Education 02 (Sep 09 - Jul 10)

Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby iam802 » Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:27 am

millionairemind wrote:The boy brought home a note from the school on Friday.

The notice from school states that the school is conducting a FREE 2HR Math session for PARENTS in order to teach them heuristics, models, problem solving... so that they can help with their kids homework.

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I have attended such workshops before.

The key idea(s) is to enlighten the parents that there is more than one approach (apart from the old algebraic equations that we are brought up with) and STOP them from teaching the kids the old approach.
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby winston » Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:47 am

Ha Ha ... so the objective is not for the parents to spend more time with the kids but to ensure that the parents are not teaching stuff that's different from the teachers.
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby kennynah » Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:55 pm

actually, i have been exposed to such heuristic approach to solving math problems... and i must say that it is superior approach to teaching our children to be open minded in thinking for the answers... our archaic method is outmoded and narrow in thought process in comparison...

mathematics is a subject to groom and nurture our brains...which is in developmental stages when young.... so, it is good that heuristics is adopted today....
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby millionairemind » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:27 pm

kennynah wrote:actually, i have been exposed to such heuristic approach to solving math problems... and i must say that it is superior approach to teaching our children to be open minded in thinking for the answers... our archaic method is outmoded and narrow in thought process in comparison...

mathematics is a subject to groom and nurture our brains...which is in developmental stages when young.... so, it is good that heuristics is adopted today....


Try this for size... without using algebra and just models. :D
The Ratio of the number of mangoes and the number of apples in a fruit stall was 1:2. After 57 more mangoes were added and 18 apples were sold, the ratio of the no. of mangoes to the no. of apples became 7:3. How many fruits were there in the stall at first?
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby kennynah » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:38 pm

very typical question..... they want the children to visualize the problem in their heads... let them picture the problem in blocks..... sub-slice up the blocks so that the 2 ratios can be expressed in similar unit weight....etc...

i think this is better than using x, y, z....we are used to...
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby millionairemind » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:10 am

Apr 21, 2010
MT weighting could be cut
By Sandra Davie, Senior Writer

THE high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced.

Education Minister Ng Eng Hen says his ministry is studying whether it is educationally sound for mother tongue language performance to count for so much at the Primary 6 level.

'The worry is whether it could exclude someone from progressing in his educational pathway even if he did well in other subjects,' said Dr Ng in an interview with The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao.

Mother tongue languages now carry the same weight - 25 per cent - as the three other examinable subjects, English, mathematics and science. The combined aggregate score taken from the grades of the four subjects is used for entry into secondary school.

For years, parents have complained their children who excelled in all other subjects except mother tongue have lost out on a place in top secondary schools. Some have even ended up in the Normal stream for academically weaker pupils.

A mother tongue language review is now under way that will take into account the prior backgrounds of pupils and devise customised approaches. It will be completed by the end of the year.

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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby iam802 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:16 am

millionairemind wrote:Apr 21, 2010
MT weighting could be cut
By Sandra Davie, Senior Writer

THE high weighting given to mother tongue languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is now under review and could be reduced.

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For years, parents have complained their children who excelled in all other subjects except mother tongue have lost out on a place in top secondary schools. Some have even ended up in the Normal stream for academically weaker pupils.

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So, that's the key issue.

Aiyo.... like that it only means they are not the BEST of the BEST of the BEST lor....

What is so difficult to understand about this?
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby millionairemind » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:19 am

Could it be quite a no. of them are "VIP's sons/daughters"?? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby LenaHuat » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:58 am

Ah, why are these VIPs' children weaker in their MT.

Many find the Austrians, the Germans and the Dutch multi-lingual. They are but mostly in the conversational and comprehension sense. That's what is needed for the MT. Realistically, the MT is difficult to master.

In Beijing, a kindergarten child is expected to have learnt 1,000 Chinese characters before she/he enters primary one at a reputable Chinese school.
Assuming that she/he comprehends from the age of 2, that would mean learning some 200 words per year OR 4 words per week.
Can your child do it?

Multiply the arithmetic for English and a kid should learn some 8 words per week.
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Re: Education 2 (Sep 09 - May 10)

Postby millionairemind » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:59 am

Lena,

I feel that our Primary school mathematics/science is exceptionally difficult. I wonder Y there is a need for it to be so difficult??

IMHO, we are teaching too much....

It may look good when we go for international Math/Science rankings... but the downside is 95% of the students have tuition... why the need for so much tuition in the first place?

The Mrs. took an impromptu poll in her class and found out that only 1 does not have tuition. :roll:

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