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    ASEAN Monetary Union: Is ASEAN an Optimum Currency Area?
    (2010-06)
    Lew, Yuen Sin
    Economic arguments in support of monetary union argues that a monetary union is capable of providing stable exchange rate, low interest and inflation rate as well promoting trade within the monetary union zone. If the launch of Euro currency can be regarded as a success, then it can be used as a model for ASEAN countries to prevent the repeat of the 199711998 financial crisis. The Theory of Optimum Currency Area (OCA) is the main reference point in considering the establishment of a monetary union. The theory has listed out several important criteria that need to be fulfilled before the establishment of monetary union. This thesis examines the suitability of the OCA theory as a basis for the adoption of monetary union among ASEAN member countries. Based on the OCA theory, the thesis is aimed to analyze a) synchronization of business cycle, b) financial integration, and c) GDP per capita convergence among 10 ASEAN member states. For the first analysis, the approach uses Hodrick-Prescott filter to obtain the business cycle and ARDL method to trace out synchronization.
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    Development Of Scratch-Based Mathematics Module Using Inquiry-Based Learning To Enhance Computational Thinking And Motivation
    (2025-09)
    Md Zuber, Masyithoh
    TIMSS 2023 illustrated that Malaysian students were struggling with the logical and systematic thinking needed to solve problems through explanation, justification, and generalisation of mathematical relationships. It portrayed that Malaysian students were lacking in mathematical reasoning and CT. Hence, integrating programming into mathematics learning is an opportunity to illustrate these abstract concepts visually and train students to think computationally. This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a Scratch-based mathematics (SBM) module to improve the computational thinking (CT) skills and motivation of year five students in primary school.
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    Occupational Stress And Its Impact On Sleep Quality And Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (Wrmsds) Among Industrial Designers In Shenzhen, China
    (2025-08)
    Mao, Yongchun
    As a rapidly growing sector in China's industrial field, industrial design plays a key role in enhancing innovation and global market competitiveness. However, the nature of design work—high-intensity job demands, long working hours, and high cognitive load—has raised growing concerns about the occupational health and well-being of industrial designers. This study explores the occupational stress of industrial designers in Shenzhen, China, and its impact on sleep quality and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs). This study investigated the occupational stress of 411 industrial designers and its impact on sleep quality and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs).
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    The Effect Of Ai-Blended Learning On Efl College Students’ Motivation And English Academic Achievement In Hunan, China
    (2025-09)
    Liu, Jingdan
    The persistence of teacher-centered instruction in Chinese universities has been shown to diminish students’ goal orientation, self-efficacy, and perceived instructional support in English learning, which constrains their motivation and hinders language performance. In English Language Teaching (ELT), effective instructional approaches are essential to fostering meaningful learning. While conventional and blended instructional approaches remain common, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into blended learning (i.e., AI-blended) is gaining popularity. This study investigates the impact of conventional, blended, and AI-blended instructional approaches on students’ motivational constructs (i.e., goal orientation, self-efficacy, and perceived instructional support), and their English academic achievement. It also explores how these motivational factors influence English academic achievement and compares the strengths and weaknesses of blended and AI-blended instructional approaches.
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    Enhancing Oral English Through An Online Interactive Platform: A Case Study Of A Chinese Vocational College
    (2025-08)
    Huang, Rongrong
    This study proposes an online interactive platform combining an eclectic approach to enhance oral communicative competence. The main objective of this qualitative case study is to explore how the eight students and a teacher used the online interactive platform to enhance the oral communicative competence of Chinese EFL students at a Chinese vocational college in Chengdu, China. This study also investigated the patterns of interaction that occurred in the online interactive platform, the students’ and teacher’s experiences and reflections on using the online interactive platform.