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Math & Science in English...

Reasons:

•It is an international language.

•It helps us to face and overcome the problems of globalization.

•We can’t follow the development of the world without improving our language.

•We need to expose our country to the world by mastering this language because it is an important medium of communication.

•If someone does not understand the English language, she or he cannot compete with people around the world.

•Most of the good revision books are in English and it is hard to get any Malay version books for this subject.

•It is more suitable to teach in English medium for the 21st century.

•It addresses national directives, for the students to have a good basic education, which will be every useful in their future in their secondary education, so that they can manage themselves in the new environment when they reach university.

•It is to prepare the work force to excel in globalization internationally and Malaysian students will achieve the goal of vision 2020.

•Students might understand more easily if they are thought in EMI in early age. It is good for their future too.

•‘Master the language, master the world’.

what's your opinion?

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annusha lee KJC0970289

siva bharathi KJC0970598

WHAT IS CLUSTER SCHOOL?

In a move to further strengthen national schools, the Education Ministry has designated another 60 schools as cluster schools. This brings their number to 120 which are 36 primary and 84 secondary schools. Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom told the New Sunday Times that schools selected under the most recent exercise which is phase three of the cluster school program, were those that achieved a minimum 80 per cent mark in the “Standard for Quality Education in Malaysia Schools”. Evaluation based on the schools infrastructure, teaching and learning, administration, examination results, co-curricular activities, discipline and the schools’ relationship with their parent-teacher associations. Schools that won competitions organized by the ministry were nominated. The inspectorate of schools will visit the schools and make an evaluation. Then, a committee chaired by education director will pick the best among them. “The Clusters of Excellence Advisory Board evaluates the selections and approved them, with the final approval coming from the minister. The establishment of cluster schools is among the primary strategies of the National Education Blueprint 2006-2010. It is aimed at taking educational institutions to greater heights by granting schools unprecedented levels of autonomy in staffing, enrolment and curriculum. The first 30 cluster schools were announced by Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in March 2007. Another 30 were subsequently announced under phase two of the program. Each cluster school can request special funds of up to RM500, 000 to assist in the running of the school. The schools get more autonomy in terms of finance. A school like SMK Victoria may need extra money to buy equipment for the school brass band, the schools could use the money to improve their infrastructure, buy computers, or carry out projects for their teaching faculty. For example, if a school’s niche area is music and it wants to hire a good music teacher, it can use the money to employ a teacher on contract. Schools interested in information and communications technology can use this allocation to hire professionals. They can even bring in teaching professionals from England to teach English in their schools. Cluster schools would also have more autonomy in terms of curriculum. For example, the technical division of the Education Ministry has signed memoranda of understanding with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Students studying accountancy for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam can obtain certificates from these bodies. This means the schools add value to the subjects for their students. The students will take the minimum core subjects and have the option to take an extra course offered by these three bodies or other professional bodies. So, the principal has certain autonomy on subjects and gets to choose the curriculum for his school. Cluster school principals could “pinch” students from other schools, selecting those who excel in the cluster schools’ niche areas. For example, SMK Victor if’s niche area is its brass band. The principal can take in students who are good at that from other schools. The same goes for sports and games. Cluster schools are also given greater autonomy to decide the way they are managed. Principals of cluster schools can choose to introduce new subjects like English Literature. They also have the authority to select 10 per cent of students seeking entry into their schools. Cluster schools will also be encouraged to network with foreign educational institutions. Some of these cluster schools already have links with schools overseas. One example is the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, which has links with the Vajiravudh College in Bangkok. Judging by the number of parents who want to enroll their children in these schools, it is a success. Students from cluster schools have been participating in various competitions at national and international levels. Most of these schools have formed links with local and international institutions. Among the links established are with countries like Australia, South Korea, Singapore, China and Thailand. This year, two cluster schools, SK Ulu Lubai and Ba’ Kelalan from Sarawak, won first prize for Best Practices in the recent Commonwealth Convention of Education Ministers. Cluster schools had excelled at the international level by winning medals in tenpin bowling, chess, softball, rhythmic gymnastics and rugby. From the achievements mentioned and for a project that has been undertaken for only two years, I would say that cluster schools are definitely not a failure. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also education minister, announced on Nov 13 that the ministry wanted to have 100 high performance schools by 2012, to increase the pool of dynamic human capital.

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annusha lee kjc0970289
siva bharathi kjc0970598

Peer Evaluation on Group Presentations.

Select and comment on the teaching learning activities you saw in the different presentations.

example: fractions- select some of the activities and explain how these activities develop critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills,etc.

please use the comment box,do not using the 'new post'. tq

presentation today

according to the presentation today,please leave your comment to group 4-8...tq

revision-final exam

guys, any problem on how to answer the final exam, you can ask madam...please use the comment box...do not post everywhere in the blog...please refer to the title before you post it.....tq

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educational testing and assessment (note)

Educational Testing and Assessment
1.Testing and assessment are integral components of teaching and learning.
2.Two views of testing and assessment.They are the a)functional view and b)structural perspective.
a)Functional view-There are 3 functions of testing and assessment:
:i)placement :Beginning of testing to place students.
ii)diagnostic :to monitor/gauge effectiveness of teaching and monitor students progress.
iii)formative : testing done periodically during a course of study
summative: testing done at the end of a course of study

b)Structural view-normative assessment(normal distribution-‘the bell curve’)
ctiterion referenced assessment.

3.Methods of Testing and Assessment
The most common ones are as follows:
i)Examination-testing students under controlled conditions.
-test students retention of knowledge and comprehension.
ii)Observation-measuring skills and competencies.
-process and behaviours
iii)Continuous Assessment-assess students performance throughout the course.
-portfolio. The learner centred and mastery learning approaches usually employ this method of assessment as part of the testing and assessment process.
iv) Project Paper/Report Writing-A test that involves the student.This method of assessment measures both process and product and is a learner centred.

4.History of Testing and Assessment in Malaysia
Based on the recommendations of the Razak Report(1956),the Examination Unit was formed in the same year.
In 1957,it was renamed Examination Syndicate(Lembaga Peperiksaan).
In 1978,the Examination Syndicate took over from the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate the responsibility for the Malaysian Certificate of Education(MCE).
There are 4 major national examinations.They are (a)Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah)at the end of the primary level(UPSR).(b)Penilaian Menengah Rendah(PMR)at the end of the lower secondary schooling,(c)Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia(SPM) at the end of the secondary level,(d)Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia(STPM) for the upper secondary level and Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia(STAM) for religious school leavers at the upper secondary level.There is also Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (ulangan)(SPM[U])for repeat SPM candidates.

Comment About Last Week Presentation....by Parames Mohan

Hai my dear frens...How are you guys...?? fine..?? Here i want to give my comments about our frens presentation last week.WOW...!!! Its really superb..!!! Fantastic..!!! Well done and congratulations to all my frens who did presentation that day..I really enjoy and i didnt feel bored...because the way you all guys teach us its really fantastic...and i really have fun from it..So here i want to give my comments about each group presentation on that day.Group 1..their teaching way is good but i really didnt enjoy and feel bored..because the topic they choose its more obout goverments,structures,system and law..Of course this topic is really important for us..bt i want to say is the way they teach us not interesting.So, they cn improve their teaching style with use other way such us group activity or presentation..Group 2..i really enjoy their teaching style..especially the Tom and Jerry cartoon..frm that cartoon they ask us to find nouns and adjectives..Wow..!! its really creative way they use to teach us..So, here they cn improve their teaching style with give students more activity and games..group 3...i really really enjoy..and its really interesting...The way their each group member present its really nice and creative..So, here they can improve their teaching way with doing other interesting activity...such as ask student create their own syair..So,frens here i just give my comments to you all guys to improve you all teaching style..if i say anyting wrongly, im so sorry...plz dun mistake me..you all are my frens...thank you....

Parames Mohan (KJC0970040)

The different ways that i have assessed and tested in our philosophy class is which is every day we duing research about the topic and duing discussion in group is really give me more benefit and i can understand very well.This is our respectfull madam teaching method that she use to teach us.This method is really effective which i can more understand about the topic and at the same time our madam come and ask question and explain the important point frm that topic to us to make us understand very cleary.From duing this kind of research i can improve my knowledge and also can share our opinion each and other and also communicate with them.Other than that it make me more independence,Thinking critically,rationaly and deeply about the topic.I really enjoy study our madam teaching style because is really different from other lecturer.I really have fun frm our madam teaching style.This is our madam philosophy.Other than that,our madam also teach us to use blogsytem.I really enjoy to participate in blogsystem because we can chat with our madam and also can ask question about the topic that we research that day if we didnt understand.Other than that, we also can send our comments,opinions and ideas about our discussion topic or prensentation.Its really give me benefits and make me easily to understand.If i will become an educator, i will use same method that our respectfull madam use to teach us.This is because when she use this kind of method i didnt feel bored and i enjoy my study.Its really interesting and challenging.So, i also make my students didnt feel bored and enjoy their study and also have fun from that teaching method.If they have fun from their study, they can easily understand and remember easily.Other than that i also encourge my students to do mind maps.This method is really effective for students which is students should do mind map at home about the chapter that students have to discuss on that day.Its really give benefits to students which they can understand very well and also they know which is important points in taht chapter.they also can remember easily and clearly.Other than that i also will use an effective and interesting ways such as teaching students with use powerpoint slides and giving them group work.It cn make them to communicate each and other and also have cooperation in their group.

Answer For the Quis..

Cliff Ramose(KJC0970363)
Q.1
a)The Functional of testing and evaluation is most probably about the test and assessed for the student. Furthermore,it also to guide and to make sure the student understand well about what they have learn. Moreover,it also want to make sure the success in their study and achieve their goals.

b)The structural of testing and evaluation is most probable about the structural of test and assessed of the students. Moreover the structural of testing and evaluation is created by the government of Malaysia(Ministry Of Education). Furthermore,some of the structural testing equipment is unique. The enviromental test facility can apply load and enviromental profile simultaneously. Hence,this method is most probably importance to make sure the students enjoy,study well and can achieve a good result.

Q2
They are a few way that the student can be tested and assessed. Firstly,by making a quis. Generally,they are two type of quis the educator can tested and assessed the students. Such as a formal-quis and non-formal quis. Formal-quis mean that,we should make a command quis. For example we have to make one quis that are required the hole topic that we have teach to our student. And for the non-formal quis mean that we have to give a simple quis. For example,after we have finish teach one chapter or topic we should give our student a quis. The aims that we want to achieve by making this quis is we want to make sure our student understand well about the topic that we teach. Over role, the quis that we make is actually show that it's one of the way that we can use to tested and assessed the student. Second,is making a presentation. They are two type or presentation. Such as an individual and a group presentation. Individual presentation mean that it show the one person have to make a presentation by herself. And for the group presentation mean that we should divided the student into such a small group of 5 or 6 members in each group. After that they should present the topic that we give in group. This is also such one of the successful way as an educator should take to tested and assessed the student. Third,is by giving our student an assignment. Totally,the assignment that we give to our student most probably the way how we can tested and assessed our student in school. Furthermore by making a assignment as an educator we should have to make sure that our student do the assignment well and have to submit it on time. Lastly,is making a lot's of exercise. Generally, by making a lot of exercise as and educator we want our students understand well about what we have teach them. By the way as an educator we want every of our student to be success in their study.

Q3
They are many aim that we can get from test and assessments. In the school,as an educator we should give a test and assessments to the student. A part from that,we should have to do this to achieve the aims and goals for the school. The aims that we get from giving test and assessments to the students. Such as to improve the accessibility of student to education,to improve the equity issues in education,to improve the quality of education and to improve the efficiency in the management of the education system.

Q4
The exam unit is a Malaysia Examination Council that is totally statutory body under the Ministry Of Education. Moreover the exam unit was formed or establish on 1st February 1980. It's under the Malaysian low and examination council act 225. In 1957,the exam unit(Malaysian Examination Council)ordinance was establish.

Q5
Generally they are four difference of major examination in our country(Malaysia). Such as UPSR,PMR,SPM and STPM. Firstly UPSR is Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah that is taking by the student that is finish standard 6 in Pramiry School. Hence the UPSR test is difference for the Tamil,Chinese and Malay school because this school should have to use their on language to answer the question in exam. Basicly,the UPSR is establish to make sure the student can achieve a good result. Next,is PMR(Penilaian Menengah Rendah) is totally sited by the form 3 student. In PMR,they are 8 subject that the student should be tested. Moreover in PMR examination,SNS(Sains)subject and MAT(Matematik)subject is a compulsory subject in PMR. A part from that the SPM examination is sited by the student that have finish study in form 5.SPM is Sijil Penilaian Malaysia. Lastly is STPM,STPM is Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia that taken by the form 6 student. The student have to past this test first before they continue their study in degree in the University.

Q6
When I became an Educator,I have many way that I take to test and assessed my student. Furthermore when I become an Educator I want to make the test and assessed become more interesting and fun. The main objective is,I want to make sure my student can understand well and enjoy while they are study. A part from that,the way that I take to test and assessed my student such as by using a best teaching method,make a group discussion,make a weekly quis and making a presentation. Firstly using the best teaching method,for example when I will use the moden technology method such as making an interesting and fun slide that easy for the student to understand well. More than that,I will aloud the sing and study. Basicly I choose this teaching method because the best teaching method 100% can attractive the student enjoy study. Beside that,I will make the study section become more interesting by aloud the student make a group discussion. I think this is the best way because while they make a group discussion the student can share they idea and knowledge with their friend. Moreover,this way will created the student be a creative and knowledgeable person. Next is make a quis and a making a presentation for the student. Lastly I hope with my way that I take to test and assessed the student can make sure the student enjoy and become a successful student.
Yes,I think I can make the test and assessments fun because when I become an educator. I want to make sure the school can achieve the school aims,goals and needs.