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Ng, Kher Hui; Mohd Radzi, Hanisah; Lee, Kean Wah – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2023
Creating technological artefacts through hands-on practice has gained traction as a means to rethink educational approaches. This study reports the effectiveness of the maker pedagogy on students' interest in literacy. An evaluation study was conducted involving 112 primary school children, aged 11, in two primary schools in Malaysia with the aim…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Student Interests, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
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Ounissi, Amine; Romly, Raihana; Tajuddin, Azza Jauhar Ahmad; Hasan, Md. Kamrul – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
The prevalence of COVID-19 worldwide and the length of the global lockdown period deeply affected students' academic study. This unexpected scenario posed a challenge to a considerable number of academic institutions around the world to formally adopt a new education system based on e-learning platforms. Therefore, this study aims to investigate…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Khairuddin, Zurina – International Education Studies, 2013
Reading interests is important in enhancing students' success in school and out of it. Hence, students need to have high reading interests. The purpose of this study was to identify students' reading interests in reading second language materials and to examine the differences in students' reading interests based on genders. This study was carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Interests, Student Interests
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Abidin, Mohammad Jafre Bin Zainol; Pourmohammadi, Majid; Varasingam, Nalini A/P; Lean, Ooi Choon – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study is to ascertain the differences in online reading habits between genders and investigate the relationship between socio-economic status and online reading habits. Using a questionnaire, a quantitative approach was administered to 240 Form-Four students from four secondary schools in Penang Island, Malaysia. Findings…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Electronic Learning, Gender Differences, Investigations
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Mansor, Azlin Norhaini; Rasul, Mohd Sattar; Rauf, Rose Amnah Abd; Koh, Bee Lian – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
Reading avidness is recognized as one of the predictors for academic achievement and as motivators for adult to be a life-long learner. The fact is that the number of avid readers is dwindling, and a recent survey showed that Malaysians read an average of two books per year. Thus, the focus of this research is to identify the factors that first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Reading Habits, Observation
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Krishnan, Gopala; Rahim, Rozlan Abdul; Marimuthu, Rasaya; Abdullah, Rahman Bin; Mohamad, Faizah; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman – English Language Teaching, 2009
Visioning a world class university is certainly an appropriate target for a university. Realizing this vision would need an expansion of knowledge and greater English proficiency as in this period of history, English is the language of IT which is an important key to acquiring knowledge. Using a sample of 40 level one students from UiTM Dungun…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Gender Differences