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Entering different types of schools, each with its own teaching and learning culture and exposure to a different medium of instruction, may have an effect on students’ learning experience and, hence, impact their academic success. This study aims to establish the relationship between the types of schools, medium of instruction, and academic achievements at Pre-university. The data show that students from non-international schools perform better than those who attended international schools at Pre-university. In addition, the results found that students whose medium of instruction in school was Malay did not perform as well as those who used other languages at Pre-university.
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Fun, C.S. (2018). Types of School, Medium of Instruction, and Students’ Academic Performance in Business Studies at Pre-university. In: Tang, S., Cheah, S. (eds) Redesigning Learning for Greater Social Impact. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4223-2_16
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