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[jtoh]

zeemimi:

jtoh:

Yes! Math 2013 was the tough. And 2015 was even tougher.

aftermath ˈɑːftəmaθ
noun
1. the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event.

They don't call \"aftermath\" for nothing. :rotflmao:

I follow Augmum and ask dd abt the math paper. She called the setters of this year's H2 math paper \"evil\", \"really evil\". :rotflmao:

During revision her teacher just told the class to look through some stuff that are rather tricky but \"very unlikely to come out in the exams. \" 3/4 of the very-unlikely-to-come-out stuff came out last Thursday. I don't know whether to be happy the teacher \"spotted\" some questions or to :faint:

And she thought the person sitting next to her during exams was crying during the paper, but hope that she was mistaken and that the person was just perhaps having a fever and flu cos the eyes were all red.

And so I wonder if the \"evil\" ones were fr Cambridge or spore? For the moment, I'm glad I switched my next one to IB.

zeemimi, you're funny.

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

[zeemimi]

jtoh:

zeemimi, you're funny.

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

Erm .... Apparently not a girl. Does that make the situation graver?

[wonderm]

jtoh:

My daughter says unlike PSLE, there's no easy difficult easy trend for A levels.


The trend I'm seeing is our batch of kids get tough PSLE, tough A levels.

Could it be because this batch of kids are smarter?

We know T scores for PSLE matters more than raw marks, but I am still wondering if A Level results/grades are subject to bell curve too.

If there is moderation, then it doesn't matter if the papers are easier or more difficult, right?

[zeemimi]

pirated:

Good to be born earlier

Agree. :rotflmao:

[jtoh]

zeemimi:

jtoh:

zeemimi, you're funny.

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

Erm .... Apparently not a girl. Does that make the situation graver?

Oh...

[jtoh]

wonderm:

jtoh:

My daughter says unlike PSLE, there's no easy difficult easy trend for A levels.


The trend I'm seeing is our batch of kids get tough PSLE, tough A levels.

Could it be because this batch of kids are smarter?

We know T scores for PSLE matters more than raw marks, but I am still wondering if A Level results/grades are subject to bell curve too.

If there is moderation, then it doesn't matter if the papers are easier or more difficult, right?

I doubt. I hear the batch or two before this batch was very strong.

I understand that there is a curve applied to the grades. Hoping that's the case.

[PiggyLalala]

jtoh:

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

Hi jtoh,
I have seen the Maths paper. I thought question 1 is rather an easy question. Why did you say it can throw some people off. My friend who is a tutor said the paper is not tough. The only tough question is question 3. But why am I reading here that most of the dc felt that the paper was not easy? Is it because they are aiming for a perfect score? Sorry for all the questions. Hope you don't mind. I am trying to understand and set a more realistic expectation for my boy next year. We know that because of the bell curve, the raw score for A* in PSLE goes above 90 each year. Any idea what about the A level? Did the teacher mention what is the raw score that the student should aim in order to get a A grade for A level? Thanks.

[jtoh]

PiggyLalala:

jtoh:

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

Hi jtoh,
I have seen the Maths paper. I thought question 1 is rather an easy question. Why did you say it can throw some people off. My friend who is a tutor said the paper is not tough. The only tough question is question 3. But why am I reading here that most of the dc felt that the paper was not easy? Is it because they are aiming for a perfect score? Sorry for all the questions. Hope you don't mind. I am trying to understand and set a more realistic expectation for my boy next year. We know that because of the bell curve, the raw score for A* in PSLE goes above 90 each year. Any idea what about the A level? Did the teacher mention what is the raw score that the student should aim in order to get a A grade for A level? Thanks.

I may have misunderstood about the difficult question, coz I didn't look at the paper. Something about how in the past the question would be quite straightforward but this year there was a lot more steps to work out before arriving at the answer. So it's not difficult, but just more tedious.

I don't think the kids are aiming for perfect scores. Not mine anyway. But it seems it's universally acknowledged that the Math paper is tough; even the strong students felt it.

No idea about the raw score for obtaining A.

[PiggyLalala]

Thank you very much, jtoh for yr reply. Hope you don't mind my earlier questions. Perhaps this year the questions set are the less common ones, so under stressful exam condition, the students became doubtful of their own solution especially when the steps are much tedious as compare to the past years questions. My friend's feedback is question 3 can be quite tough even for some of the strong students. She just glanced through the paper and did not work out the solution. So her assessment of the paper may not be accurate too. Some questions may look do-able but can turn out to be very tedious in solving. Yep, most of my friends' dc who sat for the paper said that the paper is tough. :sad:


Btw do you happen to know the percentage of the cohort getting A and B respectively for H2 maths? Seem like there are more information on the O level exam than the A level exam.

[Augmum]

jtoh:

I do hope the girl next to your dd was just having allergies and not crying. I think the very first question was a shock to the students. That can throw some people off.

@ Jtoh...i am thinking did u mix up Q1 from Chem paper instead of the Maths paper...
Becos my gal said that Maths Q1 is Ok...But Q1 for Chem is tough...

PiggyLalala:

I have seen the Maths paper. I thought question 1 is rather an easy question. Why did you say it can throw some people off. My friend who is a tutor said the paper is not tough. The only tough question is question 3. But why am I reading here that most of the dc felt that the paper was not easy? Is it because they are aiming for a perfect score?

@Piggylalala,
I hv to be \"thick- skinned\" again to ask her further after reading what u hv said.....
(wah...nowadays very hard to squeeze details fr her... :razz: )

According to her, Q1 is not hard, Q3 is still manageable ...
The harder ones were those at the back ...some sub questions here n there...n 1 -2 questions in the middle...

On the whole...Under exam conditions ...she felt that the paper was
- tricky n tedious...Many steps to derive the answers, not as straightforward like some past yr Questions...

- easily lose marks becos of careless mistakes along the way (as being tedious) ... some pitfalls here n there...

No, not looking at perfect score...anyway, u dont need a perfect score to get an A...