Any tips to improve Science?

[jslow]

No doubt there are a lot of assessment books out there but most importantly is the answering techniques. The explanations given by some books are just not enough/ incorrect.


From what i gather, must answer to the question specifically and give the concept too.

[Joy]

Hi,


Anyone knows of good material and questions for circulatory system?

DD is not very good with the veins , arteries and the oxgenated blood etc concept.

That is basically blood flow in and out of the heart.How to crystalise this concept?thanks

rgds
Joy

[learningstore]

Joy:

Hi,


Anyone knows of good material and questions for circulatory system?

DD is not very good with the veins , arteries and the oxgenated blood etc concept.

That is basically blood flow in and out of the heart.How to crystalise this concept?thanks

rgds
Joy

I am not sure whether by showing him a model of the heart and explaining to him the concept will help?

like the one below?

http://www.postimage.org/

you can get one of this from The Learning Store

[WS1234567]

There are 3 aspects I concentrate on when I teach science. It has so far guaranteed results becuase I’ve trained kids to become 1st in school in science, even though some of them are not locals.


Firstly,
The facts muct be right. Without the right content knowledge, things can go very wrong. For example, if the student does not know that stell is a magnetic material and magnetism cannot oass through it, then he will answer the question wrongly.

Secondly,
the process skills must be there. The questions asked at PSLE are targeted at process skills. If a student does know how to design an experiment to meet the aim of the experiment, of course he will get the question that checks this skill wrong.

Lastly,
the answering skills. Very often, students make a wrong choice of words or did not answer fully. Words like ‘prevent’ may be too absosolute to be used in some situations and another word could be more suitable to bring out the right meaning.

[kay22]

WS1234567:

There are 3 aspects I concentrate on when I teach science. It has so far guaranteed results becuase I've trained kids to become 1st in school in science, even though some of them are not locals.


Firstly,
The facts muct be right. Without the right content knowledge, things can go very wrong. For example, if the student does not know that stell is a magnetic material and magnetism cannot oass through it, then he will answer the question wrongly.

Secondly,
the process skills must be there. The questions asked at PSLE are targeted at process skills. If a student does know how to design an experiment to meet the aim of the experiment, of course he will get the question that checks this skill wrong.

Lastly,
the answering skills. Very often, students make a wrong choice of words or did not answer fully. Words like 'prevent' may be too absosolute to be used in some situations and another word could be more suitable to bring out the right meaning.

Hi WS1234567

Are you a school teacher or private tutor? If you are a tutor, really like to find out more from you. My daughter is in P4 this year, and she really has a weakness to handle Sect. B for Science. She just cannot handle the way to answering the question. She knows the answer but always wrong in phrasing....

[Vanilla Cake]

Just to share the useful PSLE Science tips given by http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16765&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50 on 17 Dec 2010 22:31 and some recommended PSLE Science guide books.

[janet88]

A friend recommended me to get ‘Teachers’ Circle’ as it shows the marking ‘system’ esp for Science. Any comments ?

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

A friend recommended me to get 'Teachers' Circle' as it shows the marking 'system' esp for Science. Any comments ?

I had bought this copy and ask DD to verify the question with the answer key provided to learn how to answer the open and end quesiton in a better way.

There was about 2 question after every Revision Chapter showing the answer that score 0 marks vs the answer score full marks.

The answer key has the Detailed Solutions as well as Teacher's Explanations.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

A friend recommended me to get 'Teachers' Circle' as it shows the marking 'system' esp for Science. Any comments ?

I had bought this copy and ask DD to verify the question with the answer key provided to learn how to answer the open and end quesiton in a better way.

There was about 2 question after every Revision Chapter showing the answer that score 0 marks vs the answer score full marks.

The answer key has the Detailed Solutions as well as Teacher's Explanations.

Son scored full marks for MCQ but his Section B always pulled him down...hopefully with the Teachers' Circle, his answers will improve. Also bought English as well.

[Vanilla Cake]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

A friend recommended me to get 'Teachers' Circle' as it shows the marking 'system' esp for Science. Any comments ?

I had bought this copy and ask DD to verify the question with the answer key provided to learn how to answer the open and end quesiton in a better way.

There was about 2 question after every Revision Chapter showing the answer that score 0 marks vs the answer score full marks.

The answer key has the Detailed Solutions as well as Teacher's Explanations.

Hi janet_lee88/Brenda10,

Is this the https://www.popular.com.sg/images/product/book/86991.jpg for P5 & P6? Is there another one for P3/P4?

Pls kindly advise and thanks.