Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition

[jedamum]

sleepy:

There are a number creative writing classes organised by nearby CCs and RCs. So I picked the one with most suitable class timing. If my dd complains no good then I will switch


You're in bukit batok? Might want to expand your search to neighbouring town CCs? if your nearest CC doesn't have suitable class.

My nearest CC does not have a class either. I have to expand to other centers within 15 minutes drive so that I've more choices in terms of timing. I prefer weekdays but somehow most writing classes are on weekends.

sleepy,
thanks for the note to look at the programmes offered by community centres. my ds1 started his first lesson today. we signed up (and paid in full, no prorated) despite that the course had started a month ago because we don't want to wait for the next term in July. while ds1 was attending lesson, i found out that Proteach in that neighbourhood offers creative writing too! the weekend timing is better than the current cc weekdays slot. fees aside, the current class size at that proteach branch is 4 while the cc is 14. proteach is p3 while cc is combine p2 and p3. asked my ds1 want to change anot and he said no!!!!!! because he found out that 2 of his classmates are attending the cc creative writing too! one of which scored the highest in SA1 english, so he concluded that this must be a good programme. I was like :slapshead: . and of course also because he scored full marks for today's spelling (i didn't know they have spelling) even though it was his first lesson. the teacher praised that his 1st piece of work is good and kept it while she returned the compos to the rest of the class. my ds1 compo is that good meh? having coach him for SA1 compo, I think cc standard is not high (or is my expectations too high? :scratchhead: ). have looked through the compo pictures that they will be doing for next few lessons and found that the picture compo are not those 'common' type. good and bad. good is that it trains my ds1 to write uncommon stuff and also he needs to analyse the picture carefully to ensure that what he intepreted is not far off from the picture. since june holidays coming up, maybe will try proteach for 1-2 months to compare.
off topic liao.... :oops:

[yqyq]

jedamum:

sleepy:

[quote=\"jedamum\"]I am expecting his performance to drop from a a high Band 1 (for the past 2 yrs) to a border-line Band 2 and Band 1 because of new composition component he has this year.

If your ds is relatively okay wth paper 2, just need to brush up compo, you might want to consider nearby CC or RC? At least location is more convenient.

I just started my p3 girl on creative writing at nearby CC. Attended 3 lessons, need to monitor progress the next few months

can i know who is the service provider for the CW to CC? there is nothing on CW for the activities in CC near my place. there is one tuition centre providing CW, but we went for their holiday programme in P1 and were not impressed. At that time, the teachers of that centre were not friendly, students were only given topics to write in class and marked, no writing techniques taught, and my son was scolded (\"why you have so many questions?\" said the teacher :roll: ) for asking questions in class.[/quote]Same to my nearby CC, the creative writing class. Pulled my dd out after 1 month, the teacher do not want to feedback my question at all...told me joined in between and assured can catch up..in d end, after 5 lessons will have a test to cover the previous 10 lessons..how to cope !!!
:mad:

[yqyq]

VisualTextEducation:

She is only teaching English at the primary school level. Only English. LOL. I recommend her because she designs her own curriculum and knows very very well what she is teaching and where she is going with the student. Hahaha, sorry I dunno where she is teaching, but I know she just set up her tuition centre early this year providing only english... hahaha... so if you are only interested in English ok la.. if you want her number, pm me lo..

Hi, can pm me her contact and venue? Thks

[sleepy]

jedamum:

cc is combine p2 and p3.


I think cc standard is not high

Haha, so lucky to meet his classmates. Seems like your ds fits in right away!

The class I signed up is meant for p3 & p4 although there is a p2 girl in that class. I presume that girl is high ablilty.

[hmsg]

I know of someone who will be opening a class for P5 HCL on Fri or Sat afternoons, limited to a class size of max 4 students. She stays in Bt Panjang and teaches in a good school.

[hmsg]

I know of someone who will be opening a class for P5 HCL on Fri or Sat afternoons, limited to a class size of max 4 students. She stays in Bt Panjang and teaches in a good school.

[joannelim1975]

i placed my 2 children in a group tuition with this teacher who comes to my house. though they are in grp tuition, their learning portfolio is fully individualized and her tuition will include brain stimulating activities too to date, my children seem happier in their learning and grades wise, improved about 10 points?

[rose]

Anyone has good Pte tutor in Clementi? Pls pm me. Tia!

[crystan73]

Hello! My son just took his O levels last year and is very happy when he just got back his results in January. He was failing his chemistry and mathematics very badly as his class in school very fast so he cannot catch up. I found out about apt tuition lab from this forum and decided to let my son try. Both the chemistry and mathematics teachers were very patient with him and their class size very small so very good for my son. In the end he went from E8 to A2 for both subjects. Even though not A1 but it’s still a very big improvement so both of us very happy. highly reccommend this tuition centre in serangoon.

[mylulaoshi]

When the group is small, we can monitor students closely. Very closely. :shock: I monitor where students eyeballs travel, who is 'lost' in first 5mins of Compo planning, who's attention span can only last first 20mins. Last week I caught a boy give up totally on Passage 3 of Listening Compre when his eyes was reading Passage 4 Questions when Passage 3 was playing on the radio. :roll: Because I only have max 5 in a class. I actually calculate individual students' Potential Marks loss (based on individual student's standard) per Paper to show them what their Personal Best should have been. With lesser pupils, we can ink more details on their compositions.


I started off teaching one-to-one tuition. As the time is limited to 1.5-4hrs a week, Compo writing and Full exam paper need to be issued as homework and students often don't complete and training wasn't as efficient. One-to-one is good for guiding, but not for Battle Training. Group is more competitive and much more structured.