Yazid Saleh

Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) | upsi · Geography & Environment

This study investigates the level of learning media among form-six students. A quantitative approach using a questionnaire instrument was employed. The sample size includes 201 form-six students using a simple random sampling technique where the analysis involved is a mean score scale. The findings showed that utilization levels were moderate. Pre-...

span lang="EN-US">This study was conducted to confirm the instrument of sustainability engagement and commitment in Eco-Campus activities of pre-service teacher. Respondents consisted of 500 pre-service teachers who were selected using stratified sampling techniques. The variables studied or the factors generated from exploratory factor analysis (E...

In this study, we aimed to determine the extent to which secondary school students practise environmental ethics. To this end, we used a questionnaire-based survey to accomplish the purpose of the study. The study's variables included knowledge, value, care, and responsibility in environmental ethics. We selected a sample of 180 students using syst...

One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The present study was conducted to validate the component to build the model of environmental values amongst Malaysian youths with first-class minds. One thousand Malaysian youths were selected from five geographical zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, a...

This article reviews the previously published studies on sustainable heritage cities, and to derive lessons for further research. The research method used is document analysis. A total of 30 journal articles from leading databases published in the five (5) years (2016-2020) were selected using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews an...

This article aims to measure the level of sustainability of heritage cities in Malaysia. A thousand residents of ten selected heritage cities throughout Malaysia were selected as the respondents based on the cluster sampling and simple random methods to complete the questionnaire. A Likert scale on questionnaires 1 to 5 was used to elicit feedback....

This paper aims to study carbon monoxide (CO) concentration in schools along Federal Road in Muallim, Perak. The quantitative approach with field survey and sampling methods used for theCO data. A sampling of CO data in Per million (ppm) value using Carbon Monoxide MeterAS8700A for three stations, SMK Khir Johari, SMK Agama Slim River, and SMK Dato...

The continuity of the cultural heritage left by the previous generation is highly dependent on the new generation, especially the youth. Youth is a link to the legacy left behind. Therefore, this study aims to examine the extent of youths' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on the elements of the intangible cultural heritage of the Dusun ethnic gr...

This article aims to measure the level of sustainability of heritage cities in Malaysia. Respondents consisted of 1000 residents in 10 selected heritage towns throughout Malaysia selected based on cluster sampling method and simple random to fill out a questionnaire. Likert scale questionnaires 1 to 5 were used to elicit feedback. Five sustainabili...

This article aims to examine the knowledge and attitude of the people of Simunjan, Sarawak towards the Rainwater Harvesting System (SPAH) as an alternative air preparation in the area. For the purposes achieved, quantitative quantities with the designs that have been used in this study. Study data were obtained using questionnaire instruments and s...

This article aims to examine the knowledge and attitude of the people of Simunjan, Sarawak towards the Rainwater Harvesting System (SPAH) as an alternative air preparation in the area. For the purposes achieved, quantitative quantities with the designs that have been used in this study. Study data were obtained using questionnaire instruments and s...

This article aims to measure the level of sustainability of heritage cities in Malaysia. Respondents consisted of 1000 residents in 10 selected heritage towns throughout Malaysia selected based on cluster sampling method and simple random to fill out a questionnaire. Likert scale questionnaires 1 to 5 were used to elicit feedback. Five sustainabili...

This article aims to verify the critical elements in identifying factors for the change of small urban centers due to the expansion of the Klang-Langat Metropolitan Region Valley using the Exploration Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approach. This study involved 355 respondents from Hulu Selangor, Selangor selected by r...

This article highlights previous studies on the development of sustainable heritage cities using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. Data obtained through various search methods, such as (1) a rigorous search of leading major journal databases (Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), Science Direct) and additional journal databases (Google Scholar...

Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah merupakan salah satu transformasi dalam sistem pendidikan. Perubahan dalam bidang pendidikan turut melibatkan kepelbagaian kaedah pentaksiran termasuklah penggunaan teknologi. Artikel ini akan membincangkan pelaksanaan pentaksiran berasaskan teknologi di sekolah. Penggunaan teknologi dalam pendidikan disarankan oleh K...

The chapter aims to evaluate the groundwater quality levels in Kapas Island, Terengganu, Malaysia during the monsoon changes of the Southwest Monsoon (SWM), Monsoon Transition (MT) and Northeast Monsoon (NEM) in 2018. Four locations were used for groundwater sampling namely, the Kapas Coral Beach Resort, Kapas Beach Chalet, Pak Ya Seaview Chalet, a...

This study aimed to identify the learning methods based on the flipped classroom model among UPSI's Geography students, focusing on the students who have completed university education courses including the courses that implement flipped classroom in line with the 21st Century Approach. A quantitative approach was applied in this study using a ques...

This study aims to examine the moderating factors of gender, age and location in the knowledge of environmental sustainable literacy among Malaysian youth. This quantitative study involved 1000 Malaysian youths categorized into five zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, East Malaysia). The stratified random sampling technique was used in the se...

Quality assessment of water resources is important to ensure the well-being of residents, especially the victims who are affected by floods and having difficulties in obtaining clean water supply when the floods hit. This paper seeks to discuss the quality assessment of water resources in the district of Kuala Krai, Kelantan. Field methods were use...

This paper aims to develop a socioeconomic indicators to measure the wellbeing of the people in Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). A total of 400 respondents comprised heads of household in 15 settlement centres in Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR) were selected as study sample. Quantitative approaches usin...

The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 400 youths aged 19 to 40. A simple random sampling method was used to divide the respondents into groups of two. Most variables (including knowledge, values and...

Clean water supply has an important role among flood victims at evacuation centers during the flood. However, the water supply from various unknown and unverified sources such as hygiene status can affect the flood victims health. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the flood water quality in the Kuala Krai flooding areas. The metho...

An index is one of the approaches to measuring behaviour and is commonly used in economics and social sciences. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the key factors for indexing environmental sustainability literacy knowledge among Malaysian youth using exploratory and confirmatory analyses. Respondents consisted of 100 Malaysian youth who we...

This study was aims to evaluate the impact of ecotourism on the water quality in the Sedim River Recreation Centre, Kulim Kedah, Malaysia. Ecotourism activity development, such as chalet construction, homestay, recreation for picnics, kayaking and proper disposal of solid wastes in the area, will affect the quality of Sedim River. The period of thi...

This article seeks to identify the levels of well-being of residents of Selangor Northern Corridor, Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). The study involved 400 respondents consisting of the heads of household in periurban areas of Selangor Northern Corridor of Lembah Klang-Langat EMR. Respondents were selected via a simple random...

A study was conducted among school students in Baling district, Kedah to study their level of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding water-saving. A quantitative approach was adopted by survey instrument. The study sample consisted of 144 students, selected based using simple random sampling technique while stratified random technique was used...

This article aims to explore the component of environmental physical sustainability knowledge index among Malaysian youths using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The respondents consisted of 100 Malaysian youths who were selected using purposive sampling techniques. A questionnaire on a scale of 1 to 5 Likert has been used to get feedback. The re...

This study aims to examine the use of the gamification approach in teacher training and learning sessions. The three main variables that are the focus of the study are gamification knowledge, gamification skills, and the use of gamification among Geography trainee teachers at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Survey methods involving question...

This study aims to examine the Relative Importance Index (RII) that influences online learning in the subject of Geography. The study adopted survey research design involving five secondary schools in the state of Perak, Malaysia consisted of 135 pre-university students selected via simple random sampling method. Data were collected through a quest...

This study is aimed at reconfirming the characteristics of territorial rain particularly in the Western Region of Peninsular Malaysia, as established by Dale (1959). The focus was to identify the trends and the intensity of the long-term rainfall in the Western Regionfrom 1960 to 2010, which was classified as a wet area. Rainfall datafrom the rainf...

Stench related to odouris one of the main issues in human physical surroundings nowadays.Thisarticle aims to study the odour pollution level in Lumut town, Perak. Lumut town has been selected as a study area with six stations involved. Data collection was done by using the OMX-SRM Handheld Odour Meter to measure the odour rate levels in October 201...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan dan mengevaluasi penerapan pendekatan pembelajaran hiburan dalam pelatihan Geografi Universitas Pendidikan Sultan Idris Malaysia. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain survei menggunakan kuesioner digunakan penelitian ini. Sampel penelitian dari 137 calon guru geografi yang terdiri dari mahasiswa semester...

This article aimed to identify the water quality of the Liwagu River, Sabah, due to the impact of land use activities in the sub-basin area. The Liwagu river provides the main water source for the local population for domestic purposes. Observations on the water quality of the Liwagu river and identification of the types of land use activities alon...

This study purpose is to examine the surface temperature of the earth in Kuala Lumpur city. The aim is to identify patterns of temperature distribution and to study the temperature distribution at night and daytime in the city of Kuala Lumpur. This study embraces primary data through fieldwork. This study uses quantitative methods. Crossfield tempe...

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk meneliti perbezaan kualiti hidup penduduk dalam daerah Muallim dari berdasarkan tiga petunjuk sosial yang berbeza iaitu segi jantina, etnik dan tahap pendidikan. Dengan menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian, sejumlah 500 orang ketua isi rumah dari lima buah pusat petempatan kecil dalam daerah Muallim telah di...

Many of the studies related to air pollution in urban areas also consider the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) in determining the level of urban air pollution, especially in urban areas with high rates of motor vehicle use. Therefore, this study aimed to study the level of carbon dioxide concentration in the city of Kuala Lumpur by looking at the patte...

Climate literacy is one way to assess youth awareness about current climate change phenomena such as El Nino or La Nin a. This article aims to build a model of climate change mitigation practices and adaptation among youth in Malaysia, especially in the historical state of Malacca. A total of 400 youth respondents residing in the state of Malacca w...

Climate change and global warming are the primary issues often debated when environmental issues are discussed nowadays. Among the efforts made to raise awareness concerning mitigation and adaptation to climate change is climate literacy acquired from the educational medium. Therefore, this article seeks to identify the level of awareness on climat...

The purpose of this study is to compare the quality of groundwater during wet and dry seasons in Malaysia especially in Kuala Krai District which frequently involved in annual monsoon floods and the question whether the wells can be used during floods as well as an alternative source when there are no floods. Six sampling stations were selected usi...

The purpose of this article is to map the curriculum of Bachelor of Education in Geography programme with the Standard Document of Curriculum and Assessment (DSKP) in school. An analysis of document been implemented to examine the linkages between the geography curriculum at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) towards the geography subject in...

model fit the data obtained which the value of the fit indices of CMIN/DF, TLI, CFI, IFI, NFI and RMSEA were used to produce the appropriate model. As a result, a total of 17 items were retained, consisting of recycling management practices (four items), electricity-saving practices (three items), eco-friendly product consumption (three items), pap...

The study aimed to examine the knowledge, attitude and practices of environmental sustainability of pre-school students in Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 500 pre-school students. Research variables were knowledge of recyclable and non-recyclable materials, sustainability knowledge, sustainability a...

This study was conducted to examine well water quality in areas of different land use in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia. A total of four water sampling locations were selected to represent specific land use types, including Pasir Puteh town (urban land use), Padang Pak Amat (industrial land use), Bukit Gedombak (landfill site) and Kampung Jelor (a...

We conducted this study to evaluate the competencies of Form Six geography teachers in achieving the Malaysian Education Quality Standards. We applied a qualitative approach using the observation technique. The respondent observation consisted of three teachers who had more than 10 years of experience teaching Form Six geography and who were workin...

This article aims to verify the key factors behind the changes in small towns due to the spillover of the Klang-Langat Valley using Exploration Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approaches. This study is based on the responses of 355 stakeholders from Hulu Selangor, Selangor, selected via random sampling. Likert scale que...

Clean water supply is a major problem among flood victims during flood events. This article aims to determine the sites of well water sources that can be utilised during floods in the District of Kuala Krai, Kelantan. Field methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were applied in the process of selecting flood victim evacuation centres and...

Abstrak Artikel ini bertujuan menganalisis dan membina indikator bagi kesejahteraan hidup penduduk di kawasan pinggiran berdasarkan konstruk sosioekonomi. Pendekatan kuantitaif dengan menggunakan perisian SPSS dan AMOS telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Pemilihan saiz persampelan adalah seramai 400 orang responden berdasarkan kepada pendapat yang di...

This paper purposed to validate Malaysian primary school students' energy saving practices via confirmatory factor analysis. The sample of the study was a total of 401 primary school students, who were selected with randomly cluster sampling method. To collect data, a five-point Likert scale was used. Data were exposed to descriptive analysis (Cron...