Tutor VisualTextEducation: PSLE Maths and Science

[Brenda10]

Chenonceau:

I suggest Math Heuristics. They have a very good guide book called LiSC on HOW to answer. They may even run some classes. I browsed the book but din buy. My son has no probs and the books was $40/= :yikes:


Here is the link http://www.scienceheuristics.com.sg/Publications.htm

Hi Chenonceau

Thank you for sharing. The picture explanation looks interesting.

[VisualTextEducation]

Hey Lymmlim,


Actually, Chenonceau's recommendation of that book is pretty appropriate. check out http://www.scienceheuristics.com.sg/Research.htm, their methodology is similiar to what I have just mentioned regarding Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. In that case, they have incorporated both macro and micro scaffolding to help your child in those long questions.

Thanks Chenonceau for the recommendation. I have found something good too. LOL. Actually I was about to suggest to Lymmlim to give me a call and I will give her a detailed explanation on how to scaffold her son step by step up from understanding to application. But seems like the book is able to do that too!

Hahaha, guess your problem is solved Lymmlim.

Cheers

[pixiedust]

Lynn2, I bought the book. It is not a thick book for S$40. It is not an assessment book or science guide books - those you can read up the science guide books thread. The book expects that content knowledge is already there, then it goes through a very systematic way to look at questions and identify clues/links how to map back to the concepts taught and then recall the keywords that can be used to answer the questions more precisely.


It is written more to the parents’ audience with some notes to parents here and there. I would say it is useful more for OE questions except for 1 or 2 more challenging MCQ questions.

In a more singlish way to explain, it is rather ‘cheem’ so probably a higher-ability child can read it and apply but it would be better if the parent can read, understand, digest then practise together with the child.

Just my 2cents worth.

Special thanks to Chenonceau for sharing this.

[Lynn2]

Hi pixiedust


Thanks for sharing.

SA1 is just next week.Doing our best for whatever guide that is in hand now.

cheers
Lynn2

"]Lynn2, I bought the book. It is not a thick book for S$40. It is not an assessment book or science guide books - those you can read up the science guide books thread. The book expects that content knowledge is already there, then it goes through a very systematic way to look at questions and identify clues/links how to map back to the concepts taught and then recall the keywords that can be used to answer the questions more precisely.

It is written more to the parents’ audience with some notes to parents here and there. I would say it is useful more for OE questions except for 1 or 2 more challenging MCQ questions.

In a more singlish way to explain, it is rather ‘cheem’ so probably a higher-ability child can read it and apply but it would be better if the parent can read, understand, digest then practise together with the child.

Just my 2cents worth.

Special thanks to Chenonceau for sharing this.[/quote]

[VisualTextEducation]

Lynn2,


Guess you cant really do much for SA1 already. Have you try buying the book for SA2?

[Lynn2]

Hi VisualTextEducation


You mean buying the book for sa2?If the book is suitable for mcq, I will definately buy.DD is fine with OE.Thanks.


Cheers
Lynn2


Guess you cant really do much for SA1 already. Have you try buying the book for SA2?[/quote]

[cimman]

after checking out the prices of the materials offered on the website, I found the pricing outrageous.


The materials are charged by the topic. Each topic is further divided into
1) Notes cum Worksheets
2) Assessment
3) Powerpoint Notes

each of the above materials will cost you money and it's not cheap. The Notes cum Worksheets type of notes costs $10, the Powerpoint Notes costs $8 and the Assessment costs $2.50. That's a total of $20.50 for just one topic alone, say Magnets. Imagine how much money you need to spend to cover the entire lower block science syllabus. They've divided the syllabus into 6 chunks. That's more than $120 for the entire syllabus. :yikes:

One can buy Science Guide books for less than $15 that covers the entire syllabus in Popular Bookstores.

[Melody2205]

I would like to ask, some schools are using Mathematics Process Skills by Zenda Leu. I think it’s those think out of the box or heuristics questions.


1) Would these qns be examinable in the PSLE exams?
2) Does the child have to follow the steps to solve the problem?
3) If the child solves the problem using other methods that he/she can think of under stressful examination condition, would marks still be awarded?

TIA.

[Pebblesrock]

Why does the electrostatic force of attraction decreases when the size of the ion decreases whereas when the molecules get bigger in a covalent compound, the intermolecular force of attraction increases? It sounds contradicting.