Any tips to improve Mathematics?

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Hi Brenda10,


Thanks for the reply.
Has your dd started?
I just got my set of books yesterday and contemplating whether to start one set of the booklets....or kept focussing in redoing the past years sa papers...


Leanne

Brenda10:

Hi Leanne

I think is good to start the A*Booklet earlier. My nephew school had bought this set and he until now still hasn’t started may be due to same time school also given plenty of revision papers for practicing. He also could not finish the last few questions in his preml exam yesterday. I don't know how busy will be next year for DD and will she has enough time to do. Therefore we may slowly start doing it now if the time is permitted and try to finish those that she can handle by end of this year.

Just my 2 cents thought.

Hi Leanne

Not yet. We will finish the past year SA2 papers first. If there is any question we can't solve then would look into the booklet and see any similar solution. I guess three weeks before the SA2 we should have time to start doing.

[Leanne]

Thanks again.


You are a hardworking mum, as in you will look into similar questions in sa2But, questions in there, heard some are really quite challenging.

Leanne

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Hi Brenda10,

Thanks for the reply.
Has your dd started?
I just got my set of books yesterday and contemplating whether to start one set of the booklets....or kept focussing in redoing the past years sa papers...


Leanne
[quote=\"Brenda10\"]Hi Leanne

I think is good to start the A*Booklet earlier. My nephew school had bought this set and he until now still hasn’t started may be due to same time school also given plenty of revision papers for practicing. He also could not finish the last few questions in his preml exam yesterday. I don't know how busy will be next year for DD and will she has enough time to do. Therefore we may slowly start doing it now if the time is permitted and try to finish those that she can handle by end of this year.

Just my 2 cents thought.

Hi Leanne

Not yet. We will finish the past year SA2 papers first. If there is any question we can't solve then would look into the booklet and see any similar solution. I guess three weeks before the SA2 we should have time to start doing.[/quote]

[James Ang]

Normally I assume that my students are smarter than me because they do their level’s Maths full time, so they are taught in school to handle difficult looking questions easily using models, heuristics, techniques etc. We must have faith in students to attempt difficult sums on their own, holding back difficult questions from students because parents find the sums too difficult may deprive the child of a learning opportunity. Have faith in your children, you will be surprised how much they can know more than their parents.

[Leanne]

thanks for the great advice.


I guess I will just let my child do, and randomly picked some that is always with problem in solveing, if times is really running out.

Leanne.

James Ang:

Normally I assume that my students are smarter than me because they do their level's Maths full time, so they are taught in school to handle difficult looking questions easily using models, heuristics, techniques etc. We must have faith in students to attempt difficult sums on their own, holding back difficult questions from students because parents find the sums too difficult may deprive the child of a learning opportunity. Have faith in your children, you will be surprised how much they can know more than their parents.

[Sun_2010]

James Ang:

Normally I assume that my students are smarter than me because they do their level's Maths full time, so they are taught in school to handle difficult looking questions easily using models, heuristics, techniques etc. We must have faith in students to attempt difficult sums on their own, holding back difficult questions from students because parents find the sums too difficult may deprive the child of a learning opportunity. Have faith in your children, you will be surprised how much they can know more than their parents.

Totally second that.

Like most parents , i use alzebra for most questions. But now DD has moved on to understand where to use alzebra and where logically solutions work better.
And now i try to think like her - first see what is needed before going headlong to algebra.

[Brenda10]

[quote="Leanne"]Thanks again.


You are a hardworking mum, as in you will look into similar questions in sa2But, questions in there, heard some are really quite challenging.

Leanne

[quote="Leanne"]

Hi Leanne

Thank you and no choice as most of the people are scared of maths including of myself.

I have just flipped through one of the booklet - ratio and I believe dd should not have much difficulty to work on it.

[Leanne]

Thanks for sharing.


My child wants to try percentage instead cos that is the favourite topic.

I remember I read somewhere in the forum, someone was saying in the exam, fraction has more questions than ratio, can someone pls verify?thanks


Leanne

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Thanks again.

You are a hardworking mum, as in you will look into similar questions in sa2But, questions in there, heard some are really quite challenging.

Leanne
[quote=\"Leanne\"]
Hi Leanne

Thank you and no choice as most of the people are scared of maths including of myself.

I have just flipped through one of the booklet - ratio and I believe dd should not have much difficulty to work on it.

[/quote]

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Thanks for sharing.


My child wants to try percentage instead cos that is the favourite topic.

I remember I read somewhere in the forum, someone was saying in the exam, fraction has more questions than ratio, can someone pls verify?thanks


Leanne

Hi Leanne

I think ratio, fraction and percentage all are related.

In ratio booklet, I can see the question is mixed wiith ratio and fraction.

[Leanne]

Brenda10

Thanks for the pointers.

In that case, after percentage topic, I will get my child to try ratio topic, follow by whole number.thanks


Leanne

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Thanks for sharing.

My child wants to try percentage instead cos that is the favourite topic.

I remember I read somewhere in the forum, someone was saying in the exam, fraction has more questions than ratio, can someone pls verify?thanks


Leanne

Hi Leanne

I think ratio, fraction and percentage all are related.

In ratio booklet, I can see the question is mixed wiith ratio and fraction.

[singapore45]

Hi,


How about circles or area questions,sometimes I find it hard myself to see the shape especially if it is put into a different shape, it is a circles or area question but you do not know it then later you can see it. Sorry if I am not making myself clear but does anyone know what I am talking about? :?: