Survey International Timms,Pisa

There are several international comparative studies that have been carried out worldwide. Some of which

1. TIMMS=Trends in International mathematics and Science Study

http://nces.ed.gov/timss/results07.asp

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

http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2009/jan09/lks/lks5051.htm

Kita sebenarnya tertanya apakah prestasi pelajar Melayu secara keseluruhannya. Pencapaian pelajar bandar dan luarbandar? Jika perbandingan dibuat dimanakah letaknya skel anak bangsa kita ?

Hasil kajian ini tidak harus dipolitikkan..sebaliknya diambil iktibar dan strategi menyeluruh 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!

kadang kadang naik jelak mereka senario sebegini.

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.

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.

PISA

Satu lagi kajian perbandingan antara bangsa. Fokus lebih kepada pengetahuan bersifat kuantitatif (statistik).

However for PISA study Malaysia have yet to do so.
Various papers have discussed about these finding.Will discuss these issues...

Philosophy Mathematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics

Dr Miller (Mathematics Prof)

http://muslimocean.typepad.com/blog/
Keep an open mind and read..
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. He decided to read the Quran to find mistakes and errors that he might take advantage of while inviting Muslims to convert to Christianity. 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. 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.

More http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215

Learn more from this http://www.themodernreligion.com/essays_Gary_Miller.htm for more articles and stories..Very inspiring..

His presentation about Islam http://www.islamview.org/gary_miller.htm