Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
When the Ministry of Education of Malaysia launched the Learning- With-Computers Project in 1989, concerned educators felt that there was an acute shortage of local curriculum-related courseware. At this juncture, a pioneer courseware company, produced its first New Primary School Curriculum (NP...
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| Language: | English English |
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1994
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8899/1/FPP_1994_6_A.pdf |
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| Summary: | When the Ministry of Education of Malaysia launched the Learning-
With-Computers Project in 1989, concerned educators felt that there
was an acute shortage of local curriculum-related courseware. At this
juncture, a pioneer courseware company, produced its first New Primary
School Curriculum (NPSC) series, popularly known as RAPID Educational
Courseware. The series comprises three major subjects : Bahasa
Malaysia, English Language and Mathematics.
Because the courseware was new, it was not clear to what extent it
confonns to the instructional goals and objectives of the NPSC. It was
also not known whether students who used the courseware acquired better
skills than those who did not. In view of the urgency to provide such feedback, this evaluation study, which focussed on one major subject i.e.
English Language, was conducted. The study aims to suggest guidelines
for overall improvement of the design and use of the RAPID English
Language Courseware (abbreviated RELC (NPSC)); henceforth indirectly
encouraging the production of better courseware.
The study employed both formal and informal evaluation. The
latter focussed on content and design analysis of the courseware, and the
former involved an effectiveness experiment which compared the
language improvement of two groups of primary students. One group
used the RELC (NPSC) in the computer laboratory, and another followed
the tuition class. |
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