2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[AdonciaTang]

CayennePepper:

ngl2010:

Yesterday I observed him doing his work and for every 5 minutes of work, I noticed that he spent 5 minutes finding things, yakking, singing, dancing gangnam style and other useless things. His productivity is very low :faint:

Actually, it may not be a productivity issue. Perhaps your ds was not very interested at what he was supposed to be doing at that point in time?
My dd is usually very nua and reluctant to do anything that involves pen and paper. As an experiment, I decided to schedule something she looks forward to right after homework time, on condition that she had to finish (perfectly) the work in half the usual time. She sat up amd zoomed through everything without fidgeting with anything. So i realised it was a motivation issue with her.
On occasion, I've also found that changing the study/work venue works quite well too. Maybe boredom sets in after staring at the same wall continuously!

Hmm. good advice. Will look into it for my ds too! thanks

[MTC2012]

august24:

Hi parents,

Does your child's math teacher insist on the last sentence for paper 2? My dd's teacher says she will minus 1 mark if they do not write, but my ds's teacher did not insist so last year when he took his psle. I find it wierd as it takes time to write that statement. Time is so precious, and I don't see how this statement contributes to the 3-5 marks. Isn't working more important for the marks allocation? And if the child copied the answer in the statement wrongly, wouldn't they be penalised and lost marks then? What's the logic?

The answer statement serve as a final check whether the child work out answer is what the question is asking, if your child is not too slow n can typically complete p2 ahead of the given time, it is actually beneficial to write the answer statement.

[Just relax]

MTC2012:

august24:

Hi parents,

Does your child's math teacher insist on the last sentence for paper 2? My dd's teacher says she will minus 1 mark if they do not write, but my ds's teacher did not insist so last year when he took his psle. I find it wierd as it takes time to write that statement. Time is so precious, and I don't see how this statement contributes to the 3-5 marks. Isn't working more important for the marks allocation? And if the child copied the answer in the statement wrongly, wouldn't they be penalised and lost marks then? What's the logic?

The answer statement serve as a final check whether the child work out answer is what the question is asking, if your child is not too slow n can typically complete p2 ahead of the given time, it is actually beneficial to write the answer statement.

The answer statement is important and marks will be deducted if not given. The child should have enough time to write down the statement and if trained from now then it is likely the child will not forget during the prelims and PSLE.

[smileplease]

Just relax:

MTC2012:

[quote=\"august24\"]Hi parents,

Does your child's math teacher insist on the last sentence for paper 2? My dd's teacher says she will minus 1 mark if they do not write, but my ds's teacher did not insist so last year when he took his psle. I find it wierd as it takes time to write that statement. Time is so precious, and I don't see how this statement contributes to the 3-5 marks. Isn't working more important for the marks allocation? And if the child copied the answer in the statement wrongly, wouldn't they be penalised and lost marks then? What's the logic?

The answer statement serve as a final check whether the child work out answer is what the question is asking, if your child is not too slow n can typically complete p2 ahead of the given time, it is actually beneficial to write the answer statement.

The answer statement is important and marks will be deducted if not given. The child should have enough time to write down the statement and if trained from now then it is likely the child will not forget during the prelims and PSLE.[/quote]
I've checked with my son's math teacher last year, he said that the answer statement is not required anymore. No marks will be deducted if you do not write the answer statement. So the whole class are told not to waste time to write the answer statement. My son is taking PSLE this year too.

Maybe you might want to confirm this with your child's school Math HOD by writing an email.

[Just relax]

The answer statement serve as a final check whether the child work out answer is what the question is asking, if your child is not too slow n can typically complete p2 ahead of the given time, it is actually beneficial to write the answer statement.[/quote]



The answer statement is important and marks will be deducted if not given. The child should have enough time to write down the statement and if trained from now then it is likely the child will not forget during the prelims and PSLE.[/quote]


I’ve checked with my son’s math teacher last year, he said that the answer statement is not required anymore. No marks will be deducted if you do not write the answer statement. So the whole class are told not to waste time to write the answer statement. My son is taking PSLE this year too.

Maybe you might want to confirm this with your child’s school Math HOD by writing an email.[/quote]

I think there is confusion on this issue. To my understanding if there is a space provided in the following manner "Ans:____" then no statement is required. Otherwise a statement is required. Perhaps the best source would be the SEAB.

I also visited the OnSponge forum where a parent asked the same question about the math statement and the OnSponge editor was himself/herself unable to give an answer and stated that different schools, teachers, tutors, tuition centres have their own views.

I guess the appropriate authority would be the SEAB.

[NY1969]

Hi, need help here. My gal has a problem that she kept forgetting stuff that was taught. We have sent her to courses like Mind Edge but didnt help much. The other problem isMaths. She merely memorised steps to solution but fail to understand the concepts. hence mostly end up wrong.


Will ginko helps?Any memory booster to advise? PSLE approaching…really need advise.

[charsen]

NY1969:

Hi, need help here. My gal has a problem that she kept forgetting stuff that was taught. We have sent her to courses like Mind Edge but didnt help much. The other problem isMaths. She merely memorised steps to solution but fail to understand the concepts. hence mostly end up wrong.


Will ginko helps?Any memory booster to advise? PSLE approaching....really need advise.

Hi
You can use Mind maps to summerise the stuff she has been taught in school.
For Maths you should go through with her some problems.Ask her to understand the problem.It is not nesscary to memorise the problems.The key is to use the concepts learnt to solve the questions.One way is to ask your child of what is the problem in the question.Then,use the mind maps to find the concept.
Charsen.

[NY1969]

Thanks Charsen. Very thoughtful of you.

[KiausuLormee]

Hi KSP members

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[Verysuperkiasu]

KiausuLormee:

Hi KSP members

For your info, PSLE 2008 - 2012 past years exam paper is out for sale at popular now. Do grab it

Is it like psle booklet, where there are grouped according to topics? Or the papers in actual psle format?