tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40961888627926194442024-03-05T21:37:28.325+08:00My Mathematics worldMathematics is very mysterious..Some people find it challenging and exciting,but it can be ones'worst nightmare ..Myths about mathematical learning abilities are abundance..Mathematics can be artistic, cultural and political ..
This blog is all about my mathematics world. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-77304370076779772262012-01-22T21:12:00.000+08:002012-01-22T21:12:34.415+08:00Helo Year 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This blog is alive again after such a long time. <br />
Shall start to share my thoughts again this year. I have the feeling that this will be the year that ideas will flow and my creativity will shine (Amen)<br />
<span style="color: blue;">There are few concerns related to Malaysian education scenarios that currently are brewing in my head</span>.<br />
1. Autonomy of selected universities. UTM & USM are two lucky universities.<br />
2. Use of english in math and science teaching (yes! this issue has not finalized/settled down)<br />
3. Trainee teacher from various universities are still not employed despite many schools are facing shortage of teachers..<br />
4. Quality of our students<br />
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Shall stop here. Lets us hope the government is transparent and are quick to solve them.</div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-12171154068909958972010-12-25T10:22:00.001+08:002010-12-25T10:27:28.101+08:00PMR result<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5gHDEwHR1cEUF4bsY-vozCpVI5gci4pNwv2kAvqzxqk23SNCKYIcpZ5t2i16_ikHaabXAirM4iWtNf4SYe1_LVOjCqU9qiXDMIZ2jcZnYcBsakEujvEDbRstEw7xUR7otDGjcuc4QGY/s1600/pixgal11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5gHDEwHR1cEUF4bsY-vozCpVI5gci4pNwv2kAvqzxqk23SNCKYIcpZ5t2i16_ikHaabXAirM4iWtNf4SYe1_LVOjCqU9qiXDMIZ2jcZnYcBsakEujvEDbRstEw7xUR7otDGjcuc4QGY/s200/pixgal11.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><strong>Yesterday PMR result was announced</strong>. <br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">Congratulations to all students who deservingly scored straight As. Almost half a million students took PMR with almost 30 thou getting straight As...The sweet smell of success can be intoxicating. Well done!!</span><br />
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However I am still searching for the actual figures. Where are the actual statistics ? <em>The media seems to be only reporting the achievement of 7% of the population</em> .. Yes we are indeed proud to see the increase..<br />
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But we also want to know about the rest of the students. The other 93%.!! Give us fair statistics.<br />
Majority (the norm) of the populations should be of our main concern. These are the students that will enter high secondary school. We also want to know how many students only manage to get all Cs..Ds..ie non performing students. Is there an increase or decrease?<br />
What is the figure? the issues here is about access and equity to educations? Are majority of our students within the acceptable level of achievement? Can we proudly say that yes we have successfully educate our youngsters to prepare them well for challenging future ahead...<br />
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Shall discuss about this once i got the actual statistics. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-67637998777366679062010-11-16T13:50:00.001+08:002010-12-24T17:44:50.145+08:00why students fail mathematics?At last some..free time to write..My apology for not being able to write sooner....<br />
Finally i manage to finish marking the exam papers.. marks are all settled and done. With that out of the way now i suddenly feel the urge to share my thoughts about this particular topic. <br />
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I am going to discuss why students fail mathematics.. however mathematics failure and 'general failure' is interlinked and seperating the two may not be a good idea.. that is another broad topic which i shall avoid!<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: purple;">People DONT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FAILURE.. .wipe it under the carpet or ignore it..or worst pretend that it does not happens! Human nature do not like to hear negative things about themselves. Hwever no matter how hard it is to face the truth..we ought not to ignore it.Learn to face failure head on ..beleive me that is the only this way can we save more failures in the future</span>..</div><br />
SO why fail?? <br />
Generally ATTITUDE is the no 1 reason - there are many type of students that i have met ??<br />
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a. <strong>the lazy students</strong>-not much can be said about this type other than they ought to set their mind what exactly is they seek in their life..<br />
b. <strong>the hardworking students</strong>- hey hardworking students fail too?? not fair isnt it? these students usually try to memorize everything...their mind is focusing on a frame of thinking that can become so rigid..the fixation problem actually slowly robbing the mind of the actual thinking or creative processes associated with learning....<br />
c.<strong> the worrier type of student</strong>- this students worry and have a low confidence in their ability..hence they focus on the wrong thing..unable to stay focus on major ideas. .,their ideas are scattered and remains on the surface..<br />
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d. <strong>the smart and comfortable student</strong>- this type of students are not necessarily the brightest in the class. Neither are they the cleverest..the most improtant attribute is being comfortble with themselves and always asking questions when occassion arises. They study smart,ask the questions most of the tim no matter how silly they look sometimes. Success comes easily to this group of students.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">So where are you?? </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">Let me share some of the important rules in successful learning of mathematics. </span><br />
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RULE 1: Know yourselves..work on your weakness and decide what you want. Steer your life towards that. Do not allow your attitude wreck your life..work on that ..say NO to negative habits and create new ones..<br />
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RULE 2: Learning from failure - Einstein fail his math class !!so whats the big deal? let failure become the teacher to you. Question yourself why you have failed. find reasons..use that as a means towards learning better skills to overcome failure the next time..treat failure as valuable learning experiences <br />
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RULE 3: Learn not to be sensitive to critism. Developed 'thick skin' when it comes to learning. Ask and think hard..ask again ..keep on trying till you get it right!! then do the exercises yourself. when you got stuck ..always ask the right person. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-26346472240350574162010-08-23T11:42:00.003+08:002010-12-24T17:51:02.179+08:00Learning mathematics..what does it take? What does it takes to excell in mathematics..? <br />
Most people would equate mathematics with intelligence. <br />
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<em>Proffessor Schwartz</em> says students actually need PAC-- <strong><span style="color: red;">Perseverance, Attitude</span> and <span style="color: red;">Courage</span></strong> to learn mathematics successfully.<br />
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I personally felt that students also need <span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><strong>flexibility of taughts</strong></span> when solving mathematics problems. Rigidity hinders ones ability and creativity. it is actuallay the number one enemy in mathematics!!<br />
Too often students get mess up with mathematical symbolism and this can becomes frustrating experiences. <br />
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<em>"In symbols there are concealment yet revelations</em>" a saying by Pimms (British educator) Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-70770436118264757932010-08-10T10:50:00.001+08:002010-08-10T18:06:18.381+08:00Ramadhan is here again..<strong>Salam Ramadhan Al Mubarak..</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: lime;">In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Kind</span></strong><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta;">A blessed month is casting its shadow upon us</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta;">A night of this month is better than a thousand months</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: magenta;">Bear with patience for the sake of Ar-Rahman</span></em><em><br />
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<em><span style="color: magenta;">It's a continuous training to strengthen our Imaan</span>.</em><br />
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Glory be to Allah who sent Ramadan as a mercy to mankind<br />
Its a purification of our soul, our heart, and our mind<br />
Glorified is He, who choseth this holy month,<br />
To test our sabr and fill our hearts with warmth<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Ya Allah! For thee, let my breath be more pleasant than musk</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Ya Allah! For thee, let me be thankful when day turns to dusk</span><br />
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My thoughts and heart are purified, my eyes truly see'<br />
This blessed month, the month of spiritual rhapsody!<br />
<span style="color: red;"><em>Ya Allah! For thee, my life I shall live!......Ya Allah! For thee, my soul I shall give!</em></span><br />
<em>In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Kind,</em><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #20124d;">Praise be to Allah, who sent Ramadan as a gift to mankind</span></em></strong><br />
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from: http://www.muhajabah.com/ramadan-poems.htm Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-46226461585709669452010-04-18T20:29:00.003+08:002010-05-23T11:35:58.222+08:00Reviewing School Mathematics.A good review of current Malaysian research issues and problems in science teaching (basically same as with mathematics ) addressed by akademisains report: <a href="http://www.akademisains.gov.my/download/relatednews/sci_math/Review.pdf">www.akademisains.gov.my/download/relatednews/sci_math/Review.pdf</a><br />
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The report highlighted researches (very briefly...) finding on:<br />
1. Urban and rural disparities<br />
2. Implementation of PPSMI<br />
3. TIMMS result -<br />
4. Current education and policy<br />
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What I find disturbing is that, despite almost 50 years of independence we are still looking out to other countries and trying to figure out what to do with our own education systems....<br />
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Despite huge amount of budget allocated in technology integrations, technology remains a little adopted in most Malaysian schools..We must realise that technology do not guarantee quality learning can occur,what is more important is how technology is adopted by teachers.<br />
With rigid curricullum this is not easy to implement.<br />
Training good teachers to do the job specifically in rural areas remains as a big problems..while exam orientated learning trend among schools are not getting any better.<br />
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I also find it disturbing that so many malaysian studies consistently try to compare betweeen Malay and Non malay students (logically, can we put Indian /Chinese in same group..?? i dont think so) or national school vs chinese schools..comparing for achievement. This is basically like trying to compare apple and oranges..!<br />
Comparison must be fair..majority of malay students or national schools are in located in rural areas..similalry with indian schools..<br />
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Anyway why compare..what are this studies trying to conclude? In national school teachers factors remains a big problem (I know that many national school teachers who are trained to teach Bahasa but ends up teaching mathematics and sciences..so what kind of output can we expect? what about extra classes..?.. There are so many factors should be considered...Once and for all lets stop these type of studies..Yes may be are differences among different ethnicity/regions, but most important is that only those who hunger for success and are motivated enough will excell,while those with no appetite for knowledge will continue to be left behind.<br />
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So why not focus our time and money on more beneficial work such as motivating students and finding ways to improve each schools?? Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-39893786904011502772010-04-07T12:14:00.001+08:002010-04-14T12:00:37.641+08:00Matematik HuluanPertama kali mendengar istilah <strong>Matematik Huluan</strong> (upstream mathematical research). <br />
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Apa bezanya dengan ethnomatematik? Menurut Dr Adi Setia Institut Penyelidikan Matemtaik UM. <br />
<em>..penyelidikan yang terbit daripada rasa sedar-diri yang tinggi akan “makna-diri” penyelidik itu sendiri, sesuai dengan kefahaman dan kepekaan beliau terhadap sistem nilai dan pandangan hidup yang dianutinya, termasuk permasalahan sebenar yang ditanggapi dan dikenalpasti hasil daripada kefahaman dan kepekaan tersebut.</em><br />
<em>Contohnya kajian membabitkan: 1. Model Penggunaan wang dinar</em><br />
<em> 2. Model matematik sistem wakaf</em><br />
<em> 3. Kosmologi Islam</em><br />
<em> 4. Sejarah Matematik melayu islam</em><br />
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Bertentangan (bukannya Lawan) ialah "<em>matematik Hiliran'</em> (downstream research). Menurutnya lagi,<br />
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<em>Penyelidikan hiliran ialah penyelidikan runcitan sekadar mengemaskinikan di sana-sini teori dan bidang yang sudah sedia ada, malah yang sudah lama “matang,” atau lebih parah lagi, sekadar menemukan penggunaan baru atau menguji keberkesanan bagi pelbagai teknik atau pengisian matematik (mathematical software) atau pemodelan matematik (mathematical modelling) sedia ada.</em><br />
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Mungkin kajian sebegini dapat mempertingkatkan jatidiri, esteem diri orang melayu. <br />
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Sifat rendah diri dan rasa tidak yakin dengan keupayaan bangsa begitu tebal..kalau tidak percaya ..buka suratkhabar cotnohnya utusan melayu/berita harian..kita akan baca artikel/pendapat/komen dari ahli politik yg gemar membuat generalisasi negatif tentang orang Melayu!! tanpa fakta/data, sewenang wenangnya sedap mulut bercakap mengatakan orang melayu itu dan ini.. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-16274003526011953582010-03-03T08:19:00.003+08:002010-04-14T11:23:20.598+08:00Childrens Day 20107 March is declared as World childrens day by UNICEF. This year's theme, <strong>'All Rights, All Children'</strong>, marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.<br />
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More information form Unicef. <a href="http://www.unicef.org/index.php">http://www.unicef.org/index.php</a> <br />
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Statistical Profile by country can be obtain here <br />
<a href="http://www.childinfo.org/profiles.html">http://www.childinfo.org/profiles.html</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOZpnInokNBylVz00S0DLJvpeu_hPlVGHobq3_z6vSlsimMApMEHxazRCE6iRFT0g8kJ0CYmqIPyMdrM7Y6s9TmpLTqSsFgrA5-e4DS_xHxbd5Bl9he9JVoha8Jw7_Qf2ydoD0Kxgmt4/s1600-h/UNI47163resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOZpnInokNBylVz00S0DLJvpeu_hPlVGHobq3_z6vSlsimMApMEHxazRCE6iRFT0g8kJ0CYmqIPyMdrM7Y6s9TmpLTqSsFgrA5-e4DS_xHxbd5Bl9he9JVoha8Jw7_Qf2ydoD0Kxgmt4/s320/UNI47163resize.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students poke their heads into their classroom, through the decorative holes of a concrete wall, at a UNICEF-assisted primary school in the village of Douakankro...</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Lihatlah wajah anak anak ini ..sungguhpun dalam keadaan daif ..kecerian wajah mereka terserlah</span>. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hentikan kezaliman kepada kanak kanak.</span> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Pencabulan,penderaan dan jenayah kanak kanak perlu dihentikan. Sebelum berlarutan menjadi duri dalam daging..langkah pencegahan perlu difikirkan..</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sebagaimana Rasullah mengajar umatnya supaya mengajar dan mendidik anak sembahyang waktu kecil..dan setelah waktu tertentu memukul (tanpa kecederaan-pukul sayang!!) mereka apabila meningkat umur 10thn. Strategi sama eprlu digunakan dlm mendidik masyarakat. Hukuman tanpa pendidikan pencegahan akan gagal...</span></div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-80924755316185642502010-02-20T20:36:00.005+08:002010-02-26T17:24:04.912+08:00Mystery of mathematics<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREv4g888fULcGMquldQiECfJHKGEREWj33Edu-H1OG8YZMYh52vr09p7qEcSBC-Y-7zxu0ogNuYL34KOQdhFpw3n5f-WpQ9mny6ISP6mldZdU7yVn1csPxUVFZEU4DEGNMxPh65C8DAI/s1600-h/thumb_voirol1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREv4g888fULcGMquldQiECfJHKGEREWj33Edu-H1OG8YZMYh52vr09p7qEcSBC-Y-7zxu0ogNuYL34KOQdhFpw3n5f-WpQ9mny6ISP6mldZdU7yVn1csPxUVFZEU4DEGNMxPh65C8DAI/s320/thumb_voirol1.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">M</span></strong>athematic is mysterious..while some find ot challenging and exciting, others may find it a bore and scary!. What influences these extreme feeling that diffferent individues experiences? Is it true that only certain type people are good at mathematics..? Are those people who are good in mathematics gifted? So what has gone wrong for people who are always hopelessly confuse with simple mathematicsl ideas? </div><br />
Students who like mathematics enjoy the challenge and likes to dwell on its symbols and ideas. I used to get thrilled when i could solve all exercises or homework given. The achievement of getting good marks in mathematics somehow eventually becomes ones status quo in school...closely guided so that no one can beat you! Those that lag behind usually never catches up and ends up as freak in maths...<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Teachers factors to me is another important variable.. a good teacher explain asbtract concept well and clearly,while some may just grapple with the ideas leaving lots of confusing ideas among the students..drillling students with endless exercises is not the solution to mastery of mathematical ideas for this mechanical actions can be very damaging to students long term learning..the difficulities with conceptual teaching is students usually can be irritatingly impatient and want a quick way out..hence they normally are more interested in what shall be assessed!Test..Exam! included in test or not..? these are questions that can be annoying.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">In secondary school i have this great math teacher, Encik Ismail. He explains well and kept challenging us with various questions that he expected we are able to do once he <em>briefly </em>explain the main concepts.. we were so nervous when he started picking on students to finish the exercise on board..but then again he would smile at us when we successfully solved the questions. He was always there even in the afternoon to help us out.. you were one Great Teacher.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">I took extra classes for my additional mathematics once a week in form five to prepare for my SPM. Another Malay male teacher from another school taught me.Cant remember his name now. He was so enthuasistic that it catches on us. . I met him last year..wearing kupiah and sarung. AT the age of<span style="color: red;"> sixty</span> he is still teaching mathematics..in his own tuition class..wow..He was beeming widely when i approach him and say -Thank you sir for the knowledge that you have imparted to me so sincerely and so well.</div>I will always remember them.May God Bless Them. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-50925782794959087102010-01-23T13:16:00.011+08:002010-06-17T09:28:03.747+08:00Biasiswa Melanjutkan pelajaran<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Biasiswa</span></strong><br />
Ramai pelajar lepasan SPM/ university berminat nak cari biasiswa belajar keluar negara..saya akan maklumkan link untuk tujuan ini dalam waktu terdekat. Perlu difahami kelayakan mndapat biasiswa bukan bermkna 'free ride' tetapi satu privilege bagi yg rajin belajar- Anda perlu di manafaat sebaiknya.<br />
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Senarai beberapa jabatan/agensi menawarkan biasiswa -boleh semak dari laman MOHE. <a href="http://jpt.mohe.gov.my/menupelajar.php">http://jpt.mohe.gov.my/menupelajar.php</a><br />
1 Biasiswa Kerajaan Korea. For Msc and Phd programs starting from 1st sept 2010... More info: <a href="http://www.niied.go.kr/">http://www.niied.go.kr/</a><br />
2 Biasiswa kerajaan Jepun <a href="http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/scholarships_e.html%20(www.adb.org/jsp">http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/scholarships_e.html%20(www.adb.org/jsp</a><br />
3 Biasiswa Fullbright-Amerika Syarikat<br />
4. University of Edinburgh UK (dateline April 2010)<a href="http://www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/internat/masters.htm">http://www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/internat/masters.htm</a><br />
5. Biasiswa MARA (amat terhad) -lihat JPA pautan dibawah<br />
6. Biasiswa JPA (amat terhad) pemegang sijil SPM <a href="http://www.jpa.gov.my/perkhidmatan-teras/latihantajaan/program-ijazah-luar-negara/">http://www.jpa.gov.my/perkhidmatan-teras/latihantajaan/program-ijazah-luar-negara/</a><br />
Ijazah lanjutan- <a href="http://www.jpa.gov.my/perkhidmatan-teras/latihantajaan/biasiswa_sajprof/">http://www.jpa.gov.my/perkhidmatan-teras/latihantajaan/biasiswa_sajprof/</a><br />
7.University Manchester UK- Masters in Social statistics -apply on line at <a href="http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/socialstatistics/postgraduate/">http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/socialstatistics/postgraduate/</a> dateline March 2010 -<span style="color: red;">tama</span>t <br />
8. University of Western Australia- award are for Masters and Phd places; more informations go to <a href="http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/home/postgrad/international/iprs">http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/home/postgrad/international/iprs</a> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-14822960373019299422010-01-11T08:06:00.004+08:002010-02-23T14:02:26.551+08:00Students Voices Jan2010<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj712hdXtglNvHyvideNilfSPzJzYHDspG31m5l78PID7XDbN6TIRQoLn9gj3J5fdOw1l0k2j07CyXokp7YdGZeCanb2fva2TliZ6dH-IbOulT-0CMyBaP8c79M5Pl2bXxsQNFFAj0qXfw/s1600-h/Clipart-Cartoon-Design-12.gif" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 69px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 162px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="92" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425270208084813474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj712hdXtglNvHyvideNilfSPzJzYHDspG31m5l78PID7XDbN6TIRQoLn9gj3J5fdOw1l0k2j07CyXokp7YdGZeCanb2fva2TliZ6dH-IbOulT-0CMyBaP8c79M5Pl2bXxsQNFFAj0qXfw/s200/Clipart-Cartoon-Design-12.gif" style="float: right; height: 92px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 151px;" width="151" /></a>Put your comments here. Lets hear what you have in mind. .. in Bahasa or English..</div></div><div></div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-28637106807195294262009-12-17T08:33:00.006+08:002010-02-24T07:48:31.710+08:00Maal Hijrah<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCJ2DVpIxJN37K496AC-e_CHiS3Z-zuBJQHCI9JbxRaSZPOSzmBrfKB2Fp1nq2TNYZbxM11CEood2gBV1jaBxpIR4vikWvy3spGfVwVVXRuU0Q4NzLfOVeD2hG9XLPe3VdJrFvhvmw08/s1600-h/ATG0FBNCAAORA8HCAE0ZLX7CA7B2J39CAFSGGOBCAYI4CYECA2TMWYECAASVHO3CAO6UD1XCAWC2KEZCAX67YYPCAQ2YC3GCAZSTBLHCA0KPUP6CADWBS71CABK773QCAK7DNSYCALTFMADCA9PZ7YD.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415998442983532402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCJ2DVpIxJN37K496AC-e_CHiS3Z-zuBJQHCI9JbxRaSZPOSzmBrfKB2Fp1nq2TNYZbxM11CEood2gBV1jaBxpIR4vikWvy3spGfVwVVXRuU0Q4NzLfOVeD2hG9XLPe3VdJrFvhvmw08/s200/ATG0FBNCAAORA8HCAE0ZLX7CA7B2J39CAFSGGOBCAYI4CYECA2TMWYECAASVHO3CAO6UD1XCAWC2KEZCAX67YYPCAQ2YC3GCAZSTBLHCA0KPUP6CADWBS71CABK773QCAK7DNSYCALTFMADCA9PZ7YD.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 124px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 124px;" /></a><br />
<div>Salam to All. Selamat tinggal tahun 2009..tahun hijrah 1430.</div><br />
<div></div><div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: 130%;">WELCOME 2010.. 1431 HIJRAH.</span></div><div><span style="color: #330099; font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #330099; font-size: 130%;">Semoga tahun baru ini dikurniakan dengan penuh kegembiraan, kesejahteraan, kesihatan dan kerahmatan dari Allah.</span></div><div><span style="color: #330099; font-size: 130%;"></span></div><br />
<em>My wish lists..</em><br />
<em>Keimanan, kejayaan, kesejahteraan, kesihatan ahli keluarga..(Fahda SPM, Salsabila UPSR, Nadiah PMRU Semoga berjaya)</em><br />
Semoga tahun ini kurang jenayah terhadap kanak kanak/umum (Mereka yang seharusnya dibela oleh orang dewasa..sebaliknya dizalami.) <br />
Masalah sosial dikalangan Remaja Islam diatasi.(kurang manipulasi masamedia tetapi tindakan..<span style="font-size: 130%;">tindakan</span>....tindakan penyelesaian!!)<br />
Proactive /sensitive/dynamic students that make a difference. <br />
Many many more..but will stop here. Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-69290636638244101252009-12-15T07:25:00.007+08:002010-02-11T08:04:56.863+08:00Equity in MathematicsI acame across Dr Peter Gates (UK) - social issues in Mathematic Edu interesting paper... In PME news letter 34(nov 2009): He raised the following issues:<br />
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"Blind spot" in Mathematics education is ME redistributes wealth to the rich; we focus more on the curriculum – but curriculum itself is a political entity (Apple,1979). We focus on teaching strategies – but teaching is a political act...<br />
According to him, we avoid politics not because it is a dirty word, but because too many of us have too much to lose. He claim that we are after all successes of the status quo, and unbalancing that by asking too many difficult questions threatens to unbalance us....</div></li>
<li>Street mathematics, workplace learning, situated cognition, activity theory have all played a part in our field– raised in my article on equity and social justice in the recent PME handbook (Gates, 2006).</li>
</ul><ul><li>Cynthia Nicol (2002) raises that mathematics teachers just do not know what goes on outside the school gates. Too many mathematics teachers do not understand where mathematics is actually used and what it is used for. Mathematics is used as a tool to solve problems of course, but it is also used as a social filter – “a badge of eligibility for the privileges of society” (Atweh, Bleicher and Cooper, 1998, 63). </li>
</ul><span style="color: black;">Gates also asked ME to put more focus on different settings, to embrace difference, and try to see things differently. But most importantly, to try to see how is our contribution to inequity and injustice, because you can’t take a neutral position.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Lots of stuff to think about there..!!How can we relate these to Malaysian edu scenario???</span> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-71376565300215856012009-11-16T18:13:00.010+08:002010-09-15T12:11:41.906+08:00Good Mathematics resources site1. TURNBULL is the home of the <strong>award-winning MacTutor History </strong>of Mathematics Archive -- an integrated collection of over 1000 biographies and historical articles of a mathematical nature, alongside interactive birthplace maps and the famous curve applet<br />
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3. ZAIDI LEARN- ALL U WANT TO KNOW ABT TECHNOLOGY This is winner.. Accidently come across this site..owned by Zaid Ali <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_UpMfOe7Q6kF9gfyKmWNPSlMiEoelwEV1c4Yhk-zv51OVZnObhK_MPdGFwibW0gvZ1hh_HEBJLU41nbS1abKbSZEewvEq79OAwwo5vgiyoUrBTm5Wd1xwsVJyIs9Evd8IUVeM5JE75o/s1600/zaidlearn_banner1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406767005911526306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_UpMfOe7Q6kF9gfyKmWNPSlMiEoelwEV1c4Yhk-zv51OVZnObhK_MPdGFwibW0gvZ1hh_HEBJLU41nbS1abKbSZEewvEq79OAwwo5vgiyoUrBTm5Wd1xwsVJyIs9Evd8IUVeM5JE75o/s200/zaidlearn_banner1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 53px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>Alsagof.<br />
Very interesting and refreshing too! ..with loads of material FREE resources...should be of interest to any educators.<br />
Allah bless him<br />
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4. THIS IS STUDENTS WEB..MOSTLY SHARING SPM TIPS..NOT BAD<br />
<a href="http://www.malaysia-students.com/2008/10/spm-mathematics-tips.html">http://www.malaysia-students.com/2008/10/spm-mathematics-tips.html</a><br />
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5. CIKGU BLOG MALAYSIA <a href="http://www.cikgublog.com/blogmalaysia/">http://www.cikgublog.com/blogmalaysia/</a> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-22274004906533317582009-11-16T06:16:00.009+08:002010-02-04T08:45:49.296+08:00Teaching Maths, Science in EnglishThere are MANY pros and cons.. While i have my own opinion (I have 2 daughters in primary school and 1 in secondary school)related to this issue, i shall only put forth Some of the research related papers that have been published:<br /><br />Recall the following statement released by the Jemaah Nazir (School inspectoriat)<br /><br />"Dasar ini digubal berasaskan hakikat bahawa Sains dan Matematik adalah bidang ilmu yang sangat dinamik dengan pelbagai penemuan baru dan sebahagian besar maklumat yang berkaitan dengannya terdapat dalam bahasa Inggeris. Matlamat akhir dasar ini adalah membolehkan murid <em>mengakses maklumat </em>yang berkaitan melalui pelbagai media supaya mereka mampu menguasai ilmu Sains dan Matematik dan <em>lebih berdaya saing </em>di peringkat antarabangsa di samping melahirkan generasi yang <em>kukuh dalam </em><em>penggunaan bahasa Inggeris</em>.”<br />(Jemaah Nazir Sekolah, 2006, p.13)<br />We can therefore summarized 3 main objectives of PPSMI’s :<br />i) Enable learners master Science and Mathematics;<br />ii) Prepare the learners so that they become more competitive internationally; and<br />iii) Engender a generation of learners who are well-versed in the English language<br /><br />This is <strong>14 year</strong> boy blog <a href="http://syameer.blogspot.com/commenting">http://syameer.blogspot.com/commenting</a> writing<br />about Malaysian politics including PPSMI...hmm..he still have along way to go....<br /><br />1. <em>Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English: The Teachers' Voices</em>Mohamad Fadhili Bin Yahaya, Mohd Asri Bin Mohd Noor, Ahmad Azman Bin Mokhtar, Rafizah Binti Mohd Rawian, Mahmod Bin Othman, Kamaruzaman Jusof.<br /><strong>abstract</strong><br />The policy to change the medium of instruction in the teaching of Mathematics and Science from Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) to English in 2003 is an important innovation affecting not only the students but also teachers of Mathematics and Science. However, how far do the changes affect the teachers is the issue addressed in the paper. In fact the objectives of the study were to investigate the reaction of the mathematic and science teachers to using English as the medium of instruction, the problems encountered by these teachers in using English in the classroom and the availability of language support systems. A study was conducted on a group of pre-university educators in the northern part of Malaysia who have undergone language enhancement courses known as English for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science (ETeMS). The study reveals that teachers of mathematics and science are generally perceptive of the change in the medium of instruction but needing some sustainable measures to not only improve their language ability and delivery. Thus it is hope that certain measures would be taken to address on teachers struggle to ensure the success of the policy.<br /><br />2. Aziz Nordin, eprint-utm.my, <em>Students perception of teaching and learning of mathemtics in english</em><strong>Abstract</strong><br />Students use language to communicate and to understand mathematics concepts. Language<br />influences students’ thought by molding perception and structuring ideas. However, in recentyears, science and mathematics in lower secondary subjects have been taught in English.This may create problems in learning these subjects. Therefore, this research was carried outto gather information and to get the clearer picture on what have happened regarding theteaching and learning science and mathematics in schools. The research instrument was a setof 16-item questionnaire that was designed to identify students’ perception on teaching andlearning mathematics. The respondents consist of 279 lower secondary school students fromthree schools in rural area of Johor, Malaysia. The research found out that the respondents agreed to the importance of English Language in everyday life as well as career opportunity<br />but felt that learning science and mathematics was very difficult and demanding due to the lack of ability in understanding the subject matters and instructional language. The result showed that learning science is more difficult than mathematics. Finally, there arechallenges for the science and mathematics teachers to overcome students’ learning difficulties andto promote effective learning among students.<br /><br />3. Proceeding math UNIPA/ project 21st century, Hamidah Ab Rahman, Aziz Nordin, Mukheta Isa, Fatimah Puteh, Faruk Muhammad, Norazman Abd Majid, Aminah Ahmad Khalid, Siti Fatimah Bahari, Hj Shufaat Tumin & Zurihanmi Zakariya (Universiti<br />Teknologi Malaysia).(2005) TEACHERS’ COMPETENCY IN THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS<br />IN ENGLISH IN MALAYSIAN SECONADRY SCHOOLS<br /><br /><strong>Abstract</strong> The implementation of the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI)through the integration of ICT in 2003, teachers’ competency in teaching the subject is put to test sicne many of our teachers today have had very little exposure to the subjects in English. Many were taught in Malay and trained to teach in Malay. Many too have little experience of using ICT in their teaching. To ease the problem with regard to the language and ICT, the Ministry of Education has introduced several meaningful programs aimed at preparing the teachers and boosting their confidence in teaching the subjects. A research involving 575 teachers was conducted throughout the country to examine the effectiveness of the programs organized by theministry and togauge whether of not the trainings given were adequate and relevant to the needs of the teachers to teach<br />the subjects in English. Questionnaires, which comprised of structured items to elicit information with respect to facts, perception, opinion and attitudes of the respondents towards PPSMI were administered to the teachers. The findings reveal that the implementation of the teaching of Mathematics in English in schools was at satisfactory level (53.4%). The respondents also agreed that they have improved their command of the English language and that their level of confidence to teach Mathematics in English have also improved.Finally, recommendations for further study were suggested so as to further improve the teaching of Mathematics in English<br /><br />4. Hen Tan & Chan Swee Heng, Teaching math and science in english: Perspective from UPM(2003) www.eltcm.org/eltc/Download/conferences/8_parallelpaper_08<br /><strong>Abstract</strong><br />Preparing teachers to teach Mathematics and Science in English is a responsibility that cuts across many institutions and agencies. Universiti Putra Malaysia(UPM) is one such institution given the responsibility of equipping the Mathematics and Science Trainee Teachers (MSTTs) with the skills of using English to teach both subjects. The UPM teacher training programme for this purpose is jointly conducted by the Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies with the education component provided by the Faculty of Educational Studies. The Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication is entrusted with the role of designing and implementing intensive English courses for the MSTTs to teach in English. This paper discusses issues and concerns about the effort involved in equipping MSTTs at UPM with the necessary English Language skills so that teaching along the stated objectives is achieved. It also elaborates on the profile of these MSTTs which includes their perceptions on the use of English for the teaching of mathematics and science. The paper invites discussion on the directions that tertiary institutions could embark on to fulfill the MSTTs’ language needs.<br /><br />5.Ong Saw Lan & May TAN, Jurnal Pendidik dan Pendidikan,Jilid 23 (2008)(usm) Mathematics in English-Teachers experinces in the classroom<br /><strong>Abstract</strong>: In 2003, the Malaysian government implemented a new policy in the national education system; English is made the language of instruction in schools for the teaching of Mathematics, Science and technology subjects. These subjects had formerly been taught in the Malay language. The purpose of teaching Science and Mathematics in English is to enable students to acquire proficiency in English while learning the content. This study aims to provide more in-depth information concerning teachers’ experiences and classroom practices in the implementation of the change in language of instruction for Mathematics and Science. To gather information on teachers’ experiences with the policy change, classroom observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the four Mathematics and Science teachers. While teachers interviewed are supportive of the policy, they are still struggling with the realities of implementing this policy. Three factors appear to be salient in influencing how quickly a teacher can effect the transition into teaching entirely in English. They are the prior educational background of teachers, the linguistic environment in school and the linguistic abilities of their students.<br /><br />6.Cheah,(2008) Refining communication to improve didactics: A case study , (Recsam).<br /><strong>Abstract</strong><br />This paper presents a preliminary report of a case study on a lesson conducted as part of a project to introduce the Lesson Study approach to a group of teachers. The lesson which was planned collaboratively by three teachers to focus on mathematical communication and thinking was then carried out by one of the teachers. The lesson was videotaped and the communication that took place was then transcribed and interpretively analysed. The findings of the study revealed that the lesson tasks designed by the teachers were generally able to stimulate active pupil participation in the lesson. However the communication in the lesson was mostly focused on the teacher attempting to lead the pupils to arrive at his answers. While the study did raise some issues as to the way mathematical communication is carried out in the Malaysian primary classroom, it was found that the Lesson Study method was a suitable and non-threatening approach for teachers to improve and further develop mathematical communication in the classroom<br /><br />7.Imran Ho ABdullah & Muhammad Yahya,FACING UP TO TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE<br />AND MATHEMATICS IN ENGLISH AT UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA Proceeding 11th. Annual International Conference ‘ Shaping the future of Science, Mathematics and Technical Education (2006). Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education,Brunei<br /><strong>Abstract</strong><br />Malaysia has recently shifted the teaching of science and mathematics in English (SME). The implementation which began in 2003 has attracted a lot of debate and discussion. Not least, the fact that the national language has already been proven to be a successful language of higher education in the past 35 years. This paper presents findings from a study at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia to analyze students’ preference for the language of instruction in science and mathematics based programs and their language of group interaction. The paper also discusses the<br />issues in the implementation of SME including the wide difference in the English proficiency of students based on the Malaysian English University Test and the concerns of lecturers implementing SME. The paper concludes by asking whether there is a possible solution to the impasse of the nationalistic and globalist imperatives.<br /><br />8.Nor Hashimah Jalaludin et.al,(2008) The Mastery of English Language among Lower SecondarySchool Students in Malaysia: A Linguistic Analysis, European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 7, Number 2<br /><strong>Abstract</strong><br />Teaching English language is a big challenge in this country. Students are still unable to acquire or even comprehend the language even after eleven years of learning the language at the primary and secondary levels. A study conducted on 315 Form Two students’ shows that the most obvious weaknesses of the students lay in the area of grammar, particularly in the aspects of morphology and syntax. Some of the problematic grammatical categories are affixes, adverbs, adjectives, plural forms, copula, subject-verb agreement. This contributes 60% of the total mistakes committed by the students. It is apparent that the attributing factor is the different grammatical structures between Malay and English. For example,Malay does not have morphological markers for adverbs (i.e. –ly) plurality (i.e. -s, es), superlative form for adjectives (i.e –er, -est) and these are some of the constraints the students face in learning the English language. Meanwhile, the different structure in syntax can be seen in relative pronouns, subject-verb agreement, copula and determiners, thus make the subject even more difficult to learn. Apart from the linguistics obstacles, the social surroundings such as <em>attitude towards the language and the environment that do not encourage them to use the language have worsened the effort of acquiring the language.</em> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-59230415046843988352009-11-12T09:04:00.010+08:002009-12-15T07:24:43.053+08:00Survey International Timms,PisaThere are several international comparative studies that have been carried out worldwide. Some of which<br /><br />1. <strong>TIMMS=<em>Trends in <img class="gl_bold" alt="Bold" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" border="0" />International mathematics and Science Study</em></strong><br /><br /><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"> </span></u><a href="http://nces.ed.gov/timss/results07.asp">http://nces.ed.gov/timss/results07.asp</a><br /><br />The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 is the fourth comparison of mathematics and science achievement carried out since 1995 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international organization of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. In 2007, 36 countries participated at grade four and 48 participated at grade eight. some comments...can go to<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2009/jan09/lks/lks5051.htm">http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2009/jan09/lks/lks5051.htm</a><br /><br />Kita sebenarnya tertanya apakah prestasi pelajar Melayu secara keseluruhannya. Pencapaian pelajar bandar dan luarbandar? Jika perbandingan dibuat dimanakah letaknya skel anak bangsa kita ?<br /><br />Hasil kajian ini tidak harus dipolitikkan..sebaliknya <span style="color:#ff0000;">diambil iktibar</span> dan <span style="color:#ff0000;">strategi menyeluruh</span> dirancang dan dirangka agar keadaan dapat dibaiki dengan segera.. Pihak politik (tidak kira samada DAP/Umno maupun Mca) cenderung (fanatik ?.) .. melihat perspektif kaum mereka..apabila menguntungkan aruspolitik mereka maka diamlah ..jika tidak menguntungkan arus mereka .. bisingnya seolah dunia akan kiamat!<br /><br />kadang kadang naik jelak mereka senario sebegini.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Saya sendiri tertanya bagaimanakah nasib anak anak melayu yang berada dipendalaman..malah dikota pun keadaan pendidikan (kawasan flet/setinggan..?) mungkin lebih buruk dari kawasan pendalaman...begitu ramai pendidik /prf di universiti sewajarnya satu kata sepakat diambil dengan mengembeleng tenaga kearah membina satu generasi yang peka dan cintakan ilmu</span>.<br /><br />Malaysia participate in TIMMS 1999,2003. Performing well in 1999/2003. But result in 2007 were not good. The main blame cited by many for the poor performances are due to government policy- teaching and learning of mathematics and science in English.<br /><br /><strong>PISA</strong><br /><br />Satu lagi kajian perbandingan antara bangsa. Fokus lebih kepada pengetahuan bersifat kuantitatif (statistik).<br /><div align="justify"><br />However for PISA study Malaysia have yet to do so.<br />Various papers have discussed about these finding.Will discuss these issues...</div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-17167448509348228652009-11-03T07:57:00.001+08:002009-11-03T07:57:41.334+08:00Philosophy Mathematics<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics</a> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-29945959278328674232009-10-31T10:18:00.004+08:002009-11-15T07:42:56.557+08:00Dr Miller (Mathematics Prof)<div align="justify"><a href="http://muslimocean.typepad.com/blog/">http://muslimocean.typepad.com/blog/</a><br />Keep an open mind and read..<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Dr. Gary Miller is a Canadean professor in Math. He is a former Christian missionary and minister and very knowledgable of the bible. He converted to Islam in a very interesting Story. <strong>He decided to read the Quran to find mistakes and errors that he might take advantage of while inviting Muslims to convert to Christian</strong>ity. He expected the Qur'an to be an old book written 14 centuries ago, a book that talks about the desert and so on. He was amazed from what he found. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Since he was a Prof in Math, he sees everything through with a logical mind. He started to read, and he was amazed how perfect the Quran is. He ended up converting to Islam, and having small booklets and a lot of lectures about Islam. </span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> More <a href="http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215">http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Learn more from this <a href="http://www.themodernreligion.com/essays_Gary_Miller.htm">http://www.themodernreligion.com/essays_Gary_Miller.htm</a> for more articles and stories..Very inspiring..</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">His presentation about Islam <a href="http://www.islamview.org/gary_miller.htm">http://www.islamview.org/gary_miller.htm</a></span> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-91330971829310834402009-10-26T13:39:00.003+08:002009-10-26T13:44:10.928+08:00Mathematics and ArtSome interesting blog that discuss art and mathematics:<br /><a href="http://math-art-fun.blogspot.com/">http://math-art-fun.blogspot.com/</a> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-61339997332476441962009-10-26T07:50:00.003+08:002009-10-26T08:16:20.714+08:00International Mathematics JournalSome of the link i have come across containing Int Journal Of Mathematics<br />1. <span style="color:#993300;"><span style="font-size:85%;">European Link-european mathematical information service </span><a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/index.html"><span style="font-size:85%;"> http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/index.html</span></a>. SOme that may be of interest..</span><br /><ul><li><strong>Journal of Descrete Dynamic in Nature</strong> and Society <a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/HOA/DDNS/"> http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/HOA/DDNS/</a></li><li><strong>Journal of Differential equation</strong> <a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJDE/">http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJDE/</a></li><li><strong><em>EJournal of General mathematics</em></strong> -<a href="http://depmath.ulbsibiu.ro/genmath/index.html">http://depmath.ulbsibiu.ro/genmath/index.html</a></li><li><strong><em>EJournal of Qualitative Theory</em></strong> of DE <a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJQTDE/">http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/EJQTDE/</a></li><li>E Journal of Linear ALgebra <a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/ELA/">http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/ELA/</a></li><li>E Journal of mathematic <a href="http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/AMAPN/index.html">http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/journals/AMAPN/index.html</a></li></ul><p>More can be obtain form EMIS link.</p> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-42263494302239191612009-10-25T08:43:00.007+08:002010-02-07T11:03:13.612+08:00Malaysia Mathematics Journal Online<div>List of <strong>Mathematics Journals</strong> made available by some local Univ.(open access) </div><br /><div>May be more university should follows..UiTM..?</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>1. <a href="http://www.inform.upm.edu.my/journal/">http://www.inform.upm.edu.my/journal/</a> </div><br /><div>2. <a href="http://www.fs.utm.my/matematika/">http://www.fs.utm.my/matematika/</a></div><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNykE15W9eUYHTQTv_FkRIVUkQKdjNL8-wPTjv1ODj1GPS4Sj5jp-5vHZ3pjjGtk0ZpjYgacDBlhZhj7BrBsXVU4w2G_gj80W1Q1h3kyFv7fztPv05OosnjVnP_uiho84kzN18qFFZJKw/s1600-h/matematik2a-utm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396333390685075010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNykE15W9eUYHTQTv_FkRIVUkQKdjNL8-wPTjv1ODj1GPS4Sj5jp-5vHZ3pjjGtk0ZpjYgacDBlhZhj7BrBsXVU4w2G_gj80W1Q1h3kyFv7fztPv05OosnjVnP_uiho84kzN18qFFZJKw/s200/matematik2a-utm.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh9VY-ywjCcUd4Y4-TYpDKAUegQztzCDbAXnFgftcnYu6gm9K2SiImXy-KKrM3yN9Yqd4P2E_MjG3stYVVIHfwWoNOiH8fHpAgNhyjTUZo8rOxW6g8IV-PTE8HshEpe1dIjnI2Jv4Kac/s1600-h/cover1+math.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435330842733065394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh9VY-ywjCcUd4Y4-TYpDKAUegQztzCDbAXnFgftcnYu6gm9K2SiImXy-KKrM3yN9Yqd4P2E_MjG3stYVVIHfwWoNOiH8fHpAgNhyjTUZo8rOxW6g8IV-PTE8HshEpe1dIjnI2Jv4Kac/s200/cover1+math.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396334216848947298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKI0-KgWb4taJHsw-iyEmMTiSxSD0bOfzP4bmD9pU6rpR4cR2nQMIJ00KMDI07rOuLazd6dPBerTKRzzRlKWV8RHwdmzVk6AB1Pe6gy4bFk5daBreV0mn-JOM48ODlI-GQvSUYJAEhfU/s200/jurnal-upm.gif" border="0" /></p><br /><div>3. <a href="http://einspem.upm.edu.my/mathdigest/">http://einspem.upm.edu.my/mathdigest/</a> -abstract only </div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-66056259663831976302009-10-19T11:51:00.009+08:002009-10-26T08:44:46.557+08:00Kreativiti dalam matematik<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FbE2XCk7cyHiQLo4eppEDOjewPWXswcGr3jdFpf38yNlCREVZT1gqpZywproB0fWT3PKK8onYxYgDPS_FtSwFDOc3yfl4pDYV7sHDQMSO1zF12B3NQagj3jSjAIPzSHxmowPSyXWyso/s1600-h/dc_cycle.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394159734167291746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FbE2XCk7cyHiQLo4eppEDOjewPWXswcGr3jdFpf38yNlCREVZT1gqpZywproB0fWT3PKK8onYxYgDPS_FtSwFDOc3yfl4pDYV7sHDQMSO1zF12B3NQagj3jSjAIPzSHxmowPSyXWyso/s200/dc_cycle.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kenapa seseorang itu lebih kreatif dibanding dengan individu lain?Apakah yang menyebabkan ia kreatif? Bagaimana kreativiti ini berkembang? Adakah kreativiti terjadi secara semulajadi? Persoalan ini merupakan persoalan yang menjadi bahan kajian ramai ahli psikologi mahupun pendidik dalam pelbagai bidang.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Teori psikoanalitik</em> (Freud, Jung, Eyesenk dll) mencadangkan sifat psiko atau tidak normal menjadi pencetus kepada sifat kreatif. ..<br /><br />Pada 1907, Freud berkata, ‘</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>The child’s best-loved<br />and most intense occupation is with his play or games. …he<br />creates a world of his own, or rather, re-arranges the things of<br />his world in a new way which pleases him'</em>. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Teori ini tidak mengambilkira faktor sosial atau biologi individu sebaliknya berasaskan kepda experimen kendiri yang 'bias'. Manakala ada juga pandangan yang mengatakan seorang itu memiliki sifat sedikit 'tidak waras' jika ia seorang sangat kreatif. (ummm..teringat biografi beberapa genius yang 'keliru')<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Frank Barron berpendapat<br /><br />“<em>The creative person is more primitive and more cultured, more destructive and more constructive, crazier and saner, than the average person”</em> (Harman & Rheingold, 1984).<br /><br />(Cuba ingat sejarah hidup ahli matematik Erdos..?)<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Manakala secara sosiologinya Maslow berpandangan keperluan kepada perkara asas dalam kehidupan menjadi pendorong kepada usaha mencari jalan kearah keperluan ini. Lihat Maslow ..</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>Bagaimana menjadi kreatif</strong> ?<br /></span></span>Beberapa langkah yg dicadangkan...<br /><strong>1.</strong> Mempertingkatkan kebolehan mengambarkan sesuatu yang abstrak<br />2. Sentiasa melakukan aktiviti melibatkan cabaran kepada minda<br />3. Berminat dan melakukan aktiviti dengan kesungguhan<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>Halangan kepada </strong><strong>kreativiti</strong></span></span> ..(Take note!)<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">1. Diri individu itu sendiri yang diselubungan dengan sifat negatif. Dr. John Chaffee (2002) menegaskan '<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <em>the biggest threat to creativity lies within people themselves, and this threat is the “negative voice of judgment</em></span>,” suara negatif yang mentidakan kebolehan sendiri. Mengatakan 'tidak boleh' apabila timbul keinginan melakukan sesuatu yang berbeza. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">(Teringat kata kata 'ayahanda' Dato Prof Husin yang sentiasa bercakap tentang 'inner voice' atau - 'Bisikan -bisikan' ) Menarik.<br /></div></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Creative models</strong><br /><strong>Refer to <a href="http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html">http://www.directedcreativity.com/pages/WPModels.html</a> </strong><br /><br />More on <strong>philosophy -metaphyzical</strong> discussions<br /></span>Refer to <a href="http://www.rbjones.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.rbjones.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Freud, S. ‘Creative Writers and Daydreaming’ in The Complete Psychological<br />Works Vol IX, London: Hogarth Press, 1959 p.143-144.<br /><br /></span><strong>Matematik dan kreativiti</strong> -William Byers famous model..will discuss this issue later..I have been reading Byrs's work for some time now..too much to elaborate . Will do so later when my thoughts are more organise. ..ie when i have more time to dwell on this huge issues.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq_8j3wYY-nQKzxCRNOmpFg5LnjEIvObxlrT52J07-9ys_oVABU8V2kwlwuQXc0zPqo5-MzsPHL9iY484lv44htI49nRmHmn2KOXtYm5t0OWqvip4KZlcGK5cbmixq4gHMqJje9ac2Ho/s1600-h/k8386.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394163795367129650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq_8j3wYY-nQKzxCRNOmpFg5LnjEIvObxlrT52J07-9ys_oVABU8V2kwlwuQXc0zPqo5-MzsPHL9iY484lv44htI49nRmHmn2KOXtYm5t0OWqvip4KZlcGK5cbmixq4gHMqJje9ac2Ho/s200/k8386.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-47756098645406772802009-10-14T17:33:00.004+08:002009-10-14T18:02:10.610+08:00Barcelona 1- 3 July 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF81xPNJrK9kh-QUFSve1B98DjeTnCf2iNbogLRI0ZiuNAsBfAfI2kmLf5iH-osJ3ezLB3-Qx9zzDln24E7AP-JQigOSKPqGf0zNbaHalCnVCzFMAp0SqLPSJ_3NUqyqTho_g0rcoJ0fY/s1600-h/P6010149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392393496064106482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF81xPNJrK9kh-QUFSve1B98DjeTnCf2iNbogLRI0ZiuNAsBfAfI2kmLf5iH-osJ3ezLB3-Qx9zzDln24E7AP-JQigOSKPqGf0zNbaHalCnVCzFMAp0SqLPSJ_3NUqyqTho_g0rcoJ0fY/s200/P6010149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> On Tourist Bus-a day trip around Barcelona for 25Euro.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Artist performing in Rambla street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VOoPDnS4jH-5HOUKXoMNKrfYbySazNzop0-vRGC3w4_UM1RIESGJ2A_RECVY2wzj4hOVeqarS4OJFbbaGiGe8AQvbgfLX75hYz8Lxd-VY50amPzfoTxvqnjMajSh5AIk5AK4FqvCj0w/s1600-h/P5300074.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392389106036842914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VOoPDnS4jH-5HOUKXoMNKrfYbySazNzop0-vRGC3w4_UM1RIESGJ2A_RECVY2wzj4hOVeqarS4OJFbbaGiGe8AQvbgfLX75hYz8Lxd-VY50amPzfoTxvqnjMajSh5AIk5AK4FqvCj0w/s200/P5300074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbooPb2a9GcofT2UI_xblgST4_FT6itEfFtjkq3iP35zLZKb1KvMiqqU8pUKRf93A2V9r1LT3X-VD-NNPSQWl-gAp16hyeH1ybX6h_QLvLZ1NlyiDMR4kocav02MmQn2nYCAxUfJSKXM/s1600-h/barceona+artis1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392393488642423314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbooPb2a9GcofT2UI_xblgST4_FT6itEfFtjkq3iP35zLZKb1KvMiqqU8pUKRf93A2V9r1LT3X-VD-NNPSQWl-gAp16hyeH1ybX6h_QLvLZ1NlyiDMR4kocav02MmQn2nYCAxUfJSKXM/s200/barceona+artis1.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXM-pynrsfhgL4KHwZumAqhtzMWxixlStzxYx4CUEHcB-57h8SC1zT91w9s3TROMCt7FRdMClUTzp_sM5rcwA8I8rDCARCR55xnfUhvA5HYAPrvCVE6Cxi_qxk1k6nGhxD_V8hF7jRc8/s1600-h/P5270002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392389116334536722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXM-pynrsfhgL4KHwZumAqhtzMWxixlStzxYx4CUEHcB-57h8SC1zT91w9s3TROMCt7FRdMClUTzp_sM5rcwA8I8rDCARCR55xnfUhvA5HYAPrvCVE6Cxi_qxk1k6nGhxD_V8hF7jRc8/s200/P5270002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_RBiw3O39bCe2y3Hv6ASpIVm82kXALEkBjrChbF7Kwzp2BFDsdYH7Zhg1E8TFheBefe0fUywpBcZjmRCY75GEBmNp2-Yp0tTrxlLjmJbw23yRLUhHMrpxrCfrpEdYEa31GJIwvDi08g/s1600-h/P6010238.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392389097033836146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_RBiw3O39bCe2y3Hv6ASpIVm82kXALEkBjrChbF7Kwzp2BFDsdYH7Zhg1E8TFheBefe0fUywpBcZjmRCY75GEBmNp2-Yp0tTrxlLjmJbw23yRLUhHMrpxrCfrpEdYEa31GJIwvDi08g/s200/P6010238.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Attended Conference 2009 (CGI publisher) -almost 500 participants with additional of 400 virtual presenters....Huge conference. </div><br /><br /><div>What an eye opener! Barcelona is beautiful town ..so many things going on and is a very lively town.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-17672915348811192672009-10-06T10:19:00.001+08:002009-11-12T09:22:40.530+08:00Congkak<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyzArVPnlfFakNPo7-1BqazGe84mnjI8RbOoOVJLsoSMp3IweJ5d9QOfZ8bU5hSwNVs5U_a-ZBQS0YDefwGh7fl6Hc8rZ7XjMQAPUX1dAmyWe2DRWVUb0fO_4ykSkJUvrK7kj3LsKxIQ/s1600-h/congkak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021382391509698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyzArVPnlfFakNPo7-1BqazGe84mnjI8RbOoOVJLsoSMp3IweJ5d9QOfZ8bU5hSwNVs5U_a-ZBQS0YDefwGh7fl6Hc8rZ7XjMQAPUX1dAmyWe2DRWVUb0fO_4ykSkJUvrK7kj3LsKxIQ/s200/congkak.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Congkak is traditional Malay games. It originates from..?South african also play similar kind of games but they called it ..?will write more abotu this when i have some time.</div> Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096188862792619444.post-39852887823301735932009-09-12T20:32:00.001+08:002009-09-12T20:35:34.728+08:00free math booka must <br />http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/mathematics.php Aishahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01571997619253156850noreply@blogger.com0