GEP 2011 - Screening & Selection

[sleepy]

Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.

[jtoh]

sleepy:

Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.

Yes it is. Both English and Math are important. You'll find GEPpers who are very strong in Math but average in English, and also those who are very strong in English and average in Math.

[corneyAmber]

sleepy:

Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.

Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component.

[jtoh]

ksi:

sleepy:

Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.

Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component.

Well put.

[corneyAmber]

jtoh:

ksi:

[quote=\"sleepy\"]Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.

Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component.

Well put. :D[/quote] :hi5: We have been trained in the MOE system to be specific.... everyday I hear this from the teachers... :rotflmao:

[jtoh]

[matadorepy]

phankao:

25hr mama:

My friend juz shared her dd's experience wif me; her dd currently in P4 GEP. She has been doing extremely well for all her Math papers, always almost or full marks. As for her English papers, juz the opposite, almost near to failing. From P1 to P3, Math was her strongest subject, as for English, fluctuated between B1 & B2.

I was juz thinking, Gep Math & English, much tougher compared to mainstream, obviously she has no problem at all for Math, but finds English difficult. We used to think that, to to selected for GEP, kids MUST do well for both math & English.
But after her dd's case, she is guessing, maybe they juz need to do well in either one to pass the selection test. Any parent has a better understanding of the criteria?

My elder boy was in twinning class in p4 and there was a GEP Chinese boy in his group that could not even understand English! The PE teacher spoke to him several times without sucess in English and when told that by the other boys, his response was \"er, then how did you get into GEP?!\".

Some of the posting here are pure lies ... out to confuse others. :?

My DD was in GEP from 20008 to 2010. To qualify among the top 1 % of P3 cohort, I believe the students must be way above the rest in terms of numeracy and language skills.

What I find hard to believe in some of this posting here is the presumption that GEPers can be strong in Maths but can be \"extremely poor\" in english. I thjink it is totally out of proportion. One of the subject that GEPers do is social studies (SS) and portfolio presentation. Can't imagine if any GEPers are that bad in their english !!!

[Nebbermind]

that being said, I had classmates who could score B3/B4 for chinese ‘o’ or ‘ao’ but when it comes to conversational mandarin/chinese, totally hopeless…they couldn’t even understand what people are saying.


another classmate admitted that during oral, he skipped almost every few words that the examiner asked him to stop coz it was too painful to continue.

[thmejlfm]

Hi, the question was the same as last year. My dd told me the same question last year 2010.

YY1205:

After the test, my ds said he totally forgot the question. But today he suddenly told me two interesting questions, one is if chilly is sweets, lemon tastes sour, then chilly should be ? another is if dragon tells joke, knight is protecting, then dragon is?

He also give the difficult level general ability2<english<general1<math

[thmejlfm]

I remembered last year my dd brought back the yellow envelope before school holiday.


About 3 to 4 days before school close.

phtthp:

according to MOE 2011 release schedule, invitation offer to join GEP programme come out only around end November:-

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/gep-pupils/

based on past historical trend - out of entire SG students population cohort, top 1% GEP offer usually more boys are offered. Out of 500 - rough estimate say, approximately around 350 boys, 150 girls thereabout.