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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Main Author:	Tan, Bee Hoon
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1994
Subjects:	English language - Computer-assisted instruction - Curricula - Case studies Education - Malaysia - Data processing - Curricula - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8899/1/FPP_1994_6_A.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.88992010-12-23T09:20:31Z Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation 1994 Tan, Bee Hoon 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. English language - Computer-assisted instruction - Curricula - Case studies Education - Malaysia - Data processing - Curricula - Case studies 1994 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8899/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8899/1/FPP_1994_6_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Pertanian Malaysia English language - Computer-assisted instruction - Curricula - Case studies Education - Malaysia - Data processing - Curricula - Case studies Faculty of Educational Studies English
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topic	English language - Computer-assisted instruction - Curricula - Case studies Education - Malaysia - Data processing - Curricula - Case studies
spellingShingle	English language - Computer-assisted instruction - Curricula - Case studies Education - Malaysia - Data processing - Curricula - Case studies Tan, Bee Hoon Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
description	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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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tan, Bee Hoon
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title	Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
title_short	Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
title_full	Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
title_fullStr	Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
title_full_unstemmed	Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation
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granting_institution	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
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publishDate	1994
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8899/1/FPP_1994_6_A.pdf
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Rapid English Language Courseware for the New Primary School Curriculum: An Evaluation

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