PPSMI:A Different Perspective

By Chan Huan Chiang

January 2012 UTTER ECONOMICS
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The teaching of mathematics and science in English has become a contentious issue, with emotions running high on both sides. Does it really matter which language these subjects are taught in, as both subjects have their own mysterious “languages”? PM unravels the beauty and wonder of numbers and sorts out the rational from the irrational.An overviewPengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris or PPSMI - to teach and learn mathematics and science in English – became government policy...

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Chan Huan Chiang

is a senior research fellow at the Penang Institute.

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