Assessing self-study manual on students' academic achievement in UiTM Penang Branch Campus / Jamilah Karim, Peridah Bahari and Norhayati Mohammad Noor

Even for a person who has been teaching 10 to 15 years, the urge to keep on improving teaching
technique will always be one prior agenda on the educators' mind. The purpose of this article is to
determine the effectiveness of using student self- study manual as instructional material for UiTM
Penang Engineering students. The academic performance from two different groups of students was
analyzed to see whether there is any improvement in students' performance when self-study manual
was used in the classroom. Sample (students) taken was from various engineering programmes and
was formed into two different academic years. This paper will look into the difference of percentage
for passes and failures and conclude whether the use of self-study manual will be a help to students
and lecturers.