... attitudes in mathematics learning. For the purpose of this paper, we are concentrating only to the first objective. The reason behind choosing Form IV and Form V teachers is that these teachers are expected to be fully committed in teaching as the students are preparing for the SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) Examination. Moreover most of the students will enter the tertiary educational institutions i.e. ... had the flexibility of adopting certain topics according to the local environment. Question 5, on the other hand, is very straight forward. It shows more that 75% of the respondents ...

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... for teaching a very abstract discipline. We put the responsibility of teaching history on the shoulders of teachers. Men and woman, from varying backgrounds with many different belief systems, that are expected to teach history in such a way as to meet the expectations of a variety of groups including parents, students, the administration and most of all themselves. The thought that one teacher can act as the ... are forced to prepare students for the Regents tests that all students must take. Unfortunately, as I remember the regents, most of the material was from the perspective of the w...

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... today's system "schooling focuses on preparing students for state exams ("teaching to the test") and for jobs while education teaches students how to think critically and explore new ideas, whether or not they're related to a specific job path or a state exam." (pg. 48) The education system over the past years have implemented certain guidelines on the way in which schools teach which ... and ending, teachers would continuously remind us about a variety of local and state examinations mandated by the board of education. These tests were used for no more than to compare students' educati...

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