Abstract
Malaysian’s former prime minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad introduced Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) in 2003. It is a Malaysian Government policy aiming towards primary and secondary schools in Malaysia with the purpose to improve English fluency among Malaysian pupils. In this policy, Science and Mathematics subject will be fully thought in English instead of the previous Bahasa Melayu. This paper tries to explore the impact of PPSMI towards tacit knowledge among university students to determine the effectiveness of this program whether or not it helps these students with their higher learning pursue in local and private universities among which writing skills, presentation skills, text book comprehensiveness including class discussion period were involved.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Mohamed Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie zoolhilmie@kedah.uitm.edu.my Azmi, Nor Azlina nazlina@kedah.uitm.edu.my Noordin, Nazni nazni@kedah.uitm.edu.my Zakaria, Zaherawati zaherawati@kedah.uitm.edu.my |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Higher Education > Lectures and lecturing L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Educational tests and measurements |
| Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah > Sg Petani Campus |
| Event Title: | ICOPS 2010 : International Conference on Public Polices & Social Sciences : E-Proceedings |
| Event Dates: | 26 to 27 May 2010 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-12 |
| Keywords: | Tacit knowledge; PPSMI; Knowledge |
| Date: | 2010 |
| URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33403 |
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