A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya

This paper proposes a motivation programme in arresting the problems of low achievement of some students in the engineering faculty, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Even though the majority of students come up with above average performance, the occurrence of students failing to perform well has cau...

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Main Authors: Siraj, S.F., Ali, N.M., Mahadi, W.N.L., Soin, N., Dawal, S.Z.
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spelling my.um.eprints.17922011-07-21T01:39:39Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1792/ A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya Siraj, S.F. Ali, N.M. Mahadi, W.N.L. Soin, N. Dawal, S.Z. L Education (General) This paper proposes a motivation programme in arresting the problems of low achievement of some students in the engineering faculty, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Even though the majority of students come up with above average performance, the occurrence of students failing to perform well has caused a lot of concern among the teaching staff. Some major factors have been investigated and through years of monitoring samples of students who came up and seek advice from the authors, it was found that through this programme, the student’s academic performances improved tremendously. It is then agreed that the motivation programme may just be the best solution in upgrading the student’s academic abilities. This paper attempts at drawing out a proper motivation programme which will be effective in addressing the problems of underachieving students. 2007 Article PeerReviewed Siraj, S.F. and Ali, N.M. and Mahadi, W.N.L. and Soin, N. and Dawal, S.Z. (2007) A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. AEESEAP Journal, 31 (1). pp. 47-54. ISSN 0125-8737 http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/1554/
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topic L Education (General)
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Siraj, S.F.
Ali, N.M.
Mahadi, W.N.L.
Soin, N.
Dawal, S.Z.
A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
description This paper proposes a motivation programme in arresting the problems of low achievement of some students in the engineering faculty, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Even though the majority of students come up with above average performance, the occurrence of students failing to perform well has caused a lot of concern among the teaching staff. Some major factors have been investigated and through years of monitoring samples of students who came up and seek advice from the authors, it was found that through this programme, the student’s academic performances improved tremendously. It is then agreed that the motivation programme may just be the best solution in upgrading the student’s academic abilities. This paper attempts at drawing out a proper motivation programme which will be effective in addressing the problems of underachieving students.
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author Siraj, S.F.
Ali, N.M.
Mahadi, W.N.L.
Soin, N.
Dawal, S.Z.
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Ali, N.M.
Mahadi, W.N.L.
Soin, N.
Dawal, S.Z.
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title A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
title_short A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
title_full A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
title_fullStr A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
title_full_unstemmed A Proposed Motivation Programme for Underachieving Students at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
title_sort proposed motivation programme for underachieving students at the faculty of engineering, university of malaya
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