OnSponge Maths - Discussion
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sleepy:
DS tried the P5 Dec hols. He felt he could learn strategies directly from book and he didn't need the class.
Did you send your kid? Any feedback? Thanks!Pen88n:
I have thought of sending my kid to this OnSponge Maths Jun Hol workshop. Can those parents whose kids have attended this workshop before please share your experience and if your kid has improved after the workshop?
I heard they also have Maths tuition. Can parents with kids attending their tuition please share if it is effective as well? Thanks in advance.
Onsponge has a very logical way - they group problems based on strategies that can be applied to the problems and teaches the kids to \"recognise\" the problem and apply the \"right\" strategy. My DS is one kind - he has his way of analysing problems and solving them (by any strategy he derive himself). As such, he doesn't find the logical \"boxing\" of problems from Onsponge to his liking.
I think this course will benefit kids who need guidance to recognise the types of problems and apply right strategy to get the solution. I suggest you may want to try the intensive holiday class to see if your kid finds it effective. -
Pen88n:
I think this course will benefit kids who need guidance to recognise the types of problems and apply right strategy to get the solution. I suggest you may want to try the intensive holiday class to see if your kid finds it effective.
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How to get the books? I cant find in POPULAR
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onsponge.com
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24hr-mum:
onsponge.com
Hi, to add on to the above, this is the link:-
http://www.onsponge.com/shop/thinkingmathshop.html
Just to share, I got my copy from the following bookstore in Jurong West area:-
Sin Yi Book Centre
#01-213, 504 Jurong West Street 51, (S)640504
Tel: 65624106 -
hi parents
do u think for math tuition, shd go for those that cover section a b c , ie everything, or go for those just on problem sums cos that’s the weakest area?
onsponge is just problem sums -
has anyone tried onsponge tuition at thomson or amk branch??
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Anyone interested to attend Onsponge math workshop for p6 (2012) on 7/8 Dec at $350. The workshop is fully booked. I got one slot for my kid. However, he could not make it due to sports events. Pls contact me if you are interested.
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atutor2001:
No leh, my son in P5 GEP this yr and his Math tr taught the class to use algebra to solve most qns and he loves to use algebra - in fact, he told me he is not tt gd at model drawing sometimes.
Lets wake up and stop stereotype our kids. If you give me a GEPer that solve all questions using model then I really question the GEP selection process.
I wanted to start preparing him for PSLE next yr and gave him A* booklets to try without looking at the egs in the book. I'm actually very impressed and commented to him tt since his tr has taught him well - he need not do all the qns - only the challenging ones for me will do. -
pecalis:
the model method has issues that MOE did not think of. Firstly, if the solution requires drawing more than 10 boxes, it is not very viable for kids whose motor skills are not yet fully developed. You will see 10 squiggly boxes that are not aligned, some big, some small and it just looks \"not right\". In modelling, the box alignment is very important to \"see\" the solution.
No leh, my son in P5 GEP this yr and his Math tr taught the class to use algebra to solve most qns and he loves to use algebra - in fact, he told me he is not tt gd at model drawing sometimes.atutor2001:
Lets wake up and stop stereotype our kids. If you give me a GEPer that solve all questions using model then I really question the GEP selection process.
I wanted to start preparing him for PSLE next yr and gave him A* booklets to try without looking at the egs in the book. I'm actually very impressed and commented to him tt since his tr has taught him well - he need not do all the qns - only the challenging ones for me will do.
Those PhD folks at MOE did not forsee the practical issues of modelling for kids with poor motor skills (ie. poor handwriting, cannot draw a straight line free hand), especially when the numbers are scaled up.
Secondly, there are problem sums where algebra provides a far simpler solution than modelling. One category of problem sums I can think of would be the quantity, unit cost, total cost type of problems. This will be the problems where they say, x quantity of pen costs $y and unit cost of pen is $z. Find what is x quantity.
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