MPM Maths - Discussion

[KingRascal]

VooVoo:

Any feedback on the MPM centres in the East please?

My DS has been with parkway branch for 2 yrs+. I am very satisfied with it. However I would be selective over the day he's there. I specifically want to ensure that couple of teachers are on duty Like many other centres, we tend to have our preference of certain trainers.

[KingRascal]

VooVoo:

Any feedback on the MPM centres in the East please?

You may also want to check out siglap branch. A couple of my friends' children are there and the parents are satisfied with it too. But then again, it's probably also dependent on the exact teachers the child is assigned to. At the end of the day we need to put in that effort to follow-up on the suitability of the teachers, on top of the syllabus. We need to communicate. At the parkway branch I once noted some behaviours from certain trainer that I don't particularly agree with and spoke to the manager. We discussed about it and I was happy with the communication.

[maisy]

Hi


Which MPM is better ? Siglap or Parkway? Any difference between these 2? Any difference between a franchise outlet or main outlet ?

Thanks in advance

[KingRascal]

maisy:

Hi


Which MPM is better ? Siglap or Parkway? Any difference between these 2? Any difference between a franchise outlet or main outlet ?

Thanks in advance

hmm, it really depends on luck...meaning the teachers that are available. even in so-called better branches, they may have teachers that are not as good

i only have experience with parkway branch, thus cannot comment on siglap's. however i know of a parent who was ever told that parkway branch is better have been there for 2 over years, i am happy with them...

[MissyD]

Hello everyone! Is there anyone who can advise on the aprroximate course fee for MPM Maths, for maybe P2?

[slacker]

Hi. Does anyone know whether the teachers at the West Coast MPM are good? I’m thinking to send my DS there this year.

[KingRascal]

Oops, wonder why I missed this out. Guess you should have found out the fees by now :lol:


For others who are interested to know, it's about $440 for 24 books. Assuming your child does 2 books each week, it'd be 12-week term each payment.

MissyD:

Hello everyone! Is there anyone who can advise on the aprroximate course fee for MPM Maths, for maybe P2?

[Poonie]

MissyD:

Hello everyone! Is there anyone who can advise on the aprroximate course fee for MPM Maths, for maybe P2?

It works out to $18 per lesson if you go 2x a week for 45 mins or $36 if it is once a week for 1.5 hrs. In my dd's case the 45 mins usually extended beyong 1 hr.

[Poonie]

AgonyMum:

Hi,I would like to send my kid to this maths course.Anyone has any feedback regarding the different branches and how effective are the different instructors?

Any mummy or daady here who has sent their kids to MPM,pls let me know their opinions and feedback etc.
Thanks very much!

Agonymum

Recently I enrolled my kids in MPM. Frankly I am not impressed. The booklets were full of grammatical errors. 'truck' was 'trunk'. I remember there was a question that even advocated drinking beer as the question was a about 'the number of barrel of beer' that some kids had!!!! Both mistake and blunder were spotted by my kid. She even questioned why the book tells her to drink beer when here I was telling her it's something she can't touch yet. For new comers, you will not know what the questions are asking as they either do not have instructions or very minimal. Really have to depends on the instructor to explain and thereafter you are expected to figure it out if you see the same type of questions.

[KingRascal]

Hi Poonie, I am going to share my personal opinion. Please do not take offence as I may differ in some views. However these are just my personal comments and how I view and evaluate my decision making :lol:


My DS has been with MPM since K1 and he's now in P2. He's almost completing the MPM P2 series. He's learning well from the programme.

Errors in the questions
Yes, I agree with that and I spotted several over the years. Or rather my DS spotted them. However I have also spotted errors in
- My Pal Grammar Handbook for P1/2
- Myhometutor CDRom P2 lesson
- Lots of assessment books (too many to recall)
- \"Branded\" schools' exam paper questions
Thus I conclude that there is no 6sigma enrichment centres/student materials right now. My decision criteria - so long as the error is within my tolerable range and the teachers are good to acknowledge and guide my DS, and that he's gaining enough knowledge from the materials for me to accept that error margin, I am fine with it. However, that would also mean that if one day, the errors outway the benefits I am getting from it, then it's \"bye-bye\" to MPM or any other centres/materials.

Questions with no instructions
Yes, it took a while (almost 6mths?) for my DS in K1 then to fully understand what they were trying to ask. Often he had to ask me and flipped back to what he did in class to recall what the questions required him to do. I also could not fullyu appreciate them at that time. However he was only in K1 and I did not have much alternatives then, I let him continue. Moreover my objective was a centre with creative math, not the usual syllabus math. Thus we stayed on.

That was in 2007. You asked me now, I would tell you I have no regrets. There is no more need for me to help him with the questions. He fully understands what is required nowadays. Sometimes he does not even need the teachers to explain to him. These creative questions are very stimulating. In fact sometmes I asked myself if it's possible to put instructions down for these questions...and my answer is: very tough. it's almost like writing down a short paragraph just to explain the steps.

I am not sure if this is the reason why the recommended entry age is k1 to p3. Parents from mid to upper primary may be more concerned with academic syllabus thus the creative portion of the MPM programme may not meet the need. However I do see a trend of the recent exam questions moving towards that direction.

To be honest, I do not know if I would let my DS stay on next year. Too early to tell. Things evolve. So we shall see :lol:

The above is purely my personal opinion, not meant to challenge anyone of differing opinion hehe. Just thought I would like share my persona experience with MPM for the past 3 years.