This book arrived today after its online purchase sometime last month via Book Depository. It’s quite exciting to find in it some of the valuable concepts desperately needed for my research references. Glad to finally have this one…
This morning, together with Dr. Hadijah, I had the opportunity to deliver an online talk on qualitative data for education research to my colleagues at the School of Civil Engineering (SKA). Group discussions were also held during the workshop, which allowed us to identify the types of data gathered by our friends at SKA during their courses. I wish to thank the organising committee for having us in the first series.
Many congratulations to Yim Wan Sin and her supervisor AP Dr. AhmadJohari for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Pendekatan Pengajaran Penyelesaian Masalah Matematik Berayat Secara Kolaboratif Bagi Murid Sekolah Rendah”. I was assisted by Dr. Mohd Hizwan during the session, with AP Dr. Sanitah and AP Dr. Abdul Halim as the examiners.
Today we had our first online meeting to discuss the running of the group’s activities for 2021. The session was led by Dr. Muzaffar and joined by Prof. Khalida, Dr. Zuhaili and Dr. Hadijah.
To start the ball rolling, we planned to have a series of online discussion on “Knowing Our Data”. The schedules will be confirmed by Dr. Zuhaili soon.
We had a proposal defense session for Dr. Zakiah’s PhD student this morning. The session was chaired by AP Dr. Aqeel with Dr. Rustam as his assistance. While Prof. Yeo and myself as the examiners.
Among the main points I learned today is that contextualising special education in a PhD research project requires a candidate to:
(1) accurately conceptualise the research focus (i.e. in this project the focus is children with autism);
(2) differentiate the terms employed (for example what is the differences between “special education” and “inclusive education”);
(3) highlight the issue within the Malaysian context (e.g. the issue of diagnosis of autism in Malaysia).
Thank you Prof. Yeo for the detail explanations related to the three points mentioned above. And congratulations to Natasha Amira (PPPE) for successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes.
Many congratulations to Cikgu Haiza Atmareni Harmeni and her supervisor Dr. Rohaya Talib for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Pembinaan dan Pengesahan Instrumen Pentaksiran untuk Pembelajaran Matematik Sekolah Rendah”. Thank you to the examiners, Prof. Dr. Zaleha and AP Dr. Adibah, and to Dr. Rustam for assisting me throughout the session.
This morning, Prof. Yeo’s PhD student successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes to Cikgu Lim Wai Wai with her proposed project entitled “Improving Literacy Skills and Intrinsic Motivation of Students with Dyslexia by Using The Pirate Of Word King Mobile Learning Application”.
The session was chaired by Prof. Salleh and was assisted by Dr. Rustam, with AP Dr. Zainudin as the second examiner.
Many congratulations to Liew Ee Ling and her supervisors Dr Mohd Rustam and Prof. Yeo for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Mediating Effect of Self-Regulated Learning in the Relationship between Parental Involvement and Academic Achievement in Mathematics and English Among Primary School Students”.
Thank you to the examiners AP Dr. Zainudin and Dr. Hadijah, and Dr. Ibnatul Jalilah for assisting me throughout the session.
The Reflective Brain group presented two papers during the 8th IEEE Symposium on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (SASSP 2020)
It was virtually organised IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology (FTKEE), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP).
Shanthini presented her paper entitled “Functional Connectivity Pattern of Dyslexic Brain during Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) Tasks Using Electroencephalogram (EEG) Signals”.
Fatini presented hers entitled “Brain Functional Connectivity During Reflective Thinking Using Electroencephalogram (EEG) Signals”.
Both papers can be accessed via ResearchGate:
This morning, Dr. Rohaya and Dr. Ibna’s PhD student successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes to Sr. Anwar Saleh Abduallah Bani Hani with her proposed project entitled “ Development and Validation of Social Media Anxiety Scale for Jordanian High School Students”.
The session was chaired by AP Dr. Zainudin and was assisted by Dr. Rustam, with AP Dr. Adibah as the second examiner.