Arumugam Raman

Universiti Utara Malaysia | UUM · College Arts & Sciences

The Ministry of Education has identified critical thinking skills as an essential skill to measure how well an individual performs at schools or institutions. Necessary thinking skills make Malaysia a dynamic country in various fields, including science, technology, economy, and society. In this regard, critical thinking skills, fostering and devel...

The goal of this study is to evaluate how instructional leadership, teacher efficacy, and school climate influence students' academic performance. The study included 381 teachers from six divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. This study used a cross-sectional survey approach. Questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents. For descriptive anal...

Research in Educational Technology

Following the recent reopening of most universities in Malaysia, undergraduate students have shown high concerns in terms of academic stress and anxiety with the sudden transition from two years of online learning to a physical environment. Furthermore, students experience an increase in test anxiety due to the long-lost feeling of taking physical...

Web-based course management such as Moodle platforms is gaining popularity in e-learning in higher education. However, there is very little published research that has linked the Self-Determination Theory to technology usage. The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the influence of UTAUT2 constructs and Intrinsic Motivation (autonomy,...

The application of information technology and communication (ICT) in education has a significant impact on teachers. Administrators pressure them to use ICT to improve the quality of teaching and to learn in the classroom. However, teachers are still skeptical of the ability to embody pedagogical strategies through the use of ICT. The purpose of th...

Abstrak Dalam mengintegrasikan pengetahuan dan kemahiran baru, Model Submarin telah digunakan untuk melihat kesesuaiannya kepada pensyarah Pusat Asasi, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) untuk meningkatkan kemahiran pelajar dan menjadi modal insan produktif pada masa hadapan. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sama ada pensyarah memahami kemahi...

In student-centered learning, UUM Foundation students (FS) must take a more active role in building knowledge. The goal of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of internet-based learning for UUM FS students during the Covid-19 disaster, as well as the ways in which students protect themselves when using the internet. University stud...

The paper aims to identify the applicability of RFID in higher education. Being one of the most robust wireless communication technologies, RFID can be applied to wireless applications in different fields. In order for the higher education sector in Malaysia to improve the teaching system and administration of institutions, it should take advantage...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavioral intention of higher education students to use e-learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not many re- searchers have utilized the UTAUT2 model to study the use of technology during this pandemic in the education setting. Therefore, snowball sampling was carried out and the research population co...

This article presents a bibliometric analysis of publications on blended learning in higher education. The analysis is grounded on statistics obtained from the online Scopus database on 11 December 2019. The study used Microsoft Excel to conduct a frequency analysis, VOSviewer for data visualization, and Harzing’s Publish or Perish for citation met...

In line with the ministry of education to enhance students’s higher order thinking skills; teachers should take advantage of ICT use in classroom. The main purpose of this conceptual paper is to discuss the elements of information literacy competence for teachers in Malaysia. The literature review on existing standard competency literacy will be ba...

Over the past few years, green technology practices have received increasing attention since it is considered critical for protecting the environment. However, only a few studies have presented green technology practices in the education field. Green education is viewed as a learning process that involves problem-solving and students' ability to ma...

Trello online discussion has become one of the important strategies for the University Utara Malaysia Management Foundation Programme student to teach other students to think critically in conveying their ideas and become more proactive and creative in critical thinking subject. In a heutagogical approach, learners become highly autonomous and self...

The main aim of this study is to measure the competency of teachers in Business Studies in improving students’ academic achievement in the subject. The three aspects of the teachers’ competence assessed include teachers’ knowledge, skills and professionalism towards students’ academic achievement. In order to test the objective, a total of 135 Busi...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an inovative system where internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors and is rapidly making its way into higher learning institutions. By modifying how higher institutions gather data, interface with students and automate processes, the IoT has the potential of revolutionizing education. Univer...

Competency is the basis for the combination of teachers' skills, knowledge, and behaviors that must strive to enhance their ability in the education world. Each component should be integrated holistically to support the teachers' effectiveness, administration, and school excellence. Therefore, this study focused on the relationship between school l...

Article History Studies have found that the use of blended learning in teaching and learning can improve the quality of education. In this regard, the acceptance of blended learning is considered critical in determining the success of the technology implementation. However, the number of studies that have been conducted to examine the acceptance of...

This study is aimed to identify the influence of instructional leadership, principal’s efficacy, teachers’ efficacy and school climate on the academic achievement of national secondary school students in the Sri Aman Division, Sarawak. The respondents of the study consisted of 186 teachers in 7 National Secondary Schools (NSS) in Sri Aman, Sarawak....

The wave of Industry Revolution 4.0 has opened up the window for more job opportunities with the advent of new technology-driven careers. Therefore, the education sector must be more proactive in producing a smart and knowledgeable generation in the business world, rendering teachers as the backbone behind the Ministry of Education’s aspiration tow...

The research was conducted to study "Trello"virtual learning to enhance the critical thinking skills among upper secondary students in writing essays and to identify the level of students' critical thinking through different gender. Most Form Four students have problems in identifying, understanding and integrating the context of the Malay subjects...

Technology leadership is being redesigned to accelerate technology integration in schools to develop and sustain the skills needed to produce skilled manpower. Previous studies showed that the factors that prevented leaders and teachers from integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools are lack of ICT training, teacher IC...

This study aims to identify the effect of Principals' Technology Leadership on Teachers' Technology Integration in Malaysian secondary schools. This is a crosssectional survey where systematic random sampling was carried out to select 47 principals and 375 teachers from National Secondary Schools in the northern region of Kedah, Malaysia. Two quest...

This paper is documenting the potential of Fog Computing in Education. First, this study explores the difference between cloud computing and Fog Computing. Then the features of computing explained briefly. A tremendous increase in Internet usage among the people does not allow the sustainability to continue depending on Cloud Computing as a central...

This study compares an independent study of students in an experimental mobile group (40 students) with a control group (40 students) from two Form Four classes. A mixed method of research design has been used in the study. The result shows that the performance of the experimental group is much greater compared to the performance of control. Mobil...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using think-pair-share (TPS) strategy in developing critical thinking skills among university students. TPS is one of the cooperative learning strategies that encourages student to participate in group discussion, think critically about issue given and capable to present. There are seventy s...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is introducing automation technology into all major disciplines, including business, engineering, and education. Higher education institutions need to incorporate this digital transformation in order to remain competitive. Redesigning Higher Education Initiatives for Industry 4.0 is an essential reference source tha...

Rapid development in information and communication technology (ICT) is changing the instructional strategies in Higher Education. This study aimed to identify the level of self-efficacy of B.Ed. (IT) undergraduates of a local University in a flipped classroom. Further it also investigated gender difference among the undergraduates self-efficacy in...

Rapid technology advancement in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) has undoubtedly posed a great challenge to the education system in higher education institutes and changed every aspect of our lives including education. Higher education institutions across the world are amalgamating technology in modern learning and teaching approaches such as...

Trello online discussion has become one of the important strategies for the University Utara Malaysia Management Foundation Programme student to teach other students to think critically in conveying their ideas and become more proactive and creative in critical thinking subject. In a heutagogical approach, learners become highly autonomous and self...

Team work is involving more than one person in a process to achieve a goal. An aspect that should be emphasized in the strategic management of a school organization is forming a working team that is active and able to work together to achieve organizational goals. In general, the team is a group of quality built in order to create a rule that striv...

ABSTRACK Working in factory as a permanent night shift among employees have been studied who work solely or predominately in night shift. This study investigated the abstain paradigm on why people do not prefer to working in night shift even there is a community still performing in this shift. The focus of this study is to identify abstain among fa...

Previous studies more engaged to the level of technology leadership and the characteristics of technological leadership practiced by leaders in the school, while the factors of a more comprehensive which include facilities for ICT, competence, and commitment of teachers in the practices of applying ICT in the management which contributes a great im...

This book explain about Malaysian relationship with other countries and very useful for Form Six

Purpose – The aim of this study was to identify the level of Principals’ Technology Leadership and its five constructs namely Visionary Leadership, Digital Age Learning Culture, Excellence in Professional Practice, Systemic Improvement, and Digital Citizenship in schools. In addition, the relationship between Principals’ Technology Leadership...

Teaching and learning science at school determine the academic achievement of lower secondary school students. In this study, the lower secondary students are referred to Form One. This study examines the effectiveness of using drill and practicing (DP) method on the performance and understanding of students in Science subjects on the topic "Cell A...

ABSTRAK Kajian kes ini memberi tumpuan kepada efikasi pusat sumber sekolah kepada pelajar Tingkatan Lima di salah sebuah sekolah luar bandar di Bukit Mertajam. Penyataan masalah kajian kes ini adalah pelajar Tingkatan Lima di luar bandar tidak menggunakan pusat sumber dengan sebaik-baiknya. Malah kebanyakan buku ilmiah yang disediakan adalah kurang...

In Malaysia, Frog VLE was introduced to 10,000 schools through the 1BestariNet project. It is an award-winning, cloud-based virtual learning environment designed by Frog Education which facilitates the mastery of the skills such as communication, teaching and learning and school management. Frog VLE is not just used in Malaysia Even in the rest of...

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The purpose of this study was to identify the level of Technology Leadership in schools. In addition, the level of the five constructs of Technology Leadership namely Visionary Leadership, Digital Age Learning Culture, Excellence in Professional Practice, Systemic Improvement, and Digital Citizenship are also investigated. In this cross sectional s...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of backchannel communication in developing students"critical thinking skill: macro and micro critical thinking.There are many tools in backchannel communication (BC). Padlet has been used as one of backchannel communication in this research.There are seventy students from two classes (Class X and C...

p>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is something that is growing rapidly in a globalized era and becoming an important element in the development of an organization. Leaders play an important role in ensuring effective application of ICT in the organization, particularly in schools. Review of previous studies more engaged to the level...

Literature review showed that 33% novice teachers tend to leave the teachers' profession at a very early stage of their employment. Moreover, local studies only focused on the effectiveness of the Post Graduate Teaching Program in terms of the teachers' quality and readiness in the classroom. Issues such as EQ, work stress and organizational commit...

Purpose In a world in which successful learning is believed to rest on the methods of teaching and the performance of students is determined by teacher quality, it is clear that teachers are the backbone of student learning attainments. In such a scenario, teacher development, welfare, motivation, and satisfaction are crucial for better teaching pe...

Emotional aspects are very important in influencing the excellence of a student. Many past studies have proven that emotional intelligence affect academic achievement. Therefore, this study is aimed to identify students' emotional intelligence level and to what extent emotional intelligence influences students' academic achievement. A total of 406...

This study is aimed to identify the effectiveness of teacher leadership and student's commitment of involvement in extra-curricular activities towards the development of students' soft skills in secondary schools in two states of peninsular Malaysia. This is a quantitative cross-sectional survey.

This research aims to identify the effectiveness of Student Teams-Achievment Division (STAD) cooperative learning techniques towards Mathematics achievement in Sarikei District, Sarawak. The number of subjects involved this research is seventy students from Year Five in Sarikei District, Sarawak. 35 students were in the experimental group – 20 male...

Headmaster's leadership style is very important in determining the effectiveness of a school. A school's performance is depending on the leadership style adopted. The objective of this article is to examine the impact of servant-leadership practices towards teacher's trust on headmaster. A total of 310 teachers who work in primary schools, Betong D...

This study is aimed to investigate the effects of servant-leadership practices towards teachers' commitment to the school. The population comprised of teachers who serve in primary schools, Betong Division, Sarawak. The data obtained through survey method using a questionnaire comprising Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA), and TCM Employee...

This study was aimed to identify the association of teachers’ attitude towards the implementation of Staff Development Training with Knowledge Sharing Practices among the lecturers of the Teacher Training Instituition (TTI). In addition, this study was also to examine the differences in attitudes towards the implementation of Staff Development Trai...

Skype gives students and teachers the opportunity to connect with the outside world without leaving the classroom, and allows them to meet face-to-face with the subjects of their learning or with students from other cultures. Teachers across the world have already arranged many enlightening and unforgettable conferences, demonstrating the extraordi...

Most of the western countries integrated Edublogs in their instruction process (Morris, 2015). However the Malaysian education setting blogs usage is still in early stages. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the technology acceptance level through UTAUT model. The research was conducted on 53 Form 4 secondary schools students from Kua...

Innovation of computer technology as a learning tool dramatically changes the traditional concept of teaching. Now a day " s computer is considered as means of achieving the educational goals where teachers " role is as like a facilitator. However, the teachers " attitude is an important issue on integrating computer in modern classroom teaching-le...

Tun V.T. Sambanthan merupakan salah seorang tokoh yang disanjung sepanjang masa khususnya masyarakat India di Malaysia. Pengorbanan harta beliau demi membina sebuah sekolah untuk penduduk tempatan jarang-jarang kita dapat dengar. Kaum India menganggap beliau sebagai keturunan karnan. Mengikut epik Mahabaratha Karnan merupakan seorang berhati murah...

The main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between principals’ transformational leadership style and secondary school teachers' commitment in the southern zone of Sungai Petani district in Kedah. A questionnaire was distributed to the respondents which composed of 235 teachers randomly selected from 10 schools in the southern zo...

The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between school climate and teachers’ commitment. This study focused on five excellent schools in the district of Kubang Pasu, Kedah. The total number of teachers in the five schools was 280 but only 178 teachers were randomly selected to be the respondents. The respondents were asked to complete...

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between school culture and organizational commitment. The study focused on twenty three Primary Chinese Schools (SJKC) in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. 200 teachers were randomly selected to be the respondents where they were asked to complete the School Culture Inventory (SCI) (Maslowski, 20...

This study is aimed at identifying the influences of emotional competence on leadership practices among mid-level leaders in secondary schools in Kedah, for the formation and development of schools’ leadership succession planning. This is a quantitative approach in cross-sectional survey to collect data on the current situation pertaining to emotio...

Distributive leadership practice among school leaders is an important element towards materializing Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013 – 2025 in increasing effective leadership practice. This study examines the level of distributive leadership practice and the differences based on respondents’ demographic aspects. This study employs the quan...

This research aims to identify the type of culture at a High Performance School (HPS) and Low Performance School (LPS) in the state of Kedah. The research instrument used to measure the type of organizational culture was adapted from Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (Cameron & Quinn, 2006) based on Competing Values Framework Quinn and R...

This study discusses the acceptance of the utilisation of Facebook as a communication tool and collaborative educational tool amongst secondary school students in the district of Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. This study is based on the five constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model proposed by Venkatesh, Morris, D...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss emotional competency and self efficacy of preschool teachers as an important indicator of preschool educational excellence in Malaysia.This paper also discuss the difference between emotional competency and self efficacy of national preschool teachers and private preschool teachers in terms of demography fact...

This study discusses the acceptance of the utilization of Facebook as a communication tool and collaborative educational tool amongst secondary school students. This study is based on the four constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. The respondents were 150 secondary school students who were randomly selected. The data...

The relevance of the ideology of the native–speaker (NS) as a model and target in English language teaching (ELT) has over the recent years been increasingly questioned with the emergence of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Accents that do not conform to NS standards are termed as ‘foreign’ and are usually considered to be something to get rid of...

The role of technology in education is undeniable (Niess, 2005). Teachers as moulders of human beings need to be skillful in integrating technology in education to deliver what they teach effectively. According to Malaysian Education Blueprint (2012) pre-service service teachers of Universiti Utara Malaysia are expected to master Information and Co...

The aim of the study is to examine of technology usage in Malaysian secondary schools and the influence of principals on technology use. This study focuses on principals' technology leadership behavior according to the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A). The sample for this study consisted of 115 principals from p...

The application of a learning management system (LMS) Moodle is learning and teaching platform in Universiti Utara Malaysia. To examine the level of acceptance of this technology, the UTAUT (Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology) Model is used to infer individual students' technology acceptance by explaining the variants in Behavior In...