Primary school maths: A vicious circle (from TODAY May 8)
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The Singapore math curriculum is held in high regard in some states in the US. They are using our syllabus. Am I missing out something here?
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Han Seo:
The Singapore math curriculum is held in high regard in some states in the US. They are using our syllabus. Am I missing out something here?
They test what they taught in US; here they test what is not taught and beyond the school text books.
Why so? So that parents have to sacrifice their career and time to scramble for resources and teach their children. This is for family bonding.
Why so? MOE is using tuition providers (btw the branded ones not those in RC) as streaming agents. This is a smart strategy.
Why so? So that the rich . . ..
Why so? So that the branded schools . . .. -
what’s wrong with US own Maths curriculum ?
why must follow ours ? -
Han Seo:
The Singapore math curriculum is held in high regard in some states in the US. They are using our syllabus. Am I missing out something here?
but I read reports that said not all schools are successful in implementing bec of shortage of teachers who know and can teach our syllabus :evil: -
Just curious, do GEP students use models to solve 5 mark conventional questions? Hope parents with GEP kids can enlighten.
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tutormum:
Some of my P6 students from the same school came back with their Maths results. From what they told me, there's a class with only 1 passed i.e. all failed while another class only 14 passed. The saddest thing to hear was from one of my students: \"Teacher, I give up!\". I looked straight at his eyes and replied, \"I am not giving up on you yet so don't give up on yourself.\" I just took over the class last month from another teacher but I can tell that these students are not dumb. By any standard they are at least of Middle Ability but looking at their Maths results you would really think that they are of Low Ability. They are not slow or dumb for that matter cos they understand what I taught and could follow my lessons very well. I guess they may have a poor foundation and my heart goes out to them. You should see the dejection in their attitude. :sad: :sad:
Some kids who did badly will be transferred to Foundation Maths
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kitty2:
This is normally done for P5 after their P4 streaming exams. For P6, after mid year exams, it's difficult for schools to transfer them at this stage. Moreover, if I'm not wrong, these students were doing fine (probably managed to pass though not fantastic since P5) and this particular paper was just much difficult. Even if the school thinks that these students will be better in Foundation Maths, it means that half of the cohort will qualify for foundation maths liao :siao: If the school set such killer papers to shake their students up, it has forgotten that it can backfire. Imagine how badly shaken and demoralised my student must have been to declare that he \"give up\". :gloomy: :sad: What if all failures have their ego and confidence deflated and give up? :yikes:tutormum:
Some of my P6 students from the same school came back with their Maths results. From what they told me, there's a class with only 1 passed i.e. all failed while another class only 14 passed. The saddest thing to hear was from one of my students: \"Teacher, I give up!\". I looked straight at his eyes and replied, \"I am not giving up on you yet so don't give up on yourself.\" I just took over the class last month from another teacher but I can tell that these students are not dumb. By any standard they are at least of Middle Ability but looking at their Maths results you would really think that they are of Low Ability. They are not slow or dumb for that matter cos they understand what I taught and could follow my lessons very well. I guess they may have a poor foundation and my heart goes out to them. You should see the dejection in their attitude. :sad: :sad:
Some kids who did badly will be transferred to Foundation Maths -
tutormum:
This is normally done for P5 after their P4 streaming exams. For P6, after mid year exams, it's difficult for schools to transfer them at this stage. Moreover, if I'm not wrong, these students were doing fine (probably managed to pass though not fantastic since P5) and this particular paper was just much difficult. Even if the school thinks that these students will be better in Foundation Maths, it means that half of the cohort will qualify for foundation maths liao :siao: If the school set such killer papers to shake their students up, it has forgotten that it can backfire. Imagine how badly shaken and demoralised my student must have been to declare that he \"give up\". :gloomy: :sad: What if all failures have their ego and confidence deflated and give up? :yikes:[/quote]My friend's son,P6 will be transferred to foundation Maths as he did badly.His teacher has informed him already!!!!kitty2:
[quote=\"tutormum\"]Some of my P6 students from the same school came back with their Maths results. From what they told me, there's a class with only 1 passed i.e. all failed while another class only 14 passed. The saddest thing to hear was from one of my students: \"Teacher, I give up!\". I looked straight at his eyes and replied, \"I am not giving up on you yet so don't give up on yourself.\" I just took over the class last month from another teacher but I can tell that these students are not dumb. By any standard they are at least of Middle Ability but looking at their Maths results you would really think that they are of Low Ability. They are not slow or dumb for that matter cos they understand what I taught and could follow my lessons very well. I guess they may have a poor foundation and my heart goes out to them. You should see the dejection in their attitude. :sad: :sad:
Some kids who did badly will be transferred to Foundation Maths -
talking about foundation that is something to replace the EM3 which reminds me of the show \"I Not Stupid\" <小孩不笨>, althought this show is more than 10yrs and probably older than some of our kids here i find it very meaningful and still reflecting our mindset towards our education system... i will probably let my kid watch during this school holiday.... :rahrah:
Part 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJhhaE_lm1U&feature=related
Part 2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYx3wQ0ZEAA&feature=related
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What is the consequence of taking Foundation Math? The child is 99% destined for NT?
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