian students’ mathematics achievement is relatively low as compared to other school subjects. This difference is more pronounced in rural schools. Previous studies have highlighted the relationship between students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. Hence, it is important to investigate the contributing factors that affect students’ attitudes towards mathematics. This book is adapted and modified from a PhD thesis entitled: “Factors affecting students’ attitude towards mathematics in Sabah, Malaysia” of the first author. In this book, the relationships among perceived parental influences, teacher affective support, classroom instruction, gender, SES, students’ previous achievement and students’ attitude towards mathematic...
Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2016 Conference Proceedings, 2018
Testing is without a doubt an indispensable tool used to measure how successful students in teach... more Testing is without a doubt an indispensable tool used to measure how successful students in teaching and learning activities carried out by their teachers. Multiple choice test (MCT) is one of the most widely applied tools for estimating the students’ ability in certain subjects. In the process of test assessment, teachers need to assess the items, in terms of difficulty and test the students’ ability to appropriately respond to the given items. However, many teachers are superficial in their assessment and only rely on raw test scores as the final measure of their students’ ability. Rasch measurement enables the researcher to simultaneously calibrate the students’ ability and item difficulty into one common scale. This study aimed to ascertain the Rasch analysis properties (item fit and unidimensionality) of a 50-item Multiple Choice Chemistry Test. The test was administered to a group of 70 Form Four students that study chemistry in school. The chemistry test was developed by the researcher with the help of three chemistry teachers with the experience of over 10 years. The data were analysed using Bond & Fox Steps 2. The person reliability was 0.69 and separation was 1.50. The item separation was 3.55 and the reliability was 0.93. The mean for the person (−0.04) and item (0.00) were less than 0.50, indicating that the test was on-target. The infit and outfit mean squares ranged from 0.68 to 1.36, meaning that none of the items was misfits. All the values of PTMEA Corr. were positive, ranging from 0.05 to 0.55. The raw variances shown by the 50 items were less than 40% and the first contrast had the Eigenvalue units of less than five. Thus, the items in the test were unidimensional. In conclusion, the Chemistry Test showed good Rasch analysis properties. The invariance test (Differential Item Functioning) can be carried out to test the item bias against gender or other demographic information.
Universities have frequently been regarded as key institutions involved in processes of social ch... more Universities have frequently been regarded as key institutions involved in processes of social change and development. In relation to this role, Malaysian universities have realigned themselves towards goals like creating a ‘knowledge society’, an ‘achievement society’, a ‘democratic society’, a ‘global society’ or more likely, a combination of all of the above. The roles played by universities in the development period are varied, multiple and contradictory; sometimes reproductive of the status quo and sometimes transformative (Brennan & Lebeau, 2002). The main focus of a ‘traditional university’ in the Malaysian context is viewed in terms of its three primary functions: education, research and service to the community
Journal of science and mathematics education in Southeast Asia, 2018
Purpose – This research aimed to examine the reliability and validity of instruments used to dete... more Purpose – This research aimed to examine the reliability and validity of instruments used to determine self-efficacy beliefs, teaching motivation, attitudes towards teaching science and behavioural intention by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Methodology – This research has adopted quantitative research design with cross-sectional survey method. The respondents were 135 pre-service science teachers from the governmentfunded universities in Malaysia. ‘Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument-Form B’ (STEBIB) was used to measure pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs. ‘Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers’ (WTMST) was used to measure teaching motivation. The ‘Dimensions of Attitude towards Science’ (DAS) was used to measure attitudes towards teaching science, whereas the ‘Behavioural Intention Scale’ was used to measure behavioural intention in teaching science. PLS-SEM approach was used to evaluate the reliability and validity ...
Practicum is a highly stressful situation whereby trainee teachers are subjected to a high qualit... more Practicum is a highly stressful situation whereby trainee teachers are subjected to a high quality standard, deals with numerous students’ behaviour, adapt with the school climate and so forth. In this stress coping factors comprising of selfefficacy, subjective well-being and emotional intelligence are associated with practicum stress experienced by 137 trainee teachers in the Sabah Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA), Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale, the Emotional Intelligence Traits, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Rating Pre-Service Teacher Events for Stress Scale were adapted and used in this study. Collected data were analysed using the PLS-SEM approach. The result showed self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, subjective well-being and stress are moderate but resiliency has moderately low level. Self-efficacy and subjective well-being are significant predictors of resilience and stress, however, emotional intelligence is no...
This study examines the effects of achievement motivation and perceived teacher involvement on ac... more This study examines the effects of achievement motivation and perceived teacher involvement on academic achievement and psychological well-being of rural students in the Interior Sabah Division (Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Membakut, Pensiangan, Sipitang, Tambunan & Tenom). We predicted that achievement motivation contributes to both academic achievement and psychological well-being. We also predicted teachers’ involvement in students’ academic work also contributes to both dependent variables. A total of 1586 students participated in this study from 21 rural schools in the Interior Division Sabah. A questionnaire, divided into four sections, was used to measure all the variables. Section A measured the demographic variables, such as the academic achievement, academic level, age, gender and location; Section B; measured achievement motivation; Section C measured the perception of teacher involvement in students’academic work and Section D measured psychological well-being. Hiera...
In general, the term gamification is defined as the use of game facets in nongame contexts. This ... more In general, the term gamification is defined as the use of game facets in nongame contexts. This study aims at investigating undergraduate students’ perception on gamification as an alternative platform to facilitate their language learning processes as well as their acceptance of gamification according to gender. The psychometric properties of a questionnaire on the acceptance of gamification (PLE) particularly in terms of its validity and reliability were also examined in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test the reliability and validity of the measurement model by looking at the results of composite reliability, average variance extracted, and standardized loadings of the construct measures. Goodnessof- fit indices of the measurement model were also examined. The results of the study have shown that users of PLE were positive towards its usefulness in assisting their language learning and enhancing their performance, and confident of its ease of use...
Over the last four decades, researchers in many countries have shown increasing interest in the c... more Over the last four decades, researchers in many countries have shown increasing interest in the conceptualization, assessment, and investigation of students perceptions of psychosocial dimensions of their classroom environment. Research conducted over the past 40 years has shown the quality of the classroom environment in schools to be a significant determinant of student learning. However, not many studies, especially in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, were conducted to examine the tertiary Science learning environment and its relationship with students attitudes towards Science. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the perceptions of actual and preferred Science learning environment at tertiary level and the attitudes towards Science among pre-service science teachers in Sabah, Malaysia. This study was also aimed to ascertain the difference in students perceptions of Science learning environment and the attitudes towards Science based on gender. Thi...
Stress is inevitable in the world of teaching and practicum training and therefore, student teach... more Stress is inevitable in the world of teaching and practicum training and therefore, student teachers naturally incur a certain level of stress due to the demands for them to use various knowledge and skills in real school and classroom environment. Hence, practicum stress needs to be addressed accordingly. The central focus of this study is using a partial least square-structural equation modeling to explore the inter-relationships among the student teachers’ personal resources to mitigate practicum stress. A sample of 200 student teachers selected by purposive sampling from teacher education institutions in Sabah, Malaysia was used in this study. This study collected data via survey methods using a questionnaire developed from several existing scales. Findings showed that emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and subjective well-being were able to explain resilience with good predictive accuracy and relevance but poorly for practicum stress. These findings were suggestive of the n...
Yang Y and Lay YF () What are the roles of positive psychological construct in blended learning c... more Yang Y and Lay YF () What are the roles of positive psychological construct in blended learning contexts? Integrating academic buoyancy into the Community of Inquiry framework. Front. Psychol. :. doi: .
Humanities and social sciences letters, Mar 27, 2024
The 16-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) was translated into simplified Chin... more The 16-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) was translated into simplified Chinese (MBI-SS-C) and tested for reliability and validity among Chinese art college students. A sample of 437 students from a Beijing art college was analyzed. The MBI-SS-C with 16 items shows relatively poor psychological measurement characteristics for items 2 and 7. The remaining 14 items showed good validity and reliability after being removed. Conf irmatory factor analysis conf irmed the structural validity of the 14-item MBI-SS-C. The Cronbach alpha for the MBI-SS-C was 0.854, with the three subscales having Cronbach alpha of 0.898, 0.890 and 0.902. The 14-item MBI-SS-C has a moderate correlation with general self-efficacy (GSE) and high concurrent validity. The 14-item MBI-SS-C is a reliable tool for evaluating burnout in Chinese art college students and is simple and effective. Contribution/Originality: This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory -Student Survey (MBI-SS) in Chinese art college students. It provides a fundamental and pioneering analysis of the status and factors influencing learning burnout among Chinese art college students.
International journal of education and practice, May 21, 2024
The ubiquity of instru ctional leadership integrated with technology has ne cessitated research i... more The ubiquity of instru ctional leadership integrated with technology has ne cessitated research into the application of instructional leadership and its influencing factors. The aim of this study is to investigate contributing factors to in-service teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership by determining the relationship between use expectancy, social influence, facil itating cond itions, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence, behavioral intention and teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership. Quantitative research is employed using a questionnaire to collect data. The sample comprises 230 randomly selected in-service teachers from private undergraduate universities in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Prov ince, China. Data analysis was carried out using SmartPLS. The results show that use expectancy, facilitating condit ions, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence and behavioral intention all have a positive and significant effect on teachers' informatization instructional leadership. Use expectancy, computer self-efficacy and blended teaching competence have a positive and significant effect on behavioral intention, and behavioral intention significantly mediates the relationships between use expectancy, computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence and teachers' informatization instructional leadership. The research provides practical guidance for universities attempting to implement or improve teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership practices. Efforts for pol icymakers to develop teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership should consider the importance of not only use expectancy and facilitating condit ions but also computer self-efficacy, blended teaching competence, and the role of behavioral intention to use teachers' informatization instructional leadership. Contribution/Originality: This study offers original insights into teachers' informatization instru ctional leadership in China. It extends theoretical knowledge by highlighting two intri nsic elements added into the UTAUT model. Furthermore, this study makes practical and theoretical recommendations for boosting teachers' informatization instructional leadership in universities. Due to the Cov id-19 pandemic, the accelerated integration of technology into university classrooms has resulted in blended teaching. It was imperative for university teachers to understand the change and develop corresponding instructional leadership competence to transition to the complex teaching environment of both inperson and online teaching. This shift requires university teachers to adapt and incorporate technology into their
Dinamika: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar, May 1, 2023
This research aims to reveal the creativity of teacher pedagogy with creative and participatory l... more This research aims to reveal the creativity of teacher pedagogy with creative and participatory learning in provoking the curiosity, activeness and enthusiasm of students. The application of pedagogical creativity as a search or an effective way to develop pedagogical creativity makes it possible to establish that innovative technologies have great potential in developing pedagogical creativity. Method The qualitative method was chosen to explore and give indepth meaning to the data obtained and to be able to present more meaningful pedagogic creativity research results. Data analysis used descriptive analysis, starting with grouping the same data, then interpretation was carried out to give meaning to each sub-aspect and the relationship between one another. To carry out an analysis or interpretation of all aspects to understand the meaning of the relationship between one aspect and another which is the focus of further research is interpreted or interpreted. development of pedagogical creativity of teachers and students. The research findings show that many challenges to pedagogical creativity in pedagogical practice are manifested in the pattern of: 1) the effective application by a person of the experiences created in new conditions; 2) in repair known according to the new task; in the development of science and development; 3) in the ability to prove intuitive and pre-prepared decisions; 4) in the ability to dream, see near and distant prospects; 6) in the ability to develop ideas and see a series of options in their decisions; 7) to reveal the unknown regularity of previous training and education; 8) in the ability to conduct experiments, deeper research work. Thus, these findings can become the basis for further studies on improving and creating new approaches to the development of pedagogical creativity in the process of arts and culture craft education.
The remarkable upsurge in the attention for STEM education globally has inspired many countries i... more The remarkable upsurge in the attention for STEM education globally has inspired many countries including Malaysia to formulate STEM education policies to reform the existing segmented teaching of the four STEM subjects towards integrated teaching. One of the Malaysian government’s initiatives include establishing a framework as a guide for teachers to practise STEM teaching. This exploratory, mixed methods study aimed to explore Malaysian science and mathematics teachers’ perceptions to practise STEM teaching and develop a questionnaire to measure factors that explain their teaching practices. The interview findings identified teachers’ knowledge of interdisciplinary and related pedagogical strategies, challenges encountered in STEM teaching practices, and teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs to perform STEM teaching as factors that explain STEM teaching practices. Following that, a 33-item questionnaire was developed based on the qualitative findings. The results of exploratory factor ...
This research is motivated by the importance of student behavior in mitigating the COVID-19 disas... more This research is motivated by the importance of student behavior in mitigating the COVID-19 disaster. As the number of positive cases continues to grow, it is necessary to take steps to prevent COVID-19. This study discusses the analysis of student behavior, especially in elementary schools in dealing with the Coronavirus Disease-19 outbreak. The purpose of this study was to determine the behavior of elementary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors that influence it. To answer the objectives of the researcher used a descriptive study and qualitative analysis. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation. The research subjects were fifth grade students and fifth grade students' parents. Data analysis used data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. Test the validity of the data using triangulation of sources and techniques. The results of the research at the beginning of the pandemic were that students...
A strong mathematics background is essential for job opportunities and advancement in a developin... more A strong mathematics background is essential for job opportunities and advancement in a developing country like Malaysia. It gives students the confidence and ability to solve problems and become rational as well as critical in their thinking. However, Malaysian students’ mathematics achievement is relatively low as compared to other school subjects. This difference is more pronounced in rural schools. Previous studies have highlighted the relationship between students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. Hence, it is important to investigate the contributing factors that affect students’ attitudes towards mathematics. This book is adapted and modified from a PhD thesis entitled: “Factors affecting students’ attitude towards mathematics in Sabah, Malaysia” of the first author. In this book, the relationships among perceived parental influences, teacher affective support, classroom instruction, gender, SES, students’ previous achievement and students’ attitude towards mathematic...
Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2016 Conference Proceedings, 2018
Testing is without a doubt an indispensable tool used to measure how successful students in teach... more Testing is without a doubt an indispensable tool used to measure how successful students in teaching and learning activities carried out by their teachers. Multiple choice test (MCT) is one of the most widely applied tools for estimating the students’ ability in certain subjects. In the process of test assessment, teachers need to assess the items, in terms of difficulty and test the students’ ability to appropriately respond to the given items. However, many teachers are superficial in their assessment and only rely on raw test scores as the final measure of their students’ ability. Rasch measurement enables the researcher to simultaneously calibrate the students’ ability and item difficulty into one common scale. This study aimed to ascertain the Rasch analysis properties (item fit and unidimensionality) of a 50-item Multiple Choice Chemistry Test. The test was administered to a group of 70 Form Four students that study chemistry in school. The chemistry test was developed by the researcher with the help of three chemistry teachers with the experience of over 10 years. The data were analysed using Bond & Fox Steps 2. The person reliability was 0.69 and separation was 1.50. The item separation was 3.55 and the reliability was 0.93. The mean for the person (−0.04) and item (0.00) were less than 0.50, indicating that the test was on-target. The infit and outfit mean squares ranged from 0.68 to 1.36, meaning that none of the items was misfits. All the values of PTMEA Corr. were positive, ranging from 0.05 to 0.55. The raw variances shown by the 50 items were less than 40% and the first contrast had the Eigenvalue units of less than five. Thus, the items in the test were unidimensional. In conclusion, the Chemistry Test showed good Rasch analysis properties. The invariance test (Differential Item Functioning) can be carried out to test the item bias against gender or other demographic information.
Universities have frequently been regarded as key institutions involved in processes of social ch... more Universities have frequently been regarded as key institutions involved in processes of social change and development. In relation to this role, Malaysian universities have realigned themselves towards goals like creating a ‘knowledge society’, an ‘achievement society’, a ‘democratic society’, a ‘global society’ or more likely, a combination of all of the above. The roles played by universities in the development period are varied, multiple and contradictory; sometimes reproductive of the status quo and sometimes transformative (Brennan & Lebeau, 2002). The main focus of a ‘traditional university’ in the Malaysian context is viewed in terms of its three primary functions: education, research and service to the community
Journal of science and mathematics education in Southeast Asia, 2018
Purpose – This research aimed to examine the reliability and validity of instruments used to dete... more Purpose – This research aimed to examine the reliability and validity of instruments used to determine self-efficacy beliefs, teaching motivation, attitudes towards teaching science and behavioural intention by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Methodology – This research has adopted quantitative research design with cross-sectional survey method. The respondents were 135 pre-service science teachers from the governmentfunded universities in Malaysia. ‘Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument-Form B’ (STEBIB) was used to measure pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs. ‘Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers’ (WTMST) was used to measure teaching motivation. The ‘Dimensions of Attitude towards Science’ (DAS) was used to measure attitudes towards teaching science, whereas the ‘Behavioural Intention Scale’ was used to measure behavioural intention in teaching science. PLS-SEM approach was used to evaluate the reliability and validity ...
Practicum is a highly stressful situation whereby trainee teachers are subjected to a high qualit... more Practicum is a highly stressful situation whereby trainee teachers are subjected to a high quality standard, deals with numerous students’ behaviour, adapt with the school climate and so forth. In this stress coping factors comprising of selfefficacy, subjective well-being and emotional intelligence are associated with practicum stress experienced by 137 trainee teachers in the Sabah Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). Resiliency Scale for Young Adults (RSYA), Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale, the Emotional Intelligence Traits, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Rating Pre-Service Teacher Events for Stress Scale were adapted and used in this study. Collected data were analysed using the PLS-SEM approach. The result showed self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, subjective well-being and stress are moderate but resiliency has moderately low level. Self-efficacy and subjective well-being are significant predictors of resilience and stress, however, emotional intelligence is no...
This study examines the effects of achievement motivation and perceived teacher involvement on ac... more This study examines the effects of achievement motivation and perceived teacher involvement on academic achievement and psychological well-being of rural students in the Interior Sabah Division (Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Membakut, Pensiangan, Sipitang, Tambunan & Tenom). We predicted that achievement motivation contributes to both academic achievement and psychological well-being. We also predicted teachers’ involvement in students’ academic work also contributes to both dependent variables. A total of 1586 students participated in this study from 21 rural schools in the Interior Division Sabah. A questionnaire, divided into four sections, was used to measure all the variables. Section A measured the demographic variables, such as the academic achievement, academic level, age, gender and location; Section B; measured achievement motivation; Section C measured the perception of teacher involvement in students’academic work and Section D measured psychological well-being. Hiera...
In general, the term gamification is defined as the use of game facets in nongame contexts. This ... more In general, the term gamification is defined as the use of game facets in nongame contexts. This study aims at investigating undergraduate students’ perception on gamification as an alternative platform to facilitate their language learning processes as well as their acceptance of gamification according to gender. The psychometric properties of a questionnaire on the acceptance of gamification (PLE) particularly in terms of its validity and reliability were also examined in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test the reliability and validity of the measurement model by looking at the results of composite reliability, average variance extracted, and standardized loadings of the construct measures. Goodnessof- fit indices of the measurement model were also examined. The results of the study have shown that users of PLE were positive towards its usefulness in assisting their language learning and enhancing their performance, and confident of its ease of use...
Over the last four decades, researchers in many countries have shown increasing interest in the c... more Over the last four decades, researchers in many countries have shown increasing interest in the conceptualization, assessment, and investigation of students perceptions of psychosocial dimensions of their classroom environment. Research conducted over the past 40 years has shown the quality of the classroom environment in schools to be a significant determinant of student learning. However, not many studies, especially in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, were conducted to examine the tertiary Science learning environment and its relationship with students attitudes towards Science. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the perceptions of actual and preferred Science learning environment at tertiary level and the attitudes towards Science among pre-service science teachers in Sabah, Malaysia. This study was also aimed to ascertain the difference in students perceptions of Science learning environment and the attitudes towards Science based on gender. Thi...
Stress is inevitable in the world of teaching and practicum training and therefore, student teach... more Stress is inevitable in the world of teaching and practicum training and therefore, student teachers naturally incur a certain level of stress due to the demands for them to use various knowledge and skills in real school and classroom environment. Hence, practicum stress needs to be addressed accordingly. The central focus of this study is using a partial least square-structural equation modeling to explore the inter-relationships among the student teachers’ personal resources to mitigate practicum stress. A sample of 200 student teachers selected by purposive sampling from teacher education institutions in Sabah, Malaysia was used in this study. This study collected data via survey methods using a questionnaire developed from several existing scales. Findings showed that emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and subjective well-being were able to explain resilience with good predictive accuracy and relevance but poorly for practicum stress. These findings were suggestive of the n...
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