<![CDATA[Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition]]>Hello everyone,


I would like to find out, how effective is small group tuition. My boy is in primary 3 and based on his CA1 results, I am expecting his performance to drop from a a high Band 1 (for the past 2 yrs) to a border-line Band 2 and Band 1 because of new composition component he has this year. And because we are unable to find a suitable time slot and location for the regular recommended creative writing centres (Mindstretcher, TAS etc), we are now looking at alternative small group tuition or lesser-known centres that can meet our needs (Bukit Batok area).

How effective is the tutor able to juggle the different learning abilities of students in the same tuition group? Anyone tried this type of arrangement? What is the market rate for this type of arrangement if the tutor is an ex-teacher?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/21771/effectiveness-of-small-group-tuitionRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 19:25:55 GMTSat, 30 Apr 2011 02:36:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:20:24 GMT]]>Hi Elv does she teach in the east? Can I have her contact pls? Thanks!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1990202https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1990202Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:20:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Sun, 09 Aug 2020 06:15:21 GMT]]>Hi, im looking for small group tuition - Chinese p3. I’m staying in Queenstown. Thank you

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1990116https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1990116Sun, 09 Aug 2020 06:15:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Mon, 29 Jan 2018 07:52:06 GMT]]>Hi parents I am thinking of home tuition for my p3 child. Any tips to share? Thks

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1831257https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1831257Mon, 29 Jan 2018 07:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:54:48 GMT]]>I used to have small group tuition in my younger years (pri and sec), and I remembered besides learning from my tutor, I had a lot of fun with my classmates as everyone had to unite to solve problems and encourage one another when someone did badly in their school tests or exams. The bondage is good and this in turn had a good effect on my results. In my JC years, my mother got me private tutors, and I remembered having to run back into my room for a while just to roll around in bed for a short break or hide in my toilet longer so I can delay more time. Private tutors on the contrary was boring and more stressful, which did not do good for my results. I had no friends to discuss my problems when I did not know how to solve the question and I was expected to finish all the assignments without any doubts after the tuition classes. Now that I have a child of my own, I did not hesitate to sign her up for group tuition. Now my daughter is in a class with a lady tutor who has her lessons in her SOHO, up to only 6 buddies in the class. She specialises in pre-school and primary school education, with her own unique way of making the children bond with her, thus listening attentively when she teaches. I’ve asked my child whenever she comes back from her classes and she’s always smiling and telling me the fun she had and on top of that the things she learnt. Now that she is in primary school, she is way ahead of her classmates in her English, Maths and Chinese and she tells me the classes in school are too easy. Do take note it is not easy booking this tutor as her timeslots are quite limited as her classes are usually quite fully booked. I had to book her beginning 2 years ago when my child was 5 and only got a reply about 3 months after. She doesn’t start classes until she has enough students as she doesn’t charge a lot for her tuition (compared to the tuition classes in centers). PM me if you want to have her contacts. All the best everyone!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1827549https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1827549Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:10:38 GMT]]>Hi parents,


We are a group of students wish to help parents and students with academic needs. Our project is proudly supported by NUS enterprise. We aim to help parents and MOE teachers who wants to teach tuition by arranging to form group tuition classes. This is so that those who find 1 to 1 MOE tutors expensive will be offered with a more affordable option.

We currently have 42 MOE teachers all over Singapore on board, so do PM me if you are interested.

Also, for those not looking for tuition, please also hit me up for a chat to let us know how you feel about this initiative. Thank you!


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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1778134https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1778134Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:10:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:19:15 GMT]]>When the group is small, we can monitor students closely. Very closely. 🆒 :shock: I monitor where students eyeballs travel, who is 'lost' in first 5mins of Compo planning, who's attention span can only last first 20mins. Last week I caught a boy give up totally on Passage 3 of Listening Compre when his eyes was reading Passage 4 Questions when Passage 3 was playing on the radio. :roll: Because I only have max 5 in a class. I actually calculate individual students' Potential Marks loss (based on individual student's standard) per Paper to show them what their Personal Best should have been. With lesser pupils, we can ink more details on their compositions.


I started off teaching one-to-one tuition. As the time is limited to 1.5-4hrs a week, Compo writing and Full exam paper need to be issued as homework and students often don't complete and training wasn't as efficient. One-to-one is good for guiding, but not for Battle Training. Group is more competitive and much more structured.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764804https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1764804Fri, 31 Mar 2017 06:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:57:50 GMT]]>Hello! My son just took his O levels last year and is very happy when he just got back his results in January. He was failing his chemistry and mathematics very badly as his class in school very fast so he cannot catch up. I found out about apt tuition lab from this forum and decided to let my son try. Both the chemistry and mathematics teachers were very patient with him and their class size very small so very good for my son. In the end he went from E8 to A2 for both subjects. Even though not A1 but it’s still a very big improvement so both of us very happy. highly reccommend this tuition centre in serangoon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1758969https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1758969Tue, 07 Mar 2017 03:57:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 28 May 2014 12:58:27 GMT]]>Anyone has good Pte tutor in Clementi? Pls pm me. Tia!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1301831https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1301831Wed, 28 May 2014 12:58:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 28 May 2014 02:22:45 GMT]]>i placed my 2 children in a group tuition with this teacher who comes to my house. though they are in grp tuition, their learning portfolio is fully individualized and her tuition will include brain stimulating activities too 😃 to date, my children seem happier in their learning and grades wise, improved about 10 points?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1301387https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1301387Wed, 28 May 2014 02:22:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Sun, 15 May 2011 08:45:38 GMT]]>I know of someone who will be opening a class for P5 HCL on Fri or Sat afternoons, limited to a class size of max 4 students. She stays in Bt Panjang and teaches in a good school.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/422566https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/422566Sun, 15 May 2011 08:45:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Sun, 15 May 2011 08:45:18 GMT]]>I know of someone who will be opening a class for P5 HCL on Fri or Sat afternoons, limited to a class size of max 4 students. She stays in Bt Panjang and teaches in a good school.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/422564https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/422564Sun, 15 May 2011 08:45:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Fri, 13 May 2011 12:51:55 GMT]]>

jedamum:
cc is combine p2 and p3.


I think cc standard is not high
Haha, so lucky to meet his classmates. Seems like your ds fits in right away!

The class I signed up is meant for p3 & p4 although there is a p2 girl in that class. I presume that girl is high ablilty.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421557https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421557Fri, 13 May 2011 12:51:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Fri, 13 May 2011 07:45:29 GMT]]>

VisualTextEducation:
She is only teaching English at the primary school level. Only English. LOL. I recommend her because she designs her own curriculum and knows very very well what she is teaching and where she is going with the student. Hahaha, sorry I dunno where she is teaching, but I know she just set up her tuition centre early this year providing only english... hahaha... so if you are only interested in English ok la.. if you want her number, pm me lo.. 😃


Hi, can pm me her contact and venue? Thks 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421258https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421258Fri, 13 May 2011 07:45:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Fri, 13 May 2011 07:40:59 GMT]]>

jedamum:
sleepy:

[quote=\"jedamum\"]I am expecting his performance to drop from a a high Band 1 (for the past 2 yrs) to a border-line Band 2 and Band 1 because of new composition component he has this year.


If your ds is relatively okay wth paper 2, just need to brush up compo, you might want to consider nearby CC or RC? At least location is more convenient.

I just started my p3 girl on creative writing at nearby CC. Attended 3 lessons, need to monitor progress the next few months

can i know who is the service provider for the CW to CC? there is nothing on CW for the activities in CC near my place. there is one tuition centre providing CW, but we went for their holiday programme in P1 and were not impressed. At that time, the teachers of that centre were not friendly, students were only given topics to write in class and marked, no writing techniques taught, and my son was scolded (\"why you have so many questions?\" said the teacher :roll: ) for asking questions in class.[/quote]Same to my nearby CC, the creative writing class. Pulled my dd out after 1 month, the teacher do not want to feedback my question at all...told me joined in between and assured can catch up..in d end, after 5 lessons will have a test to cover the previous 10 lessons..how to cope !!!
:mad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421251https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/421251Fri, 13 May 2011 07:40:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 11 May 2011 15:59:46 GMT]]>

sleepy:
There are a number creative writing classes organised by nearby CCs and RCs. So I picked the one with most suitable class timing. If my dd complains no good then I will switch 😉


You're in bukit batok? Might want to expand your search to neighbouring town CCs? if your nearest CC doesn't have suitable class.

My nearest CC does not have a class either. I have to expand to other centers within 15 minutes drive so that I've more choices in terms of timing. I prefer weekdays but somehow most writing classes are on weekends.
sleepy,
thanks for the note to look at the programmes offered by community centres. my ds1 started his first lesson today. we signed up (and paid in full, no prorated) despite that the course had started a month ago because we don't want to wait for the next term in July. while ds1 was attending lesson, i found out that Proteach in that neighbourhood offers creative writing too! the weekend timing is better than the current cc weekdays slot. fees aside, the current class size at that proteach branch is 4 while the cc is 14. proteach is p3 while cc is combine p2 and p3. asked my ds1 want to change anot and he said no!!!!!! because he found out that 2 of his classmates are attending the cc creative writing too! one of which scored the highest in SA1 english, so he concluded that this must be a good programme. I was like :slapshead: . and of course also because he scored full marks for today's spelling (i didn't know they have spelling) even though it was his first lesson. the teacher praised that his 1st piece of work is good and kept it while she returned the compos to the rest of the class. my ds1 compo is that good meh? having coach him for SA1 compo, I think cc standard is not high (or is my expectations too high? :scratchhead: ). have looked through the compo pictures that they will be doing for next few lessons and found that the picture compo are not those 'common' type. good and bad. good is that it trains my ds1 to write uncommon stuff and also he needs to analyse the picture carefully to ensure that what he intepreted is not far off from the picture. since june holidays coming up, maybe will try proteach for 1-2 months to compare.
off topic liao.... :oops:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/419752https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/419752Wed, 11 May 2011 15:59:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 10 May 2011 04:23:55 GMT]]>Hey,


No problemo man! Anytime. I hope my recommendation will help your child. 😃

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/418034https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/418034Tue, 10 May 2011 04:23:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Sun, 08 May 2011 15:36:45 GMT]]>She is only teaching English at the primary school level. Only English. LOL. I recommend her because she designs her own curriculum and knows very very well what she is teaching and where she is going with the student. Hahaha, sorry I dunno where she is teaching, but I know she just set up her tuition centre early this year providing only english… hahaha… so if you are only interested in English ok la… if you want her number, pm me lo… 😃

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/416816https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/416816Sun, 08 May 2011 15:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Fri, 06 May 2011 06:06:04 GMT]]>Hi Jedamum,


Just an update,

I have come to know about an ex teacher from The learning lab at Novena who teaches composition skills as you mentioned. She is no longer at learning lab anymore but I heard her students’ parents try all means and ways to track her down. And when they finally do, they kinda swoon down to her private tuition. LOL. If you are interested, you can speak to her. PM me yah. I dunno whether can put hp no. here or not. Later my post kena deleted again. =(

Cheers!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/414801https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/414801Fri, 06 May 2011 06:06:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 04 May 2011 15:39:02 GMT]]>Hi jedamum,


We do have a volunteer teacher doing at the primary school level. I am not sure whether he has maxed out his list. But i am sure I can compromise on one slot if you are interested. Hahahaha… My list is only available for secondary school students though. His name is Eugene. My name is Peter btw. Nopez… My centre is not located in Bishan. I am currently located in 10 Winstedt Road. But I am moving to City Square Mall by July. Come by?

It will be held in Upper East Coast Road btw. The place is sponsored by my ex-tuition teacher… hahaha, he is retiring soon… I hope to take over his legacy…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/413116https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/413116Wed, 04 May 2011 15:39:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 04 May 2011 14:10:48 GMT]]>Sleepy,

Thanks. Will look around. 🙂

VisualTextEducation,
Read somewhere that your Free June Tuition is for Secondary school only, no? 🙂
Your centre in Bishan, no?
Thanks anyway. :celebrate:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/413044https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/413044Wed, 04 May 2011 14:10:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Wed, 04 May 2011 11:33:23 GMT]]>Moderator's Note:


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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/412936https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/412936Wed, 04 May 2011 11:33:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 03 May 2011 02:15:07 GMT]]>

jedamum:
can i know who is the service provider for the CW to CC? there is nothing on CW for the activities in CC near my place. there is one tuition centre providing CW, but we went for their holiday programme in P1 and were not impressed. At that time, the teachers of that centre were not friendly, students were only given topics to write in class and marked, no writing techniques taught, and my son was scolded (\"why you have so many questions?\" said the teacher :roll: ) for asking questions in class.

Oh, I didn't take note who's the provider. There are a number creative writing classes organised by nearby CCs and RCs. So I picked the one with most suitable class timing. If my dd complains no good then I will switch 😉

You're in bukit batok? Might want to expand your search to neighbouring town CCs? if your nearest CC doesn't have suitable class.

My nearest CC does not have a class either. I have to expand to other centers within 15 minutes drive so that I've more choices in terms of timing. I prefer weekdays but somehow most writing classes are on weekends.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411335https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411335Tue, 03 May 2011 02:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 03 May 2011 01:53:26 GMT]]>

sleepy:
jedamum:

I am expecting his performance to drop from a a high Band 1 (for the past 2 yrs) to a border-line Band 2 and Band 1 because of new composition component he has this year.


If your ds is relatively okay wth paper 2, just need to brush up compo, you might want to consider nearby CC or RC? At least location is more convenient.

I just started my p3 girl on creative writing at nearby CC. Attended 3 lessons, need to monitor progress the next few months

can i know who is the service provider for the CW to CC? there is nothing on CW for the activities in CC near my place. there is one tuition centre providing CW, but we went for their holiday programme in P1 and were not impressed. At that time, the teachers of that centre were not friendly, students were only given topics to write in class and marked, no writing techniques taught, and my son was scolded (\"why you have so many questions?\" said the teacher :roll: ) for asking questions in class.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411295https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411295Tue, 03 May 2011 01:53:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Effectiveness of Small Group Tuition on Tue, 03 May 2011 01:27:38 GMT]]>

jedamum:
I am expecting his performance to drop from a a high Band 1 (for the past 2 yrs) to a border-line Band 2 and Band 1 because of new composition component he has this year.

If your ds is relatively okay wth paper 2, just need to brush up compo, you might want to consider nearby CC or RC? At least location is more convenient.

I just started my p3 girl on creative writing at nearby CC. Attended 3 lessons, need to monitor progress the next few months

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411257https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/411257Tue, 03 May 2011 01:27:38 GMT