All About GEP

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watmekiasu:

As per MOE, for this year, 4000 students will be shortlisted for the 2nd round of the GEP Selection Test and 500 selected to join the P4 GEP classes.


Hope this helps.

wonder when would the result for the screening be released? My child told me that the math paper was extremely hard and way beyond P3 standard....

[Puffer]

watmekiasu:

As per MOE, for this year, 4000 students will be shortlisted for the 2nd round of the GEP Selection Test and 500 selected to join the P4 GEP classes.


Hope this helps.

Thanks

[watmekiasu]

The number of children going for Round 2 and the final intake remains the same every year. Once again, that means it is extra tough to be shortlisted this year as they are all golden-dragon millenium babies (well most anyway). Of course, as one mom had brought to our attention in the ST forum page a few days ago, there are also those foreigners not born in year 2000 who are competing for the same limited space.

[Puffer]

I’ve read that article and thought so that the writer was referring to the foreign students who are usually older. Most PRC students I know of are a couple of years older, usually very good in Maths, but not so good in English. It kinds of balance off isnt it?

[Full.010894Cream]

Puffer:

I've read that article and thought so that the writer was referring to the foreign students who are usually older. Most PRC students I know of are a couple of years older, usually very good in Maths, but not so good in English. It kinds of balance off isnt it?

I was also thinking along that line. No need to be too sore about the age advantage as I believe the tests are not just on the intellectual level of the kids.

[turquoise]

I’ve read that the best age to test for intellectual giftedness is 9 years or earlier. So it doesn’t mean that the older students necessarily have an advantage.

[Merlion]

Give the China students (for those who are willing to work hard) 2-3 years time, I think their written english will be as good as Singapore kids. Sometimes even better. The main difference between China kids and Singapore kids is China kids are willing work hard and they read a lot of books. So if they start their Singapore education at P1 (they should be in P3 if according to age), I see no reason why they will not do well in GEP screening test. But if they start their Singapore education at P2 or P3 then it will be more difficult for them to do well in GEP screening test. Just my 2 cents.

[watmekiasu]

Full.Cream:

Puffer:

I've read that article and thought so that the writer was referring to the foreign students who are usually older. Most PRC students I know of are a couple of years older, usually very good in Maths, but not so good in English. It kinds of balance off isnt it?

I was also thinking along that line. No need to be too sore about the age advantage as I believe the tests are not just on the intellectual level of the kids.

But that is exactly what they are being tested on - intellectual.

It's not that unusual to hear of foreign students studying the dictionary to improve their vocab. If I ask my dd to do that, she would scream child abuse :oops: and I'll probably to hauled up by the teacher for being an \"extreme kiasu-ist\". :lol:

[Puffer]

I used to have some PRC students and they are really very good in Maths because the schools in China had prepared them with topics we cover here in Secondary level. Things like Trigo and Algebra are already covered in their Primary schools there. But their system, and ways of teaching students are different to those in S’pore - that’s why their parents here insisted their children memorise vocabulary, phrases from books and dictionaries, and even compositions by the tons. I feel the mastery of language takes a lengthy period, and through applications and daily usage - not so much by ‘dead study’.

[Merlion]

yes, I totally agreed. But sometimes ‘dead study’ works well for some exam.