EDUCATORS DIGEST

This digest offers an avenue for articles that contribute ideas leading to the achievement of the following goals and objectives:

Goals:

• To nurture professional development of educators serving at different levels of educational institutions.

• To raise the quality of education in Malaysia.

Objectives

• To disseminate research findings in a form that is easy to understand and implement in order to assist educators in their daily tasks.

• To channel current information, issues, and problems related to the teaching profession.

• To present new ideas to solve problems in various aspects of education at all levels of education.

• Learning: From Speculation to Science - Hairul Nizam Ismail
   
• Pelajar Pintar Cerdas Dan Masalah Yang Dihadapi - Mohd Zuri Ghani dan Ann Margaret
   
• Penerapan Kemahiran Berfikir Dalam Proses Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Ke Atas Kanak-Kanak Sindrom Down - Suraya Bai dan Mohamad Hashim Othman
   
• Penggunaan Model Pemprosesan Maklumat Untuk Menerangkan Masalah Membaca - Lee Lay Wah, Manisah  Mohd Ali dan Norani Salleh
   
• Menilai Kebolehan Penyelesaian Algebra Melalui Pola Linear Bergambar - Lim Hooi Lian, Noraini Idris dan Wun Thiam Yew
   
• Pengetahuan Tentang Kekuatan, Fungsi Dan Struktur Keluarga Untuk Pendidik Prasekolah - Najeemah Mohd Yusof
   
• The Effect of Teacher's and Children's Social Interaction in the Mediation of Children's Learning Science During Small-group Activity - Lim Siew Bee dan See Kin Hai
   
• Ketirisan Waktu Pengajaran Guru di Sekolah - Fatimah Saleh dan Khairudin Puaat
   
• Neuroscience and Education - Ali Bin Salim Rashid Al-Ghafri dan Hairul Nizam Ismail
   
• Mengenal Pasti Gaya Daya Tindak, Stres Dan Penghargaan Kendiri Pelajar Percubaan 1 (P1) Dan Percubaan 2 (P2) - Nor Shafrin Ahmad
   
• Feelings of ESL Students At Tertiary Level Toward Writing In English - Hairuzila Idrus
   
• Pembangunan Dan Penilaian Keberkesanan Modul Pendekatan Pengajaran Berasaskan Otak Dalam Konteks Pengajaran Fizik Tingkatan Empat - Salmiza Saleh
   
• Empati Sejarah dalam Kalangan Murid Tingkatan 2 - Siti Hawa Abdullah
   

• Kehebatan Bidang Sains Berlandaskan Kekuatan Ilmu Matematik - Mashhor Mansor
   
• The Development of Preliminary Indicator and Descriptor for Science Process Skills Through Language Skills: A Case Study - Hashimah Mohd Yunus dan Nor Hashimah Hashim
   
• Tahap Kesedaran Pelajar Sekolah Rendah Terhadap Penyakit Demam Denggi - Ahmad Ramli S., Hashimah Mohd Yunus, Abu Hassan A. dan Ooi Cheng Kok
   
• Assessing Conceptual Understanding of Science - Ong Saw Lan
   
• Bahan Pembelajaran Kreatif dan Inovatif Berasaskan Camtasia Studio - Aida binti Zainul Azizdin, Rabihah binti Mohd Yazid, Sarib bin Selamat dan Fong Soon Fook
   
• A Website for Teachers on The Go: The E-lesson Creator - Abdul Rashid Mohamed, Lee Lay Wah, Sharifah Norhaidah Syed Idros dan Norlida Ahmad
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• Penggunaan Visual Grafik Animasi dalam Pengajaran Fizik Sebuah Kolej Matrikulasi - Norfizin Yusoff dan Mohd Zuri Ghani
   
• Perekayasaan Kepemimpinan Guru Melalui Peranan Fasilitator Bagi Melestari Pelaksanaan Pengajaran & Pembelajaran Sains & Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) - Abdul Ghani Abdullah dan Abd. Rahman Hj. Abd. Aziz
   
• Konsep Keadilan dalam Teori Kecerdasan Pelbagai Menurut Perspektif Islam - Rizal Ariffin dan Hairul Nizam Ismail
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• Pendidikan Alam Sekitar di Sekolah: Komitmen Guru - Mohammad Zohir Ahmad dan Nordin Abdul Razak
   
• Overall Reflection on Practicum - V. Anandavalli a/p N. Vengadasamy
   
• Satu Kajian Skema Taakulan Akhlak dalam Kalangan Pelajar Melayu - Aswati Hamzah
   
• Pelaksanaan Rancangan Pembangunan Universiti Awam di Malaysia - Aziah binti Ismail
   

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