ECON IN JC
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for those who are keen , i think the straits times newspapers super tutor's name is anthony. can see his details on website http://www.economics.com.sg
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Based on what i know, the economics concepts are not hard to grasp, but the main reason why students dun score is due to a lack of 'structure' in their answers. My younger brother,studying in SAJC didn't do well at first. After struggling for half a year, we engage a personal tutor for him and he really improved tremendously, scoring A and Bs consistently.
The tutor charges pretty reasonably too. you can contact him@ [email protected]. Dun expect instant miracles though. -
Hi cheese (and all)
Think the comments on structure and practice are all really relevant.
Just want to add a couple more observations.
1) A level Econs (like many other subjects) has had a new syllabus since 2007. One of the biggest changes is that students now need to demonstrate that they can skilfully apply the theory to current affairs (or more accurately, events from 1 to 2 years leading up to the exam date).
So students need to actively think about how to link theories they have learned and memorised to real world examples in their responses, rather than just \"vomit\" out theory. This can be challenging because although most school notes are decent, it's not easy for teachers to write in all the possible links next to the theory bits.
2) There is a huge focus on how events affect Singapore and how Singapore has responded, in both Papers 1 and 2. Schools cover this in depth, and there are some decent publications in bookstores.
As a first step, reading up on economic events and policy decisions in Asia / Europe / US as covered by Straits Times, The Economist, BBC is pretty helpful.
3) There is a trend toward mixing chapters from both years of the syllabus in case and essay questions. So students need to be vigilant when taking exams and actively ask themselves \"which chapter(s) are they testing me on here?\"
Cheers!
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Why is Econs a popular contrasting subject? Why not Geog/History/Lit?
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jtoh:
Why is Econs a popular contrasting subject? Why not Geog/History/Lit?
Subject is the closest to the realities of life amongst all humanities. Many science students do not take up science nor engineering courses in unis so a good foundation in this subject is helpful when they are undergrads in business schools or reading econs.
Many also feel that scoring well in science subjects is less subjective vs humanities.
Hence PCME n BCME are the two most common combinations for jc students. -
i hated this subject when i was in school… had tuition and managed to get an A in the end…after struggling with the subject for more than one year… i hate Econs…till now i have nightmares over it!!!
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Edureach:
During my time, we used text written by Prof Lim Chong Yah and also J harvy. I personally like Prof Lim's as it is simple and easy to understand. Anyone know if it is still in use now? What are the text used for Econs now?jtoh:
Why is Econs a popular contrasting subject? Why not Geog/History/Lit?
Subject is the closest to the realities of life amongst all humanities. Many science students do not take up science nor engineering courses in unis so a good foundation in this subject is helpful when they are undergrads in business schools or reading econs.
Many also feel that scoring well in science subjects is less subjective vs humanities.
Hence PCME n BCME are the two most common combinations for jc students. -
Like someone mention earlier. Econs is actually a v. realistic subject. If you want to excel, need to read a lot of business / general affairs stuff.
Personally, I feel the "issue" with how to subject is taught is that it always start with microeconomics. This is actually the "boring" portion of econs. Once you try drag students through 6 months of this, most of time will switch off and have no idea how to study for econs thereafter. I think microeconomics is pure memory subject to start with. Until the students can start to see real life examples, they will have no choice but to memorize the concepts. -
Hi all,
My daughter just received her result on Fri and I m so glad that she scored A for her econs. This is the subject I am most worried for her. In fact she scored U grade in her JC 1 and 2. Thanks to the suggestion given by the kiasu_mum75, we got help from this super econs tutor, Mr Anthony Fok. I really have to thank him for helping my daughter.
Just want to share with those who are devastated by their econs result in their school, my daughter and I have gone thru this terrible ordeal. The school teacher cannot offer much help even with so called consultation session. We did engage a school teacher for private tuition in JC 1 and there was a bit of improvement in JC 1 but she failed again in JC 2. At that time, we were so helpless and desperate. Luckily, we managed to engage the super tutor, Anthony, in August for intensive sessions. He is really passionate, responsible and helpful.
The points I want to share is - don’t give up, work hard and get proper guidance and helps, econs might not be such a terrible subject.
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Hi there, congrats!
How am i able to contact Mr Anthony Fok?
Thanks in advance!
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