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    2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

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      24hr_mum
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      I was shocked when My DD had 62 for math in SA1 as her results for P4 is 90plus. Quickly get her a tutor for math. Finally she score full marks for CA2 and 97 for SA2. Later I found out from her that she did not understand the school teacher ways of teaching math properly too fast for her and she is those very quite type with no question asked during lesson. The teacher only explain to the student when they raise up they don't understand or else he will just skip questions.

      As such I think 1-1 tutor benefit children who are shy to raise question. 😂 😂

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        KooBits EDU
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        Agree that it’s really important to understand how your child is faring in school before getting a tutor…this will help the tutor with his/her job too. Sometimes your child may just have a different learning style. And yes, it’s important to practice and make sure they get the fundamentals before just practicing questions blindly.

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          MotherHen
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          My DD1 will also be taking PSLE in 2012. So far, we are all in in holiday mood, and she’s been burying her nose in Dan Brown books (her class craze right now!). I already told her we’ll have to start some sort of revision in Dec so that her brain doesn’t turn to mush come January…

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            janet88
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            MotherHen:
            My DD1 will also be taking PSLE in 2012. So far, we are all in in holiday mood, and she's been burying her nose in Dan Brown books (her class craze right now!). I already told her we'll have to start some sort of revision in Dec so that her brain doesn't turn to mush come January...

            Your daughter is still using her brain...doing something very useful-reading. My son plays computer games if I don't monitor him :mad: when I asked him about his results and how he plans to improve this Nov/Dec, he will answer me with his eyes still glued to the screen.

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              MotherHen
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              janet_lee88:
              MotherHen:

              My DD1 will also be taking PSLE in 2012. So far, we are all in in holiday mood, and she's been burying her nose in Dan Brown books (her class craze right now!). I already told her we'll have to start some sort of revision in Dec so that her brain doesn't turn to mush come January...


              Your daughter is still using her brain...doing something very useful-reading. My son plays computer games if I don't monitor him :mad: when I asked him about his results and how he plans to improve this Nov/Dec, he will answer me with his eyes still glued to the screen.

              Haha in that case she's only using half her brain. Half the time reading, half the time playing/texting on her new iphone 4S (a bit regret buying for her now...). Went for parent-teacher meeting yesterday. Her teacher told me she asked dd abt her dark eye circles. dd told her that she stays up late for \"non-academic purposes\" :nailbite:

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                annamom
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                8228:
                annamom:

                Hi Essential


                Think Chenoceau has helped with the link.

                From my understanding, T score requires a few components namely :-

                (i) National average mark - N
                (ii) Your child's mark - YS
                (iii) standard deviation - SD

                The formula is 50 + [(10*(YS-N)]/SD for individual subjects.
                Different subject has different N and different SD. you need to work them out first.
                sum up the 4 subjects' individual T score you get the Total T score for 4subjects.
                Eg
                I have just worked out my son's T score for chinese.

                His score was 54.5
                His school average was 69.2
                SD 13.5
                = 50 + [10*(54.5-69.2)]/13.5
                = 39.11

                50 is the average and if your child gets marks lower than national level, he gets lower T score than 50. If he gets marks higher than national level, he gets higher T score than 50.

                PS. If what I wrote is incorrect, please assist in explanation so I will have a better understanding too :oops:

                How do you get SD?

                Sorry all information was given to me . guess I shouldn't say \"you need to work them out first\", you need to be given the figures. :oops:

                These figures were given in the report book. (The school has to work out these figures.)

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                  annamom
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                  Chenonceau:
                  To calculate SD


                  (1) Calculate average score for all people who took exam
                  (2) Take each individual student's score MINUS the average
                  (3) Calculate the square of (each individual student's score MINUS the average)
                  (4) Sum up the squares in Step 3
                  (5) Divide the sum of squares in Step 4 by the # of people who took exam
                  (6) Calculate the square root of the answer in Step 5
                  Wow, thank you .this will be a complicating exercise for me if I have to work out the SD myself. :slapshead:

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                    Chenonceau
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                    Annamom … kekekekeke… yeah, one needs the scores of all the students who took the exam to calculate SD and the average. Your school gives these figures? Lucky you!!


                    Is your child in P5? Mine is in P5. No one gave us these numbers leh…

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                      Chenonceau
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                      On our end we're doing a 2 Week Chinese Boot Camp. DS has to process 4 China Compos everyday + 2 Compre Passages + 1 Chapter Ting Xie. Hopefully, this'll give him a booster shot in Chinese for next year. :xedfingers:


                      He's usually done by 3-4pm, and then he likes to read short stories on the internet because he wanna try writing a short story.

                      I rented Kung Fu Panda today but he refused to watch!! I had to MAKE him because I didn't wanna waste $5/=.

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                        Chenonceau
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                        On our end we're doing a 2 Week Chinese Boot Camp. DS has to process 4 China Compos everyday + 2 Compre Passages + 1 Chapter Ting Xie. Hopefully, this'll give him a booster shot in Chinese for next year. :xedfingers:


                        He's usually done by 3-4pm, and then he likes to read short stories on the internet because he wanna try writing a short story. I rented Kung Fu Panda today but he refused to watch!! I had to MAKE him because I didn't wanna waste $5/=.

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