It’s the 1st of January today, and I promise myself to read more throughout this year. Starting with this one by Thomas Erikson.
Reading “Surrounded by Idiots” by Thomas Erikson
Song of the Day #12
“Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don’t we?…”
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush (1985)
Hounds of Love
Unboxing “Philosophy of Education” by Nel Noddings
Unboxing this copy of “Philosophy of Education” by Nel Noddings, which safely arrived this week. Online purchase via Book Depository UK, delivered by PosMalaysia. Now at least I have the recent reference for SHPP1002 Philosophy of Education.
Reading “The Guest Cat” by Takashi Hiraide
Spoiler Alert: Another sad ending….(sigh)…but a happy one for the hoomans (for being insightful throughout their memories with Chika)….
PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-1 (Chairperson)
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.
PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-1 (Examiner)
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.
Master Mixed Mode Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-1 (Chairperson)
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.
Unboxing “Doing Qualitative Research” by David Silverman
This copy arrived in mid-November. I purchased it online on Kinokuniya’s website, but due to its unavailability, they had to obtain a copy from Sage Publishing, UK.
(Virtual) Paper presentations at SASSP 2020
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:
PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-1 (Examiner)
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.