Any tips to improve Mathematics?

[Leanne]

Hi Brenda10


Totally agreed.
From pri one to four, to certain extend, math can still be memorised and attained 90s but not really in pri five in which certain processing skills kick in.

Brenda10:

Leanne:

I agreed some questions have got standard steps but there are some challenging questions that needs to have processing skills.

I find memorising steps is quite a chore.doing with real understanding and enjoying doing math probably will find math a fun learning subject.that is just one cent of my thought.

The most important thing is dd has to understand and enjoying doing maths. As for me, some of the concepts are quite difficult for me to understand.

[James Ang]

Practice makes perfect.

[MMM]

Besides practise, I think it also help to expose the child to different questions and particularly those "tricky" ones. There are certain methods of looking at those. Once the child is familiar with the "trick", they are able to solve it with confidence.

[livewith_vanilla]

Brenda10:

livewith_vanilla:

My friends and I have a popular way of redoing one set of questions that we got wrong over and over again until we could memorise the workings and concepts.

Hi Vanilla

Regarding memories the workings, I realize while working together with DD to solve some of the maths problem, even though I cannot understand the concept :? but I can memories the whole question and the steps of working. :lol:

I would only memorise after clarifying with my form teacher about the concept. Perhaps ask your DD to bring the question to her maths teacher and ask her teacher to explain to her the concept so she would find it much easier to understand and apply the concept to similar questions.

[Brenda10]

livewith_vanilla:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"livewith_vanilla\"]
My friends and I have a popular way of redoing one set of questions that we got wrong over and over again until we could memorise the workings and concepts.

Hi Vanilla

Regarding memories the workings, I realize while working together with DD to solve some of the maths problem, even though I cannot understand the concept :? but I can memories the whole question and the steps of working. :lol:

I would only memorise after clarifying with my form teacher about the concept. Perhaps ask your DD to bring the question to her maths teacher and ask her teacher to explain to her the concept so she would find it much easier to understand and apply the concept to similar questions.[/quote]Hi Vanilla

Thank you for the advice.

I'm referring to myself. I have difficulties to understand some of the concept but able to remember the steps when I come across the similar questions.

[Leanne]

Hi Vanilla


I guess for the more challenging questions, like what u say, even memory work may not help anymore.Must really understand the concept.

livewith_vanilla:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"livewith_vanilla\"]My friends and I have a popular way of redoing one set of questions that we got wrong over and over again until we could memorise the workings and concepts.

Hi Vanilla

Regarding memories the workings, I realize while working together with DD to solve some of the maths problem, even though I cannot understand the concept :? but I can memories the whole question and the steps of working. :lol:

I would only memorise after clarifying with my form teacher about the concept. Perhaps ask your DD to bring the question to her maths teacher and ask her teacher to explain to her the concept so she would find it much easier to understand and apply the concept to similar questions.[/quote]

[James Ang]

MMM:

Besides practise, I think it also help to expose the child to different questions and particularly those \"tricky\" ones. There are certain methods of looking at those. Once the child is familiar with the \"trick\", they are able to solve it with confidence.

Practise on the Astar booklets by Learning Interactive, a series of 7 topical booklets. A number of top primary schools are using them as supplements for non routine sums. Only available at the shop at Bras Basah Complex, $21 per set including solutions. All our students are using them for prelims and PSLE preparation for non routine sums especially for those in paper 2 from question 12 to 18, easily over 30 marks of the entire Maths paper.

[junrahmat]

James Ang:

MMM:

Besides practise, I think it also help to expose the child to different questions and particularly those \"tricky\" ones. There are certain methods of looking at those. Once the child is familiar with the \"trick\", they are able to solve it with confidence.

Practise on the Astar booklets by Learning Interactive, a series of 7 topical booklets. A number of top primary schools are using them as supplements for non routine sums. Only available at the shop at Bras Basah Complex, $21 per set including solutions. All our students are using them for prelims and PSLE preparation for non routine sums especially for those in paper 2 from question 12 to 18, easily over 30 marks of the entire Maths paper.

Hi James,
Don't mind sharing from which shop at Bras Basah Complex can I get the booklets from? Thanks

[Brenda10]

James Ang:

Besides practise, I think it also help to expose the child to Practise on the Astar booklets by Learning Interactive, a series of 7 topical booklets. A number of top primary schools are using them as supplements for non routine sums. Only available at the shop at Bras Basah Complex, $21 per set including solutions. All our students are using them for prelims and PSLE preparation for non routine sums especially for those in paper 2 from question 12 to 18, easily over 30 marks of the entire Maths paper.

Hi James

Thank you for your valuable recommendation.

I will go and get one set for reference/practicing.

[James Ang]

junrahmat:

James Ang:

[quote=\"MMM\"]Besides practise, I think it also help to expose the child to different questions and particularly those \"tricky\" ones. There are certain methods of looking at those. Once the child is familiar with the \"trick\", they are able to solve it with confidence.

Practise on the Astar booklets by Learning Interactive, a series of 7 topical booklets. A number of top primary schools are using them as supplements for non routine sums. Only available at the shop at Bras Basah Complex, $21 per set including solutions. All our students are using them for prelims and PSLE preparation for non routine sums especially for those in paper 2 from question 12 to 18, easily over 30 marks of the entire Maths paper.

Hi James,
Don't mind sharing from which shop at Bras Basah Complex can I get the booklets from? Thanks :)[/quote]http://www.li.com.sg/images/AstarmathsSeries.JPG

the shop on the 4th floor. Later on I will check the tel number and unit number to advise.