The purpose of this study was to examine the Form 5 students' experiences using their cognitive abilities in learning Biology accordance with the Paper 1 (Objective), Paper 2 (Structured & Essay), and Paper 3 (Written Practical). This study employed Hermeneutics pedagogic method, i. e the method that deals with text interpretation to understand the text. The distribution ofresearch questionnaires was employed randomly to 57 of Form 5 science stream students in 2 different schools in Taiping. The Hermeneutics pedagogic method was used in order to interpret the students' written texts on the students' cognitive abilities of learning Biology and categorized the cognitive abilities into a few main learning ways for the 3 papers. The findings of the study indicated that the main learning ways for acquire the knowledge ofBiologyfor Paper 1 (Objective), Paper 2 (Structured & Essay), and Paper 3 (Written Practical) were answering techniques, i. e. provide answer points based on marks allocated.....

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In the teaching and learning of Malay language in schools, writing essays is an important component. In this study, six samples of good essays have been selected for analysis. Samples consist of students in Form 2 from a school Malaysia. Hermeneutics Pedagogical method is used to analyze student essays to identify styles of cognition and affection involved in essay writings. The results of hermeneutics pedagogy method give interpretations through style interpretation of cognition and affection experienced by students in the subconscious and conscious mind during essay writing. Results show that the students will be able to extract information and past experiences of long-term memory and short term memory assisted through the style of cognition and affection. Students then apply the elements of emotions or feelings to enable them to produce good passages...

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