lotus123:kwcllf:[quote=\"Coolkidsrock2\"]This seems to be true for 5 kids I know, out by at least 1 big figure from expectations.
True for my DD. But what does this mean?
1. Cohort mean score has gone up
2. number students having 260+ t-score have increased significantly.
I'm puzzled too. Could it be 1 or 2 schools producing too many top scorers and thus pulling others down?[/quote]Nobody to answer our questions. Don't know where to find the answers.Very stunned n puzzled.
My daughter was in the top 10 range in her school. Now the others who were far behind has overtaken her.
Now I know how the hare, in the tortoise and hare story, felt after the tortoise had won(though we did not fell asleep like the tortoise).[/quote]
I have spoken to my kid's tutor earlier. He said some of his students in the top of their respective classes saw their T Score dropped significantly. The same happened to my kid as his result is below what he is capable of. This is a big surprise to the tutor and he said some of his students' parents will be going back to their kids' school to try to find out why the large difference in PSLE results and school results.[/quote]
I happened to check the Learning Lab website tdy and was shocked to learn that many of these top scorers over the years are from learning lab. I remember some of these top scorers claimed they did not go for tuition but they are students of this expensive tuition centre. besides the point that these kids who score above 270 are from GEP, they get more training from this expensive tuition centre. Their names and scores are all provided in Learning Lab's website. Now I'm no longer so impressed with these kids' psle top scores. this shows if a kid can afford learning lab's fees and with their special high calibre coaching, scores 270 and above, this doesn't make them more intelligent than other kids who cannot afford the expensive tuition fees. it just shows with more thorough coaching kids can do better than their peers. that doesn't sound impressive anymore![/quote]
I guessed with greater exposure to diversify questions and adopting different approaches in understanding (or answering questions) difficult questions and equipping good analytically skills can then enable a child to think out of the box? Too less (exposure) will put them in the rear passenger seats as compare to those already in the driver seats. Students with less privileges or access to these premium tuition centres will never out beat them? What's your take on this, parents?
I reckon the fee is sky rocket high? I can never afford to send my kids to these 'high end' tuition centres. :moneyflies: Oh... btw, any one know what's the charges in The Learning Lab (SG) like? :please:
