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This study aims to examine the level of learning agility among diploma students. A total of 100 diploma students were selected as respondents for the study. The research, conducted in the Petaling Jaya district of Selangor, adopted a survey method with a quantitative approach. The research instrument was adapted from the Learning Agility Self-assessment (LAS), which outlines four aspects of learning agility: mental agility, individual agility, change agility, and result agility. A questionnaire was distributed to collect relevant information, and the data obtained were analysed using SPSS Version 29.0 (Special Package for Social Statistics). The findings of the study are presented in descriptive and inferential forms. Descriptive analysis was used to assess the level of learning agility among diploma students, while t-tests were employed to identify differences in learning agility based on gender. The findings show that the level of learning agility among the students is at a moderately low level. Across the four aspects of learning agility, all of them—mental agility, individual agility, change agility, and result agility—demonstrated an overall mean level that was moderately low. Mental agility scored a mean of 2.78, individual agility scored a mean of 2.47, change agility scored a mean of 2.98, and result agility scored a mean of 3.77. The findings also indicate that there is no significant difference in the level of learning agility between students based on gender. This suggests that diploma students in Selangor have learning agility skills that need further development.
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