GEP 2010 - Screening & Selection

[vlim]

KSP:

Hi vlim,


Thanks for initiating this thread. Any tips or info for preparation?

frankly speaking, no special preparation... as it is somewhere near ca2...so preparation fo ca2 shall give the kids some brain warming up but I don't know whether does it help as after all the test is to test the kids giftedness... MOE also says the same thing..no preparation is needed..

[Blobbi]

vlim:

Blobbi:

Hi vlim,


How come the selection test is on 2 days? You mean it's a different day for different schools?

the first test which is the screening test and is opened for all p3 students. The tests include English and Maths paper. The second test is the selection test..only selected students (best 10% i supposed of the first test)..are qualified to go for this selection tests which include English, Mathematics and General Ability papers.(oh ya torquise has done the explanation) Thereafter the best 1%-2% about 500 students will be selected to enrol into gep.

Tks vlim. I vaguely know there is a pre-selection test but didn't know that math and English is done twice. The last two days must be very tiring for the kids.

[vlim]

but i don’t remember my ds went for 2 days selection tests…i think they finished them in a day if I did not remember wrongly…maths and ga1 in the morning and english and ga2 in the afternoon…something like that…

[Rosie]

[quote]but i don't remember my ds went for 2 days selection tests...i think they finished them in a day if I did not remember wrongly..maths and ga1 in the morning and english and ga2 in the afternoon...something like that...[/quote]
My daughter went for her selection test in 2008 on 2 mornings (approx. 8:30 - 11:00am) during the PSLE marking week (Day 1: english + GA ; Day 2: maths + GA).

[vlim]

Rosie:

[quote]but i don't remember my ds went for 2 days selection tests...i think they finished them in a day if I did not remember wrongly..maths and ga1 in the morning and english and ga2 in the afternoon...something like that...

My daughter went for her selection test in 2008 on 2 mornings (approx. 8:30 - 11:00am) during the PSLE marking week (Day 1: english + GA ; Day 2: maths + GA).[/quote]oops my ds took the test in 2008 also...aiya lousy memory....

[KSP]

Has anyone sent they kids to Doctor Peh Associates

http://www.doctorpeh.com ?

[Way2GO]

KSP:

Has anyone sent they kids to Doctor Peh Associates

http://www.doctorpeh.com ?

IMHO, don't waste your money.

[KSP]

Way2GO:

KSP:

Has anyone sent they kids to Doctor Peh Associates

http://www.doctorpeh.com ?

IMHO, don't waste your money.

Oh really? Then how come they are still surviving? Sorry, I'm not challenging but just want to find out more.

[CoffeeCat]

KSP:

Oh really? Then how come they are still surviving? Sorry, I'm not challenging but just want to find out more.

In my opinion, what they are doing is useful to a certain extent, after all practice makes perfect, if you are exposed to IQ questions, you will get better. However they do charge very high fees, so its really up to the consumers.

[ChiefKiasu]

CoffeeCat:

In my opinion, what they are doing is useful to a certain extent, after all practice makes perfect, if you are exposed to IQ questions, you will get better. However they do charge very high fees, so its really up to the consumers.

Practice does make perfect. But if the goal is to get into GEP, then being \"perfect\" due to practice could place the child in a difficult position when he/she does make it to GEP.