Why mark P3 paper by PSLE standard? : Really ??
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IJJ:
if that is the case - having to adjust to PSLE \"standard\" at year 6, then it is NOT teaching according to 'syllabus'.........just like in science, key words are needed to get the marks, scientific terms are required, not layman termsI am a parent of a P3 child studying in Pei Hwa too. The article did not elaborate on the section(s) and how was it not adhered to the PSLE standard, hence, I could not comment specifically on it. I am guessing he/she was refering to the 造句 (sentense construction). For this, all along, my child's teacher advises them not to write in speech with open and close inverted commas. Such are considered as informal. This could be the reason.
Personally, I find the paper standard alright and marked reasonably. I prefer the school to be consistently strict so that its PSLE year, the students will not need to adjust to another standard. -
starlight1968sg:
I believe they do not want to give the children the culture shock so early in the game. :lol:
Haha... start marking the papers in psle way from P1 ! :lol:art_n_i:
Honestly, PSLE marking scheme is just a branding teachers would use to draw parents to the attention that it is necessary to mark the papers using a certain standard guideline, in fact from P2 onwards.
The most leeway is given at P1 level when they are still new to the system.
Well, at the end of the day, parents still have a role to play to explain the correct learning points to the children. -
My child has 3 such experiences in her marking scheme this year in both the subjective papers, Eng and Chinese. However, after understanding from the teachers, I found the right perspective to explain to my child. Getting the extra marks was not the critical point but understanding why was crucial. This is also one form of learning, not everything in life is convincing by logic but it is important to learn that there are specifics required in an exam as designed by the question setters. And when there are many possibilities, the setter has to design a specific answer key boundary in order to award the marks.
While her answers were right from the language view, it was mainly marked wrong for its contextual view with reference to the exam specifics. This is a very important point for me to coach her. Firstly, she has to understand her language is not the flaw and she should not stop using the language the way she has used it in the exam. However, she must learn to zoom into the exam context and narrow her answers to fit the bill that can earn her marks. The HOD also highlighted that they marked P6 the same way, again suggesting that was PSLE guideline. -
My son’s CA/SA exams were marked in accordance to PSLE standard since P3…during the Parent-Teacher meeting, his form teacher/CL teachers told us it’s to get the students to establish the habit of writing clear, straight-to-the-point answers from young. This way, they will not have difficulties answering at P6.
This is esp so for Science. -
Is it not better to mark it according to the PSLE guideline so that the kids will know what to expect? Anyway, 39 out of 50 for HCL is not bad!
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This parent is making a big fuss for no reason. My colleague from China says that our Mandarin standard is actually quite low.Need to accept the fact that nobody gets full marks for a language.
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starlight1968sg:
yes, i agree..recently i called to confront the english FT regards to english paper2 and was told that its according to \"PSLE STANDARD OF MARKING\" OMG oni P1 paper leh....
Haha... start marking the papers in psle way from P1 ! :lol:art_n_i:
Honestly, PSLE marking scheme is just a branding teachers would use to draw parents to the attention that it is necessary to mark the papers using a certain standard guideline, in fact from P2 onwards.
The most leeway is given at P1 level when they are still new to the system. -
Culture Shock?
Better Shock at P3 or even P1 than to Shock at P6 or worst at just before PSLE!!! -
JonC:
Agree. The earlier they are exposed to the marking system, the earlier they learn the ropes, hopefully the teachers also make an extra effort to explain well in order not to kill learning interest as well.Culture Shock?
Better Shock at P3 or even P1 than to Shock at P6 or worst at just before PSLE!!! -
10 times out of 10, I’ll choose ds to get 38/50 and learn something from the test over getting full marks but learn nothing from it.
Indirectly this event also shows why nowadays it’s so difficult being a HOD or P of any sch. Any disagreements with us parents can generate public outcries.
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