P5 Science & Maths a big change
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Kekwa:
Some schools don't know why purposely set very difficult and extreme questions and ended up kids get so demoralised when they get much lower than expected results despite having worked so hard in their revisions and tuition. My son's CA2 kena such a paper for Maths. He told me even the best student in Maths in his class looked very disppointed and 'green face' after the problem solving paper..... :siao:
Yeah, the school set such a difficult Math paper from Primary 5 onwards. Some questions really stumped me. Have to send my boy for Math tuition. Get the tutor to teach and practise those difficult questions as he doesn't understand the school teacher's solution. Don't know why is Primary 5 and 6 Math so difficult. -
janet_lee88:
:goodpost:cimman:
[quote=\"Kekwa\"]Some schools don't know why purposely set very difficult and extreme questions and ended up kids get so demoralised when they get much lower than expected results despite having worked so hard in their revisions and tuition.
If the teacher's performance appriasal is linked to the class's performance, you can bet the unreasonable tough questions will not surface, either that or the teacher will have to put in more effort to teach the necessary concepts. I don't think it is about a lack of revision or hardwork on the student's part if they do badly, rather it is because the necessary advance concepts were not taught in the first place.
I'm sure the basic concepts were taught, but they really need to move beyond that if they want to set tough questions. There really should be a sense of responsibility when tough exam questions are set. There is currently a disconnect in responsibility and it seems that the system is placing this responsibility squarely on the parent's shoulders. It's like the school is saying to the parent \" look, I'm showing you that your child still has a long way to go to meet the standards of this school, now go and fix it.\"
By setting tough exam questions and making the kids demoralized after CA/SA, it implies to we parents that we are not doing enough to help school meet high standards :siao:
Hubby told me for problem sums which carry 5 marks, it is necessary to use at least 2 methods to get part of the marks...this M1, M2 thing. If schools want to be recognized for high standards, shouldn't this be the responsibilty of the school and not parents ?[/quote]Just show all the necessary working. Get your child to write down the steps he use to derive the answer. If he writes down all his steps/thoughts process and can get the final answers, he will get the full working marks. Don't need to worry about the M1, M2 thing. Just ensure that he doesn't anyhow skip steps. -
can give an example of the tough questions? my gal scored only 80 for sci at p4 and tell me she can skip tuition next year. i was like, huh? just 80 u satisfied already (she used to get 60+).
how big is the jump at p5? hope no one jumps off the buildg. so demoralising… -
the teachers informed the parents to expect -20 or more for P5
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purple05:
the teachers informed the parents to expect -20 or more for P5
If the kid has effective private tuition, the drop should not be 20 marks. It should be around 10 marks. -
TheAnswer,
ds came back with his school practice paper a few days ago…
You are very accurate, his maths dropped 10marks exactly!
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lurline:
SA1 papers will be tougher. Prepare early for Maths and Science. SA1 will also include certain P4 topics. Perhaps it's time to refresh the topics again.TheAnswer,
ds came back with his school practice paper a few days ago.....
You are very accurate, his maths dropped 10marks exactly!
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I wish he has the time to revise. The school is giving them so much hw that he hardly hv the time to do other things. The hw that the schools are not very useful IMO.
It’s so difficult to find a balance btw hw, CCA, reading bks and playing time. -
lurline:
I share the same opinion but I rather not share my opinion any further on this. I do not want to get flamed by the teachers here.I wish he has the time to revise. The school is giving them so much hw that he hardly hv the time to do other things. The hw that the schools are not very useful IMO.
It's so difficult to find a balance btw hw, CCA, reading bks and playing time. -
makes me worry how ave kids can survive esp for my boy who doesnt like sch wk
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