READINESS OF YEAR 1 STUDENTS TO LEARN SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS IN ENGLISH: A MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE

dc.creator	Tajularipin Sulaiman
dc.creator	Aminuddin Hassan
dc.creator	Roselan Baki
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:00Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:00Z
dc.identifier	1694-609X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ce0058d579e246ac8b1ee0ebc26c9420
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17295
dc.description	The Malaysian Ministry of Education has implemented the use of English as the medium of instruction at primary school level beginning 2003. These students are the main group of people affected by this change in policy. Besides, the implementation of the approach also raises the readiness of students in the rural areas. Therefore, the aims of the study are a) comparing between year 1 students from the urban and the rural areas in terms of their competency of science process skills which use English terminologies, and b) determining the level of readiness of year 1 students in learning the science process skills in English for Science subject. The study adopted a quantitative research method design to make a comparison between Year 1 students in the rural and urban areas and to determine the level of readiness. The research findings show that there is a significant difference between year 1 students in rural and urban in term of communication skill, classification skill and observation skill. The findings from this study could contribute to the improvement of pedagogical practices in teaching Science in primary school.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Journal of Instruction
dc.relation	http://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2009_1_2.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1694-609X
dc.source	International Journal of Instruction, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 17-26 (2009)
dc.subject	science process skills
dc.subject	readiness of students
dc.subject	primary school level
dc.subject	English as medium of instruction
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	READINESS OF YEAR 1 STUDENTS TO LEARN SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS IN ENGLISH: A MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE
dc.type	article