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Veloo, Arsaythamby; Shanmugam, S. Kanageswari Suppiah; Md-Ali, Ruzlan; Jusoh @ Yusoff, Yus'aiman; Awang-Hashim, Rosna – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The purpose of this study is to investigate Indigenous pupils' achievement in Mathematics with Bilingual (Bahasa Melayu and Temiar) versions of mathematics tests. Both tests were based on Mathematics computation and word problem items. This study involved eight Orang Asli (Indigenous) primary students from eight schools in the district of Sungai…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Translation, Multiple Choice Tests
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Shanmugam, S.Kanageswari Suppiah; Veloo, Arsaythamby; Md-Ali, Ruzlan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This comparative research study examined Grade Five Malaysian Aboriginal pupils' mathematical performance on 30 computation and 20 word problem items in the academic Malay language and community "Temiar" language. The items were constructed in the Malay language before adapting and audio recording into the "Temiar" language…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Test Items, Difficulty Level
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Shanmugam, S. Kanageswari Suppiah; Veloo, Arsaythamby; Md-Ali, Ruzlan – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2021
This study examined the validity of trilingual test as a test accommodation to assess the Indigenous pupils' mathematical performance in Malaysia. The study employed two tests; BM-only test with items written in Malay language (BM) and trilingual test, which had items written in BM and English, and oral audio recording in their native Temiar…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Testing Accommodations, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Veloo, Arsaythamby; Aziz, Noor Hashima Abd; Yaacob, Aizan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The Malaysian Education Act in 1996 states that the national language which is the Malay language becomes the main medium of instruction in educational institutions and English is accorded the status of a second language. In Malaysian schools, teachers are given the freedom to use their own teaching and assessment methods in assessing their…
Descriptors: Scoring, Essays, Writing Evaluation, English (Second Language)