2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[mummy so kiasu]

yukilei:

GLORYmum:

if most students dont find the math paper difficult and have scored high then one or two marks becomes very crucial !


As such, there may be fewer people getting A* if they moderate from 91 to 95??

Goodness.

Let's see how it will be for Maths and CL.

So far, English is ok, Maths is easy, Science is easy?, CL even easier??

Wow ! maybe MOE wants to encourage us to believe that PSLE Is do-able !!

Glorymum, do you know how does this moderation work? If it's just simply moving A* around (ie btw 87 to 95) , there will be no change in mark. In this case, T score will remain the same right?? :?

Or is moderation means changing the mark that a child score? For eg, if the child score 93 for Math. But Math was moderate downwards, then 93 became 90. Then the child will get A instead of A*???

If moderation is changing of mark, then if it's moderating upwards, then the child who score 100 will be \"lugi\"??? cos cannot add anymore marks??? but those 98 became 100??? :scratchhead:

To me, A or A* is not impt. It's the marks that count. Some children can have 2A* 2A but still lower than those with 4As.

I think top 5% of the cohort will get A*. Moderating upward or downward will depend on the overall performance of the cohort.

[kwcllf]

PSLE student:

They will see the whole cohort's average. IF it is high, the A* requirement will be raised. IF it is low, the A* requirement will be lowered.

AND the aggregate score is not 3/4 X T-marks/400. It is how many percent the paper counts. For the past few years, MT has always been the highest percentage.

http://road-to-psle.blogspot.sg/2007/11/how-psle-aggregate-and-t-scores-are.html

You can get an explanation how the T-score is calculated.

[janet88]

worldangel:

Actually found the Math paper 2 to be quite difficult. Some of the questions are tricky and the kids didn't notice the 'trap' and fell into them, thus losing marks. Paper 1 is manageable though...just hope they didn't make careless mistakes.

Son also told us Paper 1 was tricky. Paper 2 was challenging.
Easier than prelim of course. But if paper is set easy, markers will be more fussy.

[PSLE student]

kwcllf:

PSLE student:

They will see the whole cohort's average. IF it is high, the A* requirement will be raised. IF it is low, the A* requirement will be lowered.

AND the aggregate score is not 3/4 X T-marks/400. It is how many percent the paper counts. For the past few years, MT has always been the highest percentage.

http://road-to-psle.blogspot.sg/2007/11/how-psle-aggregate-and-t-scores-are.html

You can get an explanation how the T-score is calculated.

Yup! Something like that.

[mummy so kiasu]

Peony:

EthanEthan:

my ds says the maths paper was super easy....easier than all the maths exams she has taken since p5


is MOE lowering the PSLE stds?

Easy coz PSLE set by MOE. Other p5 & p6 papers set by school.

Schools have been setting killer papers so that their students score better for PSLE. Coz u have to be better than most to get higher T score.

Also, they dun want to repeat PSLE 2009 where kids broke down & cried.

Compared to killer school papers, most schools will find PSLE easier. Two days in a row I've heard DD's schoolmates commenting that PSLE is easier than school paper

Hope more parents realise this and not get too upset when a kid does badly for SCHOOL exams.

Whether PSLE papers are easier or tougher depends whether the child's school set easy or tough exam papers. Since most kids find them easy, they will probably get 10-20 points more than their prelim result.

[PSLE student]

mummy so kiasu:

Peony:

[quote=\"EthanEthan\"]my ds says the maths paper was super easy....easier than all the maths exams she has taken since p5


is MOE lowering the PSLE stds?

Easy coz PSLE set by MOE. Other p5 & p6 papers set by school.

Schools have been setting killer papers so that their students score better for PSLE. Coz u have to be better than most to get higher T score.

Also, they dun want to repeat PSLE 2009 where kids broke down & cried.

Compared to killer school papers, most schools will find PSLE easier. Two days in a row I've heard DD's schoolmates commenting that PSLE is easier than school paper

Hope more parents realise this and not get too upset when a kid does badly for SCHOOL exams.

Whether PSLE papers are easier or tougher depends whether the child's school set easy or tough exam papers. Since most kids find them easy, they will probably get 10-20 points more than their prelim result.[/quote]Well Madam, accuracy is also very important. If you got the answer yet wrote down the wrong answer, 1 mark is deducted. And, PSLE's percentage for each paper is totally different from SCHOOL's percentage. Your child/children may get the same marks or even lower( MT usually the highest percentage). :xedfingers:

[julialai]

PSLE student:

They will see the whole cohort's average. IF it is high, the A* requirement will be raised. IF it is low, the A* requirement will be lowered.

AND the aggregate score is not 3/4 X T-marks/400. It is how many percent the paper counts. For the past few years, [color=#0000FF]MT has always been the highest percentage.

There is no bias on any subject. Equal weighting

[GLORYmum]

julialai:

PSLE student:

They will see the whole cohort's average. IF it is high, the A* requirement will be raised. IF it is low, the A* requirement will be lowered.

AND the aggregate score is not 3/4 X T-marks/400. It is how many percent the paper counts. For the past few years, [color=#0000FF]MT has always been the highest percentage.

There is no bias on any subject. Equal weighting

Yea I heard each subject given equal weightage too.

[PSLE student]

julialai:

PSLE student:

They will see the whole cohort's average. IF it is high, the A* requirement will be raised. IF it is low, the A* requirement will be lowered.

AND the aggregate score is not 3/4 X T-marks/400. It is how many percent the paper counts. For the past few years, [color=#0000FF]MT has always been the highest percentage.

There is no bias on any subject. Equal weighting

Not about bias, its about the difficulty of the subject. MT papers are usually harder so perhaps out of 100%, it weighs 35%.(NOT SURE about the percentage but my MT and form teacher said that YES, MT weighs the MOST). NOT VERY SURE THOUGH.

[julialai]

fifiyeo:

Peony:

[quote=\"fifiyeo\"]DS painting in his room since it's still too hot to be running around outside. He spotted 4 wrong answers already and when he found out, his reaction was \"what? wrong again? Aiyo!\" then back to his desk busy chatting and painting with his little brother. Don't seem very affected. Even told me what's done cannot be undone so no need to think about it just concentrate on the next paper.

That's the spirit!!! All the best for the rest of his papers!! Very matured!!

Thanks!

My silly boy even thinks he will wait for his papers to be return and do his corrections!! Hahahaha![/quote] What a lovely boy!!

At the end of the day, it's good to remind ourselves that our kids are just innocent and childlike 12-year-olds!