All About Math Olympiad Training & Questions

[HyperKiasu]

verykiasu2010:

Besides the gap in the standard, kids' maturity level and understanding do make tremendous progress from P5 to P6 ....

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

[verykiasu2010]

HyperKiasu:

verykiasu2010:

Besides the gap in the standard, kids' maturity level and understanding do make tremendous progress from P5 to P6 ....

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

there are about 50 to 60 platinum a year, plus may be 70 golds .............

[HyperKiasu]

verykiasu2010:

HyperKiasu:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
Besides the gap in the standard, kids' maturity level and understanding do make tremendous progress from P5 to P6 ....

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

there are about 50 to 60 platinum a year, plus may be 70 golds .............[/quote]any idea are all the awardees attend training course or at least 90%?

[verykiasu2010]

HyperKiasu:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"HyperKiasu\"]
perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

there are about 50 to 60 platinum a year, plus may be 70 golds .............

any idea are all the awardees attend training course or at least 90%?[/quote]my guess is they all have trainings, judging by the types of questions they do

some are trained by enrichment / tuition centres, some are by their own schools, like maths club or amec

[sunflower]

HyperKiasu:

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

Aiyo, don't lidat say leh...very demoralising for the kid. At least they got something, better than nothing, which means they have at least attained a certain level. It'll help boost their confidence, not necessarily for DSA. Heard that some platinum also didn't get in thru DSA mah, while others with lesser awards got in. So just be happy that at least the kid got to a certain level, and encourage them to work hard and better themselves. Most importantly, to cultivate their interest in Maths, not to kill it because only got Bronze.

[verykiasu2010]

sunflower:

HyperKiasu:

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

Aiyo, don't lidat say leh...very demoralising for the kid. At least they got something, better than nothing, which means they have at least attained a certain level. It'll help boost their confidence, not necessarily for DSA. Heard that some platinum also didn't get in thru DSA mah, while others with lesser awards got in. So just be happy that at least the kid got to a certain level, and encourage them to work hard and better themselves. Most importantly, to cultivate their interest in Maths, not to kill it because only got Bronze.

AGREED

at least out of the 3000 who participated, bronze is still within the top 600

[Michteach]

CoffeeCat:

Michteach:

Hi all,


I dont know if you have heard of assessment books like Maths Olympiad by Terry Chew, I highly reccomend them as I have been using them and find it very easy to teach my kids!!

are your kids upper primary? I find the upper primary ones good but the lower primary ones some stuff that are very very challenging for the average p1.

Hi CoffeeCat,

Yes I usually teach upper primary kids but I find them ok for pri 3-4 for junior 1 and 2. You can start them when they are in primary 3:)

[CoffeeCat]

Wah i just missed the lunch hour discussion.

The nmos may not look challenging but remember most students only start training in p4-5. Like verykiasu said p5-6 is when most students are able to make tremendous progress. The nmos covers the basics of a lot of topics, including p6 topics like speed circle rate and very basic algebra. Actually if we look carefully there are many problem sums that look like psle questions.

The ripmwc 1st round is indeed of a different kind of challenge from smops. My student managed to squeeze into second round by 53% only. Verykiasu just wondering how’s your son did in ripmwc? Does he has the same experience?

[HyperKiasu]

sunflower:

HyperKiasu:

perhaps that is why Bronze is useless...

Aiyo, don't lidat say leh...very demoralising for the kid. At least they got something, better than nothing, which means they have at least attained a certain level. It'll help boost their confidence, not necessarily for DSA. Heard that some platinum also didn't get in thru DSA mah, while others with lesser awards got in. So just be happy that at least the kid got to a certain level, and encourage them to work hard and better themselves. Most importantly, to cultivate their interest in Maths, not to kill it because only got Bronze.

ok ok, something better than nothing....
do they release the marks? perhaps bronze is very close to silver....

[CoffeeCat]

Michteach:

CoffeeCat:

[quote=\"Michteach\"]Hi all,


I dont know if you have heard of assessment books like Maths Olympiad by Terry Chew, I highly reccomend them as I have been using them and find it very easy to teach my kids!!

are your kids upper primary? I find the upper primary ones good but the lower primary ones some stuff that are very very challenging for the average p1.

Hi CoffeeCat,

Yes I usually teach upper primary kids but I find them ok for pri 3-4 for junior 1 and 2. You can start them when they are in primary 3:)[/quote]yea agreed. I was referringto the one that is specifically meant for p1-2. Just warning parents to go easy when they use that book on their p1-2 children. Some difficult concepts are embedded in some questions.