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Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools

Malaysia undertook a comprehensive reform of the primary education by introducing KSSR or the Primary School Standards-Based Curriculum in 2011. The curriculum change has largely driven by the setting of national standards for KSSR subjects. Accordingly, the Standards-Based English Language Curricul...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Tajularipin, Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi, Sulaiman, Suriati
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:44225 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44225/ Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools Sulaiman, Tajularipin Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Sulaiman, Suriati Malaysia undertook a comprehensive reform of the primary education by introducing KSSR or the Primary School Standards-Based Curriculum in 2011. The curriculum change has largely driven by the setting of national standards for KSSR subjects. Accordingly, the Standards-Based English Language Curriculum (SBELC) was designed with significant changes in curriculum documents and organization. SBELC not only demands changes in teacher knowledge, attitudes, and instructional practices but also seeks teachers to design such activities and assessments that require pupils to comprehend the language input and answer questions with high levels of cognitive skills that emphasize on conceptual understanding and integration of many language skills and language focus rather than traditional rote learning skills. The purpose of this paper is to review curriculum change in the new English language curriculum in which higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments are given due attention in Malaysian primary schools. MCSER Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed Sulaiman, Tajularipin and Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi and Sulaiman, Suriati (2015) Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (2). pp. 494-500. ISSN 2039-9340; ESSN: 2039-2117 https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/5835 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2p494
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description Malaysia undertook a comprehensive reform of the primary education by introducing KSSR or the Primary School Standards-Based Curriculum in 2011. The curriculum change has largely driven by the setting of national standards for KSSR subjects. Accordingly, the Standards-Based English Language Curriculum (SBELC) was designed with significant changes in curriculum documents and organization. SBELC not only demands changes in teacher knowledge, attitudes, and instructional practices but also seeks teachers to design such activities and assessments that require pupils to comprehend the language input and answer questions with high levels of cognitive skills that emphasize on conceptual understanding and integration of many language skills and language focus rather than traditional rote learning skills. The purpose of this paper is to review curriculum change in the new English language curriculum in which higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments are given due attention in Malaysian primary schools.
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author Sulaiman, Tajularipin
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Sulaiman, Suriati
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Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Sulaiman, Suriati
Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
author_facet Sulaiman, Tajularipin
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Sulaiman, Suriati
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title Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
title_short Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
title_full Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
title_fullStr Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
title_full_unstemmed Curriculum change in English language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in Malaysian primary schools
title_sort curriculum change in english language curriculum advocates higher order thinking skills and standards-based assessments in malaysian primary schools
publisher MCSER Publishing
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