This study investigates computer anxiety among teachers graduate students in the Universiti Putra... more This study investigates computer anxiety among teachers graduate students in the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. Relationships between computer anxiety level and sources of computer anxiety are analysed to better understand the phenomenon. The modified Computer Anxiety Scale (COMPAS) originally developed by Oetting (1983) was used to measure computer anxiety level. Sources of computer anxiety were measured using 13 items developed by Graham & Glenn (1995). Most of the respondents are generally relaxed and confident with computers. Investigation into the sources of anxiety reveals that damage anxiety is the highest source of anxiety. Significant positive relationships are also found between sources of anxiety and anxiety level with task anxiety showing the strongest relationship with anxiety level (r =0.57 , p<0.05). INTRODUCTION Computer revolution seems to be the next revolution after the industrial revolution in the 20 th century. Undoubtedly, computers have brought ...
This work investigates the relationship between self-efficacy in reading with language proficienc... more This work investigates the relationship between self-efficacy in reading with language proficiency and reading comprehension. The sample utilized is comprised of 64 postgraduate students from two universities, namely Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Malaya. The students are selected from several Master and PhD programs of faculty of Education, Engineering, and Agriculture. The instruments employed to collect the data, was the Scale of Belief Self-Efficacy Comprehension, and reading comprehension test. Quantitative analysis is utilized to analyze the gathered data. The result indicates that, there is a significant correlation between reader self-efficacy and reading comprehension. Moreover, readers' self-efficacy in different levels of foreign language proficiency is different, and readers who possess high level of proficiency, perform reading task better than readers who are considered as high self-officious. In addition, the result demonstrates that, self-efficacy and l...
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive restructuringon state and trait anx... more The aim of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive restructuringon state and trait anxiety among Iranian high school students. In this study, 94 boy high school students were randomly selected to receive cognitive restructuring through eight psycho-educational sessions. Two-way repeated measure ANOVA indicated that cognitive restructuring has significant effect on trait anxiety symptoms across pre-test, post-test and follow-up. However, the present study found that cognitive restructuringhas not significant effect on students' state anxiety symptoms across pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Despite these and other limitations, we conclude that cognitive restructuringis effective intervention in order to decrease students'trait anxiety symptoms. INTRODUCTION individual life in all communities as an appropriate and Anxiety is a familiar emotion to all of us and it is cause problems and leads to considerable risks. On the caused by a perceived danger or threat [1]. T...
This study aims to discern the convergent and discriminate validity of cognitive emotion regulati... more This study aims to discern the convergent and discriminate validity of cognitive emotion regulation and to make a comparison of cognitive emotion regulation based on demographic profile of graduate students. A total number of 534 graduate students of age from 19 to 45 years were surveyed in Universiti Putra Malaysia. The convergent and discriminant validity analysis using Stats Tools Package revealed that there are high cognitive emotion regulation strategies among Malaysian graduate students. The descriptive analysis showed that the mean score was highest for positive reappraisal, followed by planning. The ANOVA test showed a significant difference in reappraisal strategy between students from different faculties. Similarly, the ANOVA test showed that there was a significant difference between planning and acceptance strategies among students of different races. The ANOVA further revealed the significant differences in self-blame, other-blame, and rumination strategies among differ...
Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities
This study investigated novice teachers' sources of efficacy in relation to the application o... more This study investigated novice teachers' sources of efficacy in relation to the application of knowledge in Educational Psychology. The questionnaires were administered to a sample of 160 novice teachers from 102 secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia. The findings indicated that the novice teachers demonstrated a moderate level of teachers' sense of efficacy. The three sources of efficacy, namely, mastery experience, vicarious experience, and social persuasion were identified as the predictors of teachers' sense of efficacy [Adjusted R 2
The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences in psychological well-being am... more The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences in psychological well-being among graduate students in terms of demographic profile namely faculty, age, race, number of semesters of study, gender, marital and employment status and family size. Psychological well-being is measured using the Scales of Psychological Well-being with six dimensions including: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships with others, purpose and self-acceptance. A total of 534 graduate students (155 males and 379 females) were randomly selected in one Malaysian university. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA, and independent t-test. The finding of this study revealed significant differences in overall psychological well-being in terms of different faculties, ages, semesters of study, genders, marital status. As for differences in overall psychological well-being, it was established that there is significant differences in personal growth and positive relati...
Self-regulated learning is a process whereby students initiate and maintain their cognition and b... more Self-regulated learning is a process whereby students initiate and maintain their cognition and behavior towards achievement of learning goals. The constructs of self-regulated learning consist of motivating elements (affective) and performing elements or the self-regulated learning strategies. Among affective elements believed to be related to self-regulated learning are goal orientations. This study examined the relationships between two types of goal
The purpose of this study is to measure in-service teachers' views toward technology and teac... more The purpose of this study is to measure in-service teachers' views toward technology and teaching and their perceived competence toward Information Technology (IT). A survey was carried out through a set of questionnaires among 160 teachers in three selected schools, each representing the three districts in Malacca, which are Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah and Jasin.. A pilot test was conducted
This study investigates computer anxiety among teachers graduate students in the Universiti Putra... more This study investigates computer anxiety among teachers graduate students in the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. Relationships between computer anxiety level and sources of computer anxiety are analysed to better understand the phenomenon. The modified Computer Anxiety Scale (COMPAS) originally developed by Oetting (1983) was used to measure computer anxiety level. Sources of computer anxiety were measured using 13 items developed by Graham & Glenn (1995). Most of the respondents are generally relaxed and confident with computers. Investigation into the sources of anxiety reveals that damage anxiety is the highest source of anxiety. Significant positive relationships are also found between sources of anxiety and anxiety level with task anxiety showing the strongest relationship with anxiety level (r =0.57 , p<0.05). INTRODUCTION Computer revolution seems to be the next revolution after the industrial revolution in the 20 th century. Undoubtedly, computers have brought ...
This work investigates the relationship between self-efficacy in reading with language proficienc... more This work investigates the relationship between self-efficacy in reading with language proficiency and reading comprehension. The sample utilized is comprised of 64 postgraduate students from two universities, namely Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Malaya. The students are selected from several Master and PhD programs of faculty of Education, Engineering, and Agriculture. The instruments employed to collect the data, was the Scale of Belief Self-Efficacy Comprehension, and reading comprehension test. Quantitative analysis is utilized to analyze the gathered data. The result indicates that, there is a significant correlation between reader self-efficacy and reading comprehension. Moreover, readers' self-efficacy in different levels of foreign language proficiency is different, and readers who possess high level of proficiency, perform reading task better than readers who are considered as high self-officious. In addition, the result demonstrates that, self-efficacy and l...
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive restructuringon state and trait anx... more The aim of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive restructuringon state and trait anxiety among Iranian high school students. In this study, 94 boy high school students were randomly selected to receive cognitive restructuring through eight psycho-educational sessions. Two-way repeated measure ANOVA indicated that cognitive restructuring has significant effect on trait anxiety symptoms across pre-test, post-test and follow-up. However, the present study found that cognitive restructuringhas not significant effect on students' state anxiety symptoms across pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Despite these and other limitations, we conclude that cognitive restructuringis effective intervention in order to decrease students'trait anxiety symptoms. INTRODUCTION individual life in all communities as an appropriate and Anxiety is a familiar emotion to all of us and it is cause problems and leads to considerable risks. On the caused by a perceived danger or threat [1]. T...
This study aims to discern the convergent and discriminate validity of cognitive emotion regulati... more This study aims to discern the convergent and discriminate validity of cognitive emotion regulation and to make a comparison of cognitive emotion regulation based on demographic profile of graduate students. A total number of 534 graduate students of age from 19 to 45 years were surveyed in Universiti Putra Malaysia. The convergent and discriminant validity analysis using Stats Tools Package revealed that there are high cognitive emotion regulation strategies among Malaysian graduate students. The descriptive analysis showed that the mean score was highest for positive reappraisal, followed by planning. The ANOVA test showed a significant difference in reappraisal strategy between students from different faculties. Similarly, the ANOVA test showed that there was a significant difference between planning and acceptance strategies among students of different races. The ANOVA further revealed the significant differences in self-blame, other-blame, and rumination strategies among differ...
Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities
This study investigated novice teachers' sources of efficacy in relation to the application o... more This study investigated novice teachers' sources of efficacy in relation to the application of knowledge in Educational Psychology. The questionnaires were administered to a sample of 160 novice teachers from 102 secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia. The findings indicated that the novice teachers demonstrated a moderate level of teachers' sense of efficacy. The three sources of efficacy, namely, mastery experience, vicarious experience, and social persuasion were identified as the predictors of teachers' sense of efficacy [Adjusted R 2
The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences in psychological well-being am... more The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences in psychological well-being among graduate students in terms of demographic profile namely faculty, age, race, number of semesters of study, gender, marital and employment status and family size. Psychological well-being is measured using the Scales of Psychological Well-being with six dimensions including: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships with others, purpose and self-acceptance. A total of 534 graduate students (155 males and 379 females) were randomly selected in one Malaysian university. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA, and independent t-test. The finding of this study revealed significant differences in overall psychological well-being in terms of different faculties, ages, semesters of study, genders, marital status. As for differences in overall psychological well-being, it was established that there is significant differences in personal growth and positive relati...
Self-regulated learning is a process whereby students initiate and maintain their cognition and b... more Self-regulated learning is a process whereby students initiate and maintain their cognition and behavior towards achievement of learning goals. The constructs of self-regulated learning consist of motivating elements (affective) and performing elements or the self-regulated learning strategies. Among affective elements believed to be related to self-regulated learning are goal orientations. This study examined the relationships between two types of goal
The purpose of this study is to measure in-service teachers' views toward technology and teac... more The purpose of this study is to measure in-service teachers' views toward technology and teaching and their perceived competence toward Information Technology (IT). A survey was carried out through a set of questionnaires among 160 teachers in three selected schools, each representing the three districts in Malacca, which are Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah and Jasin.. A pilot test was conducted
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