2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[catddy2002]

Hmm...few years back, gov has announced they going to do something like take away t-score and grade the student like 'O' level. :roll:

Hope I remember it right!

Manage to find this thread somehow related:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... 2&start=10

[Oh My Gosh]

PSLE results to be announced tomorrow… to all parents with older DS or DD getting their results… Good luck!

[nansk]

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Layla:

Hi,

I'm reporting here too...
What is getmethinking book pls?

getmethinking is a Maths assessment book by Ammiel Wan. You can get them from the tuition centre in sin ming.

This is a graded series from P3 to P6. You can also buy the books from some schools' bookshops. My dd's school bookshop sells these, although the books are not in the school's book list.

[Layla]

nansk:

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[quote=\"Layla\"]Hi,

I'm reporting here too...
What is getmethinking book pls?

getmethinking is a Maths assessment book by Ammiel Wan. You can get them from the tuition centre in sin ming.

This is a graded series from P3 to P6. You can also buy the books from some schools' bookshops. My dd's school bookshop sells these, although the books are not in the school's book list.[/quote]Is this better than Onsponge?
ONsponge already so difficult :nosebleed:

[janet88]

Onsponge math is very difficult…it’s for kids who can do higher order math.

[Bungii]

GetMeThinking has detail examples on how to solve problem sums using models, followed by questions to practice what you have learnt. I flipped through one book only, borrowed from a friend. They have books for various levels, like P5 book 1 and 2.


onSponge also has the same format, but the examples, as far as I have seen in the P3-4, they are not quite enough.

Someone in the forum mentioned another book, title is something along the line of math model …strategy…can’t recall offhand. A friend also recommended to me, so I popped by Popular to take a look. They have books for 3 levels- lower, upper and advance (or something similar. These are very good books, in my opinion. Detail explanation on different methods to solve different model questions. Very well organized. however, they only have like 3 questions per topic. So these are like text books.

Hope you can find books or tools suitable for you and your children.

[Bubble_jj]

good to know that there is a psle thread for 2004 kids

I joined psle 2014 (kids taking psle this year) on facebook n found support is good
I have DD taking psle in 2016

[nansk]

I liked Getmethinking better than OnSponge. I found their classification of problem types more logical. And the examples are more numerous, as Bungii said above.

My dd, OHOH, who is average in Maths, found OnSponge easier to understand than Getmethinking.

Nicklebee Tutors has posted a detailed review and comparison of these two books in the forum (and also on their own blog).

[bb_ mom]

Bungii:

GetMeThinking has detail examples on how to solve problem sums using models, followed by questions to practice what you have learnt. I flipped through one book only, borrowed from a friend. They have books for various levels, like P5 book 1 and 2.


onSponge also has the same format, but the examples, as far as I have seen in the P3-4, they are not quite enough.

Someone in the forum mentioned another book, title is something along the line of math model ...strategy...can't recall offhand. A friend also recommended to me, so I popped by Popular to take a look. They have books for 3 levels- lower, upper and advance (or something similar. These are very good books, in my opinion. Detail explanation on different methods to solve different model questions. Very well organized. however, they only have like 3 questions per topic. So these are like text books.

Hope you can find books or tools suitable for you and your children.

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This is the book that has only 3 questions for each topic. Npbut what I like about it is for every line of information provided, the answer key explains why the model or unitary method is done that way.

There's another but I haven't started on it at all with DS.
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[Pen88n]

catddy2002:

Hmm...few years back, gov has announced they going to do something like take away t-score and grade the student like 'O' level. :roll:

Hope I remember it right!

Manage to find this thread somehow related:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... 2&start=10

That, to me, is the worst nightmare! :yikes:

Currently, giving an example of a 2A2A* results can have students ranging from 23X to 25X. With the T-score clearly indicated, the kid can choose the preferred schools within the range. If T-score is removed from results slip, there is still a backend system of meritocracy that is required to place the kids into secondary schools, but now we have no visibility of the range. Given that most kids will have similar results, how to choose the appropriate schools :scratchhead: - too high you get rejection, too low you are short-changed.....

If you ask me, I rather know the T-score than to be kept in the dark......it is just a removal of visibility from so-called \"kiasu\" parents but if this is 换汤不换药, I would hate to have that visibility removed and make me more \"blind\" :nailbite: