Club 2005 Kids

[CayennePepper]

pchong:

SAHM_TAN:

YES, I was shocked when discovered milk can cause cancer. BUT....but chocolate too ?

Milk can cause CANCER!!! Then what about babies that need to drink milk???

Drink breastmilk lah. Free some more.

[pchong]

CayennePepper:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"CayennePepper\"]Yeah... full length papers can be taxing for little ones... Esp math papers; very easy to lose focus by the time the kids reach Section C... So I think it's also good to teach them time management skills, even at this level...

Hmmmmm, should the kid start from section C, while the mind is still fresh?

Exam technique huh? :evil:
Yeah, guess you can do that, but need to check weighting first. Don't want to 因小失大 lah.
By P3 many schools will start using OAS, so one more thing to get familiar with! All those bubbles to shade... very easy to miss out a row wor.[/quote]Yap, my friend's son missed a row and thus all the answers shifted by one row, therefore, he got the whole section wrong and in the end failed the exam.
Section C is problem sum which a single question will carry a higher mark. The last few questions will be tough questions to determine the strongest students from the rest.

[CayennePepper]

SAHM_TAN:

There are no \"mini tests\"? dd1 had them. So I guess there will be gradual build-up to the big paper, SA2 for them this yr bah.

Hehe. I want the long long exams where they fidget and cannot focus and forget to turn the page and leave questions undone and forget to attempt questions which they moved on from and most of all always forget to check.

[SAHM_TAN]

The strategy of using more difficult qns to differentiate academic abilities of students has been used since P1. So no need to be alarm, we have 1 yr experience under our belt liao, 2005 mummies

[Kissgurami]

SAHM_TAN:

YES, I was shocked when discovered milk can cause cancer. BUT....but chocolate too ?

That's why I start ignoring and have everything in moderation :rotflmao:

[Kissgurami]

SAHM_TAN:

Mawar:

I must be the odd one out. I don't worry about exam techniques and am against teaching tailored for exams. At this age, I want a bigger approach and picture. I feel that they will eventually pick up the exam smarts later.

I'm sure you are not the odd one.

no exam techniques JUST check and double check and triple check the work!!

I have figured even if I showcase all the techniques and with careless mistakes, there will be a huge loss in marks. :faint:

[SAHM_TAN]

CayennePepper:

SAHM_TAN:

There are no \"mini tests\"? dd1 had them. So I guess there will be gradual build-up to the big paper, SA2 for them this yr bah.

Hehe. I want the long long exams where they fidget and cannot focus and forget to turn the page and leave questions undone and forget to attempt questions which they moved on from and most of all always forget to check.

:rotflmao:

[Mawar]

Kissgurami:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"Mawar\"]I must be the odd one out. I don't worry about exam techniques and am against teaching tailored for exams. At this age, I want a bigger approach and picture. I feel that they will eventually pick up the exam smarts later.

I'm sure you are not the odd one.

no exam techniques JUST check and double check and triple check the work!!

I have figured even if I showcase all the techniques and with careless mistakes, there will be a huge loss in marks. :faint:[/quote]I have come to expect and accept careless mistakes. My elder one still makes them. So I won't beat myself up over them.

I will ask kids to check but not sure if they do. Kids who do better at exams than their peers (at this age) usually are the more mature, stable and careful ones.

[Kissgurami]

Mawar:

I have come to expect and accept careless mistakes. My elder one still makes them. So I won't beat myself up over them.

I will ask kids to check but not sure if they do. Kids who do better at exams than their peers (at this age) usually are the more mature, stable and careful ones.

I haven't accepted careless mistakes and probably never will :oops: :oops:

Not being able to do a problem because of knowledge or comprehension is something I can accept and won't go into \"Oh No\" mode if she will do badly all the time.

but knowing and not bothering to check and losing marks is a bad habit in my books.

when young, being careless is just marks, when they grow older and work, making careless mistakes can amount to a black mark, loss of job , low performance review. I could be reading into it too early but being conscientious and learning to be meticulous is a life skill I would like them to have.

[SAHM_TAN]

Kissgurami:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"Mawar\"]I must be the odd one out. I don't worry about exam techniques and am against teaching tailored for exams. At this age, I want a bigger approach and picture. I feel that they will eventually pick up the exam smarts later.

I'm sure you are not the odd one.

no exam techniques JUST check and double check and triple check the work!!

I have figured even if I showcase all the techniques and with careless mistakes, there will be a huge loss in marks. :faint:[/quote]To me checking is basic exam technique liao